# Ask the girl who's moving back home to Ohio after 5 years in SoCal **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 16, 2010, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-girl-whos-moving-back-home-to-ohio-after-5-years-in-socal/536338 "2010-04-16T13:08:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![xanthous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/53a042/32.png) [@xanthous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthous)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-girl-whos-moving-back-home-to-ohio-after-5-years-in-socal/536338/21 "2010-04-19T15:42:48Z")
I’ve decided that I’m going to move in with my best friend for now. She owns a little house in Columbus. I have a realtor friend who’s got lots of suggestions for me, but I have to be back in the work force solidly before I can even hope to think about that. Busy getting in touch with all of my contacts and letting them know I’m looking for work. Hoping something turns up before too long. My plan is to move by mid-summer. Have had several good talks with **manthous,** who only wants me to be happy and is being fully supportive of my decision. I’ve been crying pretty much every day at the thought of him being alone, but I think that’s my problem- I’ve spent more of my life worrying about others’ happiness than my own. Right now I’m just letting the gravity of all of this settle in. It’s pretty huge. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-girl-whos-moving-back-home-to-ohio-after-5-years-in-socal/536338/22 "2010-04-19T15:50:08Z")
**xanthous** , I sent you a PM, just FYI. ---
**Author:** ![xanthous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/53a042/32.png) [@xanthous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthous)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-girl-whos-moving-back-home-to-ohio-after-5-years-in-socal/536338/23 "2010-04-20T04:48:09Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > **xanthous** , I sent you a PM, just FYI. Back atcha. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-girl-whos-moving-back-home-to-ohio-after-5-years-in-socal/536338/24 "2010-04-20T12:56:05Z")
**xanthous** , what kind of work are you looking for? My husband’s company is still hiring, I believe–if you’re in anything techie, especially telecommunications, I can hook you up. ---
**Author:** ![bartleby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bartleby/32/10491_2.png) [@bartleby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bartleby)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-girl-whos-moving-back-home-to-ohio-after-5-years-in-socal/536338/25 "2010-04-20T13:42:03Z")
> [@Neptunian\_Slug](#): > > My condolences. I can’t ever see moving back to Dayton. Hey now, some of us aren’t to crazy about being here either, but if life gives you dayton, you just have to make daytonade, or drink copiously, or something… (ah, i’ll be at sloopy’s if you need me…) ---
**Author:** ![xanthous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/53a042/32.png) [@xanthous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthous)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-girl-whos-moving-back-home-to-ohio-after-5-years-in-socal/536338/26 "2010-04-20T18:06:30Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > **xanthous** , what kind of work are you looking for? My husband’s company is still hiring, I believe–if you’re in anything techie, especially telecommunications, I can hook you up. If by “techie” you mean technical graphic design, yes, I’m techie, but not the telecom-type of techie! I am, however, highly organized, a good communicator, good detail manager, good project manager, great people-person, & have always worked at least 4 yrs with every employer I’ve had (i.e. dedicated), so if that can get me a decent paying full-time job, then I’ll consider it! ---
**Author:** ![xanthous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/53a042/32.png) [@xanthous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthous)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-girl-whos-moving-back-home-to-ohio-after-5-years-in-socal/536338/27 "2010-04-20T18:14:03Z")
> [@bartleby](#): > > Hey now, some of us aren’t to crazy about being here either, but if life gives you dayton, you just have to make daytonade, or drink copiously, or something… (ah, i’ll be at sloopy’s if you need me…) I’ve always lovingly called my hometown Come-blow-us, Ohio, so I’m sure it will be happy to have me back. Heh heh ---
**Author:** ![RoniaBorkason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9dc877/32.png) [@RoniaBorkason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RoniaBorkason)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-girl-whos-moving-back-home-to-ohio-after-5-years-in-socal/536338/28 "2010-04-20T18:21:19Z")
Are you going to need a source of good Mexican food? Can you grow your own peppers? Not to make light of your situation, but its what I would miss most if I left CA. ---
**Author:** ![xanthous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/53a042/32.png) [@xanthous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthous)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-girl-whos-moving-back-home-to-ohio-after-5-years-in-socal/536338/29 "2010-04-20T21:23:14Z")
> [@RoniaBorkason](#): > > Are you going to need a source of good Mexican food? Can you grow your own peppers? > > Not to make light of your situation, but its what I would miss most if I left CA. I just planted a full garden, including serranos, cilantro from seed, and 3 varieties of tomatoes, so imagine my distress at having to leave it all. I grew the best tomatoes of my life in Ohio, so that I have no fear of. Peppers I can do, too. But being able to keep my thyme, chives, and parsley throughout the winter will be no more. Sigh… Avocadoes and Mexican food—gah—I don’t know how I’ll get over leaving the abundance. I swore after I moved here that I must have been Mexican in a previous life. Thank god I love to cook and have rocked out some primo Mexican food from scratch (thanks Rick Bayless!). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-girl-whos-moving-back-home-to-ohio-after-5-years-in-socal/536338.md?page=1)