Waikiki Hawaii.

So here's another update. This "idea" (technically still an idea, but 90% yes at this point) is going along quite well. My wife has had 7 different interviews with Hospitals over there, and they are all extremely interested. They want her to start tomorrow, but that isn't going to happen. The two of us are going to fly out again on a Friday in the near future, then fly home on Monday. Spend the weekend dealing with a Realtor to find us an apartment or a small house that we can rent. Then we just need to buy a 2nd vehicle over there and have the dealer have it ready for us when we land at the airport. Not for when we go apartment/house hunting, but when we actually decide to move. I'm sure we could work that out with one of them closer to the date.

We're going to drive my car, which is under a lease, all the way from Pennsylvania, down south through Tennessee, Texas, Nevada, Utah then California. It's going to cost me around $1200 to ship out from Cali to Hawaii, so that works. I'm still in the process of making a Resume. It's tough, I've never had to make one before, and for added difficulty, I've only really ever worked at one place before. Granted, I have 20 years at that place, but that doesn't make for a very spectacular resume. I'm still trying to figure all of that out.

I've gotta say, thus far this is a lot easier than I would have expected it to be. But time will tell once we actually decide to make the move. I'll update this again later.

So our house is on the market now. I listed it for $240k and currently have an offer of $230k. It's been up since Thursday.
I still haven't found a job out there, but I haven't been trying (yet). My wife has accepted an offer, and it's an 80% increase over what she makes out here. Pretty impressive.

Regarding the house, our realtor is trying something new. It's a 3D imaging thing that allows people to tour our house online as if it were Google Maps. I think it's pretty neat.
Check it out:
Schaunn - Matterport 3D Showcase

Yeah. And they get 6% of your property just for opening the door.

It's crazy.

Here's a bunch of pictures to document the trip out and the decision to move.



















About a month after coming home, we had 32 inches of snow. It sucked.
Final nail in the coffin of Pennsylvania.

Someone asked me what I even wanted to do (for work) out there, and I don't know. Here is my full answer.

I honestly have no idea. I mean, I could be anything from business management down to cashier at the Dollar Tree. I'd like something a little professional though. Preferably something that requires thinking. I'd make a badass PA for some super wealthy executive, but I don't have a vagina, so I doubt that'll happen. I don't really know, expecially because I haven't even seen what the market is like out there. I've been too focused on getting my house ready to sell. I'll get my resume in order in the next few days and figure it out then.

I've also thought about starting my own place, but that isn't going to happen immediately. It'll be something I'll look at only if living out there for 4 years works out, and we decide to spend the rest of our lives there. I just don't know, but I don't want to get too heavily invested into the island until I know for certain what my future looks like.

At this point, we're going to rent a place to live and go from there with the intention of taking a 4 year long vacation. Sticking with 4 years at the very least (no matter what happens), just so we can say we tried our best and we really got to experience the area. We may hate it, we may love it. But whatever happens, we'll let it grow on us instead of taking our early opinions.

People say it's "so expensive" to live out there, but really it isn't. Especially compared to the Philadelphia rates that I'm accustom to. It's maybe a 15% increase from here, which isn't bad at all. Especially when my wife is getting an 80% increase in her pay moving out there and I'll do something where I should get a nice chunk myself (no idea what % though). Plus, never having to worry about snow again... Or cold weather? It fucking snowed last night in PA, even though it was high 70's on Friday. This area is crazy with the weather.