Day 227

Ugh, back to school.  Poor Rick never really got a break.  There are exactly 5 weeks of school left for me.  Then I have pretty much the entire month of May off... yay!!  Although, it will probably (hopefully) be filled with packing and moving and finding a place to live wherever we end up.  We've finally narrowed it down to more or less 3 places.

San Diego, CA: Rick is heading out there in a couple of weeks for an interview.  We're both a little leery of moving all the way to California and then hating it.  But it would be a big adventure and when else can we go on a big adventure if not now.  The weather would be awesome, but the cost of living is ridiculous.

Champaign, IL: Rick has been talking with his old boss and they are putting an offer together for him.  We both loved Champaign, and since we already know the town we could buy a house pretty quickly.  The weather could be better, and it's a little flat for Rick's biking tastes, but it's definitely affordable.  The nice thing about Champaign is that if I took the Illinois Bar we could always move up to Chicago or down to St. Louis at some point and I wouldn't have to take another bar exam.

Kansas City, MO: I think we're both still hopeful that Garmin will randomly call Rick up and make him a great offer.  However, the deadline for the KS bar is less than 2 weeks away, so this option is going to quickly be eliminated.  It would be nice to stay here for the summer, since we already have a place.

So that's where were at.  Hopefully, we'll have something nailed down in the next couple of weeks.