Yikes, I have a blog!

I've never really felt the urge to share my life with the internet, but since I'm about to make some big changes in life, I thought a blog might finally be a good idea. 

Yes, I've finally gone and done it!  I just gave notice at my current job, and have three more weeks before I am officially unemployed.  It's something I've been thinking about for a while, and now the timing just seems right.  I'm packing up my stuff and moving.  Where?  Now that's the real question.  I'm not sure yet.  Boston has been fine, but I'm really not a city girl.  My plan is to spend three months driving around the US visiting friends and family (aka mooching), thinking about what type of job I want next, and where I want to live.  I hope to be unemployed and homeless until at least January, but not too much longer than that.  I want to spend significant amounts of time in Boulder, Seattle, San Francisco, and Salem VA while I think about big companies, small companies, start-ups, independent contracting, teaching, and whatever other employment schemes come to mind. 

So in the near future I will give up normal adult things like a job and a permanent address and use this blog to keep everyone up to date on my wanderings.  I'm hoping it will be a mix of updates on my adventures, a heads-up for people I'm about to visit (mooch), and a place for my thoughts about life, employment, and my next permanent address. 

I'd love company for this trip, so if anyone out there is interested in joining me for a few days, a few weeks, whatever, let me know!