When I was in college and people would ask, “Where do you plan to go after graduation?” I would answer, “Where ever the wind blows.” Similar was asked when Dave graduated – the answer was the same.

But how do we know when the wind is really blowing?
Do we jump at the slightest breeze? Or do we need a big gust to knock us off our feet?

The winds of change are tricky.

Circumstances at Dave’s work have caused us to open our minds to the idea of change. We are at that confusing stage where we don’t know if the gentle breeze will pass, or carry us along. Regardless, its left me particularly interested in exploring what options there are out there. The world (or at least the country) is our oyster. Dave usually hates change. I quite enjoy it, generally. And it doesn’t help that several people around us are looking at job opportunities in other states. I guess you could say that it fuels the fire.

In any case, my wandering mind has found itself all over the map.

I was ready to pack my bags for this place in North Carolina:
http://www.obeo.com/Public/Viewer/Default.aspx?ID=438881
5 bdrm, 5 bath, over 5,000 sq ft., pool, etc . . . and it was listed at $165,000. I told Dave we were moving! But, of course the price was too good to be true. The listing price was missing a zero that changed the total to $1.65 million. Suddenly we weren’t moving anymore. Go figure.

And did you know that you can get 6 acres (with a house) in Ohio for $155,500?
http://www.landsofohio.com/ohio/index.cfm?Detail=&INV_ID=94774
That’s less than our home is worth. We’d be making money on that deal. And the average salary in Ohio is comparable to here.

Speaking of land, how about a 164 acre farm (home, barns, etc) for $370,000?
http://www.landsofohio.com/ohio/index.cfm?Detail=&INV_ID=94439
This is roughly the price of a 2500 sq ft. newly built home on .33 acres in Logan. And we love the idea of having lots of land. And we could have horses. And imagine the photography opportunities out there. Barns. Horses. Fields. Fences. Wide open spaces.

Or 55 acres in New York for $80,000? We could build.
http://www.landsofnewyork.com/NewYork/index.cfm?Detail=&INV_ID=108079
The same price as a 3/4 acre lot we saw in Richmond a couple of summers ago.

I know I’m ranting. Sorry. Sometimes my over stimulated mind gets the better of me. It’s like that line in Ratatouille, where Remy is talking to his brother about savoring food: “Imagine every great taste in the world being combined into infinite combinations. A taste that no one has tried yet. Discoveries to be made.” I guess I just get thinking about all of the possibilities that are out there, and the discoveries. I get a little out of control.

I poked around on Monster.com a little bit too. Its a little harder for me to get excited about job openings where they are a little more vague, and where I can’t best decide what Dave would like. Besides, there’s no pictures *grin.* There seem to be opportunities everywhere though. I did happen to notice that Disney has openings for various engineering positions, including their “imagineering” positions (engineers that design rides for theme parks). I wonder how it would be to work for a company like Walt Disney Inc? Certainly we’d have to purchase a season pass to Disneyland – that couldn’t be bad, could it?

I’ll stop now. My head is spinning.

Oh, and please no comments that involve freaking out about the idea of us moving. Calm down. I am just getting ahead of myself. Really. We haven’t packed our bags yet.