Oklahoma - In with the good

So back to that whole moving to Oklahoma thing. Have I mentioned that I have mixed feelings about that? Because I do. I so do. In an effort to not sound like a complete and total whiner, I'll start with the good. Which is pretty good, but as I said, complicated, mixed feelings.

The biggest and bestest part of Oklahoma is that Zach was accepted into the Political Science Ph.D. program! Horray! Very, very good and happy news. And he has decent odds of getting full funding (tuition, 1k a month stipend, oh yah, baby, we're living large). Also fantastic.

It's a decent program, but more importantly it means that Zach does not have to give up on his dream, that he gets to move forward on to hopefully awesome things. 

The second best part is that Zach's parents live there. Fortunately, Zach loves his parents. I like them quite well, and am moving closer to the love. It will be nice for everyone to get to know each other better. And I do kind of mean everyone. Zach and his family are close, but anytime people have lived so far apart for so long, that can't help but change things.

Also, it will be really, really nice to have a support network. There have been a few times out here where I've realized that if something was wrong, something beyond what Zach and I could handle, we don't really have anyone we could call. Which is entirely our own fault and the natural result of a hermit lifestyle and subpar interpersonal skills. Still, the idea that we could call people to help us move furniture or pick up some pepto-bismal in an emergency is going to be fantastic. And if they need us, it will be nice to be right there and able to do something.

Compared to DC, we will be able to live like Kings. The cost of living is crazy inexpensive. It's become my new hobby to look of real estate in the university town we'll be relocating to. I've found cute little houses that we could buy for less than I spent on law school tuition in a year. More realistically, I've found several lovely little houses and duplex that we could rent for 1/3 of what we currently spend. Twice the room for 1/3 the cost sounds heavenly. Ooo, and we could even paint! Or enjoy such luxuries as multiple rooms. Ah, the indulgence.

Really, it would be tight, but with Zach's stipend we could probably cover our bare living expenses. And that's nice.

And uh, those are the only 3 good things I can think of. Which leads me to the things I'm not crazy about post...

Last week of classes

Holy mother of pete dancing on a dead pirates nose while playing a ukulele (I've always been fond of colorful swearing, despite my obvious inability to do so). This is my last week of law school classes.

I'm one half, hallelujah, one half, don't make me go, the real world is scary. 

where the wind comes sweepin' down the plain

Oklahoma. Setting of both a mediocre musical and one of my favorite Tom Cruise/Nicole Kidman movies (also the only Cruise/Kidman movie I've seen). A state where the 5th image result on Google is a lovely shot of presumably authentic Sooner cleavage. It also has an average of 54 tornadoes a year - one of the highest rates in the world. The state vegetable is a watermelon.

It is also the place where Zach and I will be moving to in May and living for the next few years. 

I'll say more when I have a better understanding of how I feel about this. Or at least a way to better articulate how I feel.

At the very least, it feels amazing to have an actual destination and plan for after graduation.