It's a rarity in the radio business to be able to give a landlord the legal required full one month's notice. I'm pretty sure I can count on two fingers the number of times I've gotten a deposit back. Most times you get a job offer and you're gone in two weeks, losing a good chunk of money. Sometimes, you do find a landlord kind enough to return it providing he can find another tenant right away. That's a rarity as well.
As the end of the month gets closer, I wonder if I should use this opportunity to give one month's notice on my place. Come the end of the holidays I pack up whatever minimal belongings I have and leave Regina. Sell all the big things and pack the VW full to the brim, and hope the kitties fit in it someplace. And go where?
My mom would love for me to go out to BC where she is near Penticton. I'm sure the winters would be better, but the job pool size is small there and most of the stations are owned by the same company that laid me off. Not sure that's the right move. I think I know all of 2 people in Vancouver, so it wouldn't be my first choice either. Winter's are tough in Edmonton and you know how much I love winter! Calgary certainly would be an option. I really like Saskatoon, so maybe. Winnipeg I'm not overly familiar with. And I suspect I'd feel pretty homesick going any further east than Ontario, knowing only a few souls past the border. Toronto would probably be the best fit for me for friends, familiarity and size. But with the $468 a week I'd be banking on with my unemployment, that might get me a sheltered spot out of the wind under a DVP bridge or overpass in Tdot.
Sigh, so many things to think about in this little brain of mine. If you could just pack up (hypothetically) and go, where would you land?
Tia
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