Wow so where to begin. Well...shortly after my last blog, I lost my job. We all sort of knew it was coming, and our principles were kind enough to keep us all in the loop of where the company stood, which lets be honest, wasn't good. We had a deadline due at the end of the work week, and after that we pretty much had nothing. So yeah, it was expected on that following Monday. They cut four designers from our thinning group, and I was one of them. From 25 designers, down to 5 in the past year and half. I must say though, I'm glad I made it that far. If this was a design competition, say Top Design?, I would have at least made it to the top 5. Great way to look at things...i guess.

After that, I had to do a total reevaluation. Rearrange my priories, my goals- oh gosh it was just a mess. So my options were:

a. Find another job in vegas
b. Move to LA, settle, and find a job
c. Move back home

Well obviously option C was completely out of the question- being that I can barely pull of "local" status anymore. Option A had it's possibilities, especially since I had a lot of connections and contacts with the other big firms in town, and knew many people in the industry. But nope, I decided to go with option B. I've been wanting to move to LA for so long now- and this is obviously the time to do it. I have literally nothing to hold me back.

Don't worry, I did my usual calculations, budgets, pros & cons lists- the works. Trust.

So after I made up my final decision, the next question was, "where to even begin?" First I needed to look for a place. So I went shopping on every website possible for apartments and living arrangements. Of course, being a very particular bitch, I had an extremely small range to choose from because I wanted to be in the PRIME areas of LA. Santa Monica, West Hollywood, Venice...only the best :P With that, of course comes with a big price. It was a tough 2 weeks looking for something in my minimal budget, but in the areas that I wanted to be in. I picked my top five, made phone calls for appointments, and headed to check them out.

Sadly though, none of them felt right. So that night while staying at my friends pad, I did a little bit more research and found 5 more options that I could check out before I headed back to vegas. This time around it was WAY better. I had two great places to choose from. One was an apartment that was like a vintage 1920's Art Deco building which I absolutely loved, but location wasn't quite there. The second place was a guest house in prime location, but the place was smaller and the bedroom closet was tiny. ooohhh that's a toughie.

Well after much thought, especially on the drive home, I decided to go with option 2-- and I must say I couldn't be happier! :) I now currently live in a guest house (well more like an attic above the garage) that kind of looks like a tiny cottage, with the best landlord anyone could have asked for. He included the utilities, HD cable connection, and the internet with the rent- all which saves me about 300 a month. Plus he let me store a few things in the garage (huge help since I have so much crap) and I get to use the hot tub whenever I like. Not too shabby eh? And I designed a solution about the closet issue in the bedroom so there was no problem there. YAY!

Okay break time. I'll continue my new life story later- probably tomorrow. **kisses