4 posts tagged “california”

My prayers have been answered.

I talked to my parents today while I was on my lunch break and they agreed that it is OK for me to move back in August when they drive the RV back.  Words cannot express how happy I am right now.  My greatest fear was that the gas prices would go so high that I wouldn't be able to afford to drive a UHAUL back.  Now I don't have to worry about that because I am going to put most of my stuff in the RV and the rest in my car.  We might even tow my car behind the RV so that I don't have to drive it back. 

Everything is falling into place.  I thought that I was going to have to wait another 8 months to move but my parents helped speed up the process.  So this is the plan:

My dad arrives in Louisiana on July 16.  My mom, brother and grandmother arrive on July 30th.  We put my grandmother on a flight back home on August 19th.  We pack up the RV and start our cross country journey on August 20th.  I am hoping that I will have a a cell phone that is capable of sending pictures and updates to vox so that I can post messages while I am traveling.  Time is going to fly by so I am going to start going through all of my stuff because I don't plan on taking everything back with me.  I am a pack rat and I keep stuff that I don't need.  It's time to do a MAJOR purge!

My family and friends are going to be so excited!!

This past weekend I spent a lot of time hunting for jobs online.  I love the job that I have now but I am looking for a reason to go back to California......NOW.  In order to move soon, I need my parents on board.  I found that my parents would be much more willing to help me move if I already have a job lined up in Cali.  I started hunting last week and I found a couple of jobs that suite me.  1 is located in San Francisco and the other 2 are located in Oakland.  I sent of 1 of my application today via UPS overnight and I will send the other 2 later this week.  I am keeping my fingers crossed that I will at least get an interview. 

My parents are flying to Baton Rouge at the end of next month and they will be here for about 3 weeks.  The have decided to drive the RV back to California because they say they "miss it" and they miss being able to go fishing and camping and sleep in the RV.  The RV is 32 feet long and it has a bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, and shower.  It's like an apartment on wheels!!  Anyhow, the RV has a hitch which means that I could tow my stuff back in a UHAUL trailer!!!   Do you know how much money that would save me!  I was anticipating having to spend at least $2000 for a UHAUL truck and gas but if I could just rent a UHAUL trailer, all I would have to pay is $200 for the trailer and chip in on gas for the RV.  The RV took $1700 when we drove it down last year.  Now that gas prices have gone up, I would say it will take about $2000 worth this time around.  I am going to offer my parents $500 towards gas because towing the trailer will use more gas.  So that is $600 compared to the $2000 that I would have to spend if I wait and move later.  My parents don't know that I want to move this soon.  I had told them that I would wait until January but now that there driving the RV back, I don't want to wait.  This is my way out!!  So anyhow, I am hoping that I will get 1 of the jobs in California because that will force them to accept me moving back right away. 

I'm going to talk to them about it sometime tonight.  My mother isn't going to be happy because she doesn't want to leave the house vacant.  I completely  understand but I can't live down here for another year.  They should be happy that I stayed in it for as long as I did.  If I leave with them in August, I will have lived in Baton Rouge, Louisiana for 1 year exactly.  That is more then enough "southern hospitality" for me!!  So I am hoping and praying that they will allow me to drive back with them in August.  If they won't let me hook up a trailer to the RV then I will just leave my stuff here and pack as much as I can in my car and just follow them back.  They can't force me to stay here!  My mother is trying to convince me that I belong with my ex so that i'll change my mind.  She claims that we were together for a reason and maybe he's the man that I am supposed to marry.  I think that's her way of trying to get me to stay down here.  Well, that's not going to work.  I already know that my ex is not someone who I want to marry.  Even though he makes great money and he could take care of me (as my mother says), I want more out of a relationship and he isn't ready to give me what I need.  I'm tired of settling for just anybody.  I am getting older and I don't have time to waste. 

My ex and I are on good terms but I don't see us getting back together.  I keep trying to tell my mother that but she still think there's hope.  So I have to come up with something to tell her so that she'll back off.  So you guy's pray for me and send good thoughts my way.  If all goes well, I will be back in California by mid August. 

I have to get serious about saving now!  I have been buying makeup like crazy and I haven't been saving like I need to.  I have so many hauls to do.  I am going to get started on my YouTube Hauls and picture hauls so that I can post them here on vox. 

I'm sitting at work and I'm bored so out of curiosity I checked the UHAUL website to see how much it would cost to rent a "one way" UHAUL Truck to drive from Louisiana to California.  When I moved here in August 2007, we rented a 12 foot trailer and my Dad towed it on the back of his Ford Expedetion. Well if I decide to move back, I won't have a truck to tow a trailer so I would have to rent a Uhaul truck.  I wanted to rent a Uhaul truck the first time around but it was going to cost about $2500 so I opted for the $1100 trailer.  Anyhow, I did some fake quotes on the Uhaul site and the results are as follows:

From California to Louisiana:

26 Foot Truck $4,186

24 Foot Truck $3,924

17 Foot Truck $2,616

14 Foot Truck $2,512

10 Foot Truck $2,433

12 Foot Trailer $1100

From Louisiana to California:

26 Foot Truck $711

24 Foot Truck $683

17 Foot Truck $569

14 Foot Truck $546

10 Foot Truck $529

12 Foot Trailer $307

Can you believe the price difference!!!! California prices are EXTREMELLY inflated.  I feel bad for my parents because they will have to move a 2-story house in December and it will probably cost them close to $10,000 just to move to Louisiana.  It's good for me though because if and when I decide to move, I will actually be able to afford it!  I was afraid that it would take me forever to save enough money to move back to Cali but since the Uhaul is so cheap, I can pretty much move back at any time.  OMG, you guy's don't realize how happy I am right now.  There is hope!!!!!!