What are you thinking RIGHT NOW?

[KopsTheTerminator]

^ Visiting a place doesn't give you too much of an idea as to how living there long term will be like at all, from experience. Just felt I needed to add that. I do find it annoying when people try to dissuade you from trying new things like that though, but in any case it's an important choice and you need to really look into it beforehand (considering moving to another country is significantly more difficult).

Sorry if I missed the point or anything by the way I'm on a phone.

[Gemini]

^ Ah yeah, same. xD I'm on my phone at work rn. lol

But I mean obviously, yeah, do research but don't let people convince you it's not possible. If it's something you really want then you can find a way to make it work. That's what I was tryna say, aha. For me, I had to go against the grain quite a bit (not many people go out of state and it's about a fourteen hour drive from where I used to live, so quite far) but I still found a way through it cuz I knew that I just wasn't happy where I was.

Anyway I'm rambling but. Best of luck with whatever you decide!

[Squeely]

Sid still hasn't come home Getting more stressed and worried about him as time goes on. Didn't quite get enough sleep because I was up later than I had planned. But at least I got around 7 hours, which is decent enough to not leave me feeling too exhausted. Woulda slept more but I woke up around an hour and a half earlier than I needed to. Had I gone back to sleep, I probably would have slept too long. Mom would have woken me up when my body would not have been ready to wake up.

Getting tired of having doctor's appointments. Hopefully after this, I'll just have my MRI scan and a follow-up for that left, then be able to chill for half a year or so.

[Marizzle]

Honestly? Ignore em. If you feel out of place then go where you feel comfortable. Especially since it's a place you've already been to and like.

When I graduated high school I moved to a different part of the country, away from my home, and didn't look back or think twice about it. I just kinda always knew that's what I wanted to do and I'm glad I didn't second guess myself as I can't imagine being anywhere else.

I mean don't get me wrong, I still go back about twice a year to see my dad and my new stepmom, since I love and appreciate them, but whenever I go back to my hometown I get this sense of "this is familiar to me, but boy... glad I left this sad little place - I was never all that happy here." The idea of staying in the area never much appealed to me.

Just my two cents, to be honest.

Thank you, you've literally just explained all I feel! It's not like I don't like anything about the place I live in and I'd honestly miss it, if I left, but there's just something there. I can't find words to explain it, but it's like a part of myself is missing. It's that whole "My house may be here, but where is my home?" cliché.

^ Visiting a place doesn't give you too much of an idea as to how living there long term will be like at all, from experience. Just felt I needed to add that. I do find it annoying when people try to dissuade you from trying new things like that though, but in any case it's an important choice and you need to really look into it beforehand (considering moving to another country is significantly more difficult).

Yes, that is 100% true and I'm definitely aware of that. I wouldn't dare to move to anywhere, without any doing any research before.
Yet, I can't help but think that, if you feel like the place you're currently at isn't where you should stay forever, that you should just...relocate, to a place that has made you happy. I'm not saying that a visit is enough to understand anything about X or Y location, but I would never consider moving to a country I have visited and disliked, for example. Visiting does leave an impression and, IMO, it can be a "first step to making a decision", in a way. Of course, the following steps include "research".

But thanks for the inputs, you two. It's really great to get some 'feedback'.

[Soren]

I hate being sick.

[Marizzle]

That was so sweet. I can't even!

[Squeely]

New doctor's office isn't crowded and my new oncologist is very nice

[Carl]

Ugh, my arm and hand keep alternating between being numb and hurting. It's done this a few times before, but never after a three hour shift, always longer ones—typically after a couple of days of longer ones. I find this a bit worrisome, and it definitely means next week will suck big time.

[Marizzle]

I have to reply to that PM once I'm back from the con...anyway, today I'm a Pikachu!

[Elton John]

So uh apparently it is 20 degrees above the norm in the arctic in fahrenheit.

It was nice knowing everyone. This isn't merely bad, this is earth extinction levels of bad.