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[exsequar]

SO.

I just found out that I'm moving to San Francisco!

I'M MOVING TO SAN FRANCISCO.

Whaaat? *flail* My boss took a job at UCSF and the lab is moving there. I am definitely going to go, and probably most of the lab is too. He just dropped the bomb on us out of the blue today, then took us all out for lunch (and beer) as a sort of - apology? Heh. Some people are taking it much worse than others. I personally am getting to a quite okay place with it, mostly because I'm already far along in my PhD and will only be in SF for 1.5 years, and I was planning on making a big move from Ann Arbor after grad school anyway, so this just accelerates the timeline.

Still, it's a pretty big shock. The worst part is that I'll be moving away from my dad, and it's been so wonderful being in the same city with him again. I never got a chance to tell him today and I'm kind of dreading it. But I think he'll be excited for me too, because it really is a special opportunity.

SO. FLIST. Whoever is still out there. Who knows anything about San Francisco or California? General advice on moving out there? Thoughts, warnings, anything? I know I haven't been around at all but I still consider you a great source of advice and comfort.

I'M MOVING TO SAN FRANCISCO HOLY SHIT!

Comments

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's fantastic! Congratulations! I knew you'd kick butt.

Yep, it's waaaaay over there. I'm a third of the way across now in Michigan so it's about 2000 miles away, which is pretty insane. Of course, I moved further to move to Dublin and that worked out pretty well. :) Labs move all the time - most academic professors in the sciences don't stay at one school their whole career and so a necessary step is to move your whole lab from one school to another. This is a really prestigious move for my boss so I'm very happy for him! It does suck for the grad students who get stuck with the moving process, but hey, life goes on. We'll pack up all our shit in trucks and send them across the country, then reassemble it once we get there! It's gonna be a helluva process but we'll all do it together.

We should be! Friend me!

[theaeblackthorn.livejournal.com]

Ahaha, I've got to find you, I'm sas stevens if it helps, looking for you now.

At least it's a move where you'll know people, if they're going too, although if any of them suck, that sucks, hopefully they don't! Gosh, I can't believe it's been such a long time since I spoke to you :)

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

Haha apparently we're friends already! I don't use Facebook much, honestly, but there's a few things on there.

My labmates are pretty great! And I love my boss. It's a great opportunity to move a new place with a safety net in place and people to go through the process with.

Man, I know! There's so many people in my life I've lost touch with, especially LJ friends. :( It's really dumb. I miss LJ a lot. I just don't have the time anymore though, tragically.