[SingDanceRunLife]

It looks like I will most likely be making a cross country move in just a few short weeks, and while I am very excited, I am also very scared.

My family is moving to California (from New York) at the end of the summer, and I have been looking for jobs out there, mainly live-in nanny jobs so I can have work and a place to stay but be a bit more independent...and I have found a family that I have clicked well with and just have 1 more step of an interview type thing that if all goes well we will make a concrete plan, and I will be heading out there at the end of this month.

Anyway...a few questions:

1) How do you move yourself across the country? I've never moved by myself much less across the country...I have way more stuff than I could ever bring...so how do I choose what to bring?

2) What is the best way to meet people in a new place? Since I'll be a nanny it's not like most of my day will be spent socializing with others my age, but I will have weekends free.

3) Anything else I should know?

I am at work right now (which is at home as well), but I'd be happy to answer your questions and help as much as I can. You may also want to take a look at by blog IdahoSwampRat. Might give you a few ideas. www.idahoswamprat.tumblr.com. I moved from Florida to Idaho last August, 2,600 miles. Would that count?

You're also welcome to PM me, and maybe we can go in to a private chat room the next few days. Your choice, of course.

[SingDanceRunLife]

Originally Posted by Maranara

I am at work right now (which is at home as well), but I'd be happy to answer your questions and help as much as I can. You may also want to take a look at by blog IdahoSwampRat. Might give you a few ideas. www.idahoswamprat.tumblr.com. I moved from Florida to Idaho last August, 2,600 miles. Would that count?

You're also welcome to PM me, and maybe we can go in to a private chat room the next few days. Your choice, of course.

Totally counts. I Google Mapped it, and my move would be 2,773 miles.

I would love to chat sometime!!