A new beginning, your experiences?

Yes, we moved 2000 kms from a large capital city to a tiny country town over two years ago, and yep, still here. Well, we would be lol, who wants to go through all the hassle of selling up and moving, especially at our age. The hardest thing was the no friends issue, but we've become involved in the regional folk music and kinky scenes, so even if the actual township is a little standoffish (we'll be tourists still 20 years after we're buried here lol), we have got around that. And we have begun to make truly local contacts - the trivia night last week was very useful. Hope you settle in well and enjoy your new life. Lash

Let's see.....A little over 4 years ago, I moved from Indiana to Wyoming to work at Yellowstone National Park. Now that was a big change for me. I had been in Illinois and Indiana nearly all my life except for the time that my ex-husband and I traveled off and on for about a year and a half. When I made the move, I sold nearly all of my stuff and stored my important stuff at my sister's house. I took with me clothes that would be good for winter, a winter coat, important papers, a camera, my alarm clock, my stuffed cat named Frankie (used him for a pillow on the bus out to Wyoming and back), an extra pair of shoes and my favorite boots. I packed all this stuff in a back pack, a shoulder bag, a big rolling suitcase and a rolling duffle-type bag. I stayed at a hostel for a night when I arrived in Bozeman, Montana. I had the best sleep there after spending nearly 3 days on a bus. I think it cost me only $12 for the night, too. That great night of sleep was well worth the money. While on the bus from Yellowstone, I met a few people that I would be working with at the park. We asked the driver about the park and what kinds of animals are there and in what activities we could participate. The first few days at the park was hard on me because I was not used to the high elevation. I could not walk too much more than 20 yards at a time without stopping to catch my breath. It took me about a week to get used to it. My job at the park was line-server and cashier. I liked the cashiering better. Serving from a buffet-type line simply killed my back. The main thing that I did not like about where I worked--that is the company that managed the food services there--was that the management was poor. The shift "managers" were very young and did pretty much what they wanted to. One manager very rarely came out into the dining area to meet and greet customers, did not walk the restaurant to see what was needed as far as what products were getting low, to see if extra help was needed in any certain area,.......he just did not do it well. Another manager did a better job though. He was young, too. But he at least noticed the efforts we put into our jobs. One time he did tell me that I was doing a good job and that "quiet" ones tend to get overlooked. When he told me that, it showed me that he was pretty much the ONLY one in management who noticed that I tried to do my best and that he appreciated it. Anyway, to make this long story a bit shorter, I was at Yellowstone for only 3 weeks. So, I moved back home to Indiana and started over.....again. I have worked at Walmart for two years now and I'm about ready for a change of scenery again. I'm thinking along the lines of going to Tennessee. At least with where I work, I have the ability to transfer to another store in a different area.

It is a fact that while we are at new place and we do not any body there, it is difficult to find house to live and I think we have to depend upon the dealers in property business who can get us a house on rent or lease. If we are also finding job first it is more difficult to locate a house to live and then find the job. I had been away from my house hundred miles away but my position was different because I went there to join my regular job and the people in the office I joined helped me to find a house there.

I graduat from university this year.It means that my student life have been over,a new life begins.i have to make money and feed on myself.i will take it as a chanllegne,work hard.just take it as a new begin in my life