I've finally, after two years out of college schlumping around temp jobs, landed a permanent full-time job! Whooooo! It's not teaching, which is kind of sad, but I am just glad to have a steady income (and a pretty high one for a single dude with no huge monthly expenses). It's in the finance industry, and my job title sounds really cool (Global Asset Administrator). The other catch is that I have to move to Houston! Which is kind of bad. I like Austin more than Houston! But I'm totally game for it if I have a sure-thing job waiting. Which I do!!! I also have the money/ability to get my own place. That's really exciting, since I've never lived on my own before! I'm also going to have this weird thing called a savings account now. Crazy! And also this stuff called "health insurance". I am so excited to be lower middle class!!!!
Alright, well, I start tomorrow. So I'm driving down there today and looking at apartments. I hope I can get into one relatively quickly so I don't overstay my welcome at my friends' place. I am really happy that there are decent apartments with vacancies within walking distance of work. Since Houston Traffic(tm) was a major scary thing about the place, I would be really interested in making my commute walking across the parking lot.