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Well, at least as official as it can be until it's actually over and done with. I have a reservation for a trailer to go back to California on October 10th. ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
enotsola and I are then going to be leaving here to drive across the US on the 11th (so I hope to arrive ca. the 18th). He'll be flying back to Canada on the 25th and I am filing a petition to sponsor him as my fiancee ASAP (depends somewhat on some financial things). Hopefully he will thus be able to come to the US in less than a year (average for fiancees seems to be 6-8 months, depending). Yes, this means we "have to" get married within 90 days of his entering the US with that visa, which is something which previously ruffled our collective feathers and was the main reason we didn't consider it back in 2003, but over time our feelings have changed on the matter and we figure it's the right move to make. (As for what form said "wedding" is going to take, ugh. Don't start me. That'd be a logistics nightmare given how far-flung our families and friends are, and we're pretty much all for "go down to city hall and get a piece of paper, and maybe have a party" at this point.)
Why? Well, basically job market suxxors here. In over two months I haven't have any success getting a job in my line of previous experience. Two weeks ago I was weighing a couple potential postings here against thirteen in the Bay area (although granted about half were past their "best before dates", but they were still on their respective websites with "applications after X date may be considered if necessary"), which was a major factor in coming to this decision. "Received wisdom" has always been that living in CA was just too damn expensive and we could never have owned our own house without waiting out my parents 'til they died, but I never actually sat down and did the math on it. It's actually quite possible and the amount of money needed is really not as high as I thought it was.
(So the moral of the story is, if you find yourself saying that something "could never happen", at least sit down and puzzle it out, and examine your reasons for saying that. You might be surprised.)
enotsola and I are then going to be leaving here to drive across the US on the 11th (so I hope to arrive ca. the 18th). He'll be flying back to Canada on the 25th and I am filing a petition to sponsor him as my fiancee ASAP (depends somewhat on some financial things). Hopefully he will thus be able to come to the US in less than a year (average for fiancees seems to be 6-8 months, depending). Yes, this means we "have to" get married within 90 days of his entering the US with that visa, which is something which previously ruffled our collective feathers and was the main reason we didn't consider it back in 2003, but over time our feelings have changed on the matter and we figure it's the right move to make. (As for what form said "wedding" is going to take, ugh. Don't start me. That'd be a logistics nightmare given how far-flung our families and friends are, and we're pretty much all for "go down to city hall and get a piece of paper, and maybe have a party" at this point.)Why? Well, basically job market suxxors here. In over two months I haven't have any success getting a job in my line of previous experience. Two weeks ago I was weighing a couple potential postings here against thirteen in the Bay area (although granted about half were past their "best before dates", but they were still on their respective websites with "applications after X date may be considered if necessary"), which was a major factor in coming to this decision. "Received wisdom" has always been that living in CA was just too damn expensive and we could never have owned our own house without waiting out my parents 'til they died, but I never actually sat down and did the math on it. It's actually quite possible and the amount of money needed is really not as high as I thought it was.
(So the moral of the story is, if you find yourself saying that something "could never happen", at least sit down and puzzle it out, and examine your reasons for saying that. You might be surprised.)
