Monday, May 12, 2014

Should I Stay Or Should I Go?

I've been negative about Phoenix and I'm scared about the triple digit heat we are about to endure but I'm freaking out wondering if I should stay.

If I go back to Utah now, it is unlikely that I will find a job that pays what I make now and then I will have to pay rent and get a car. If I want to get a house, I will barely have any money each month to set aside for a down payment. However, my friends are in Utah. I would be happy there.

If I go to another state as a live-in nanny, I run the risk of not being a good fit for the family and having to leave.

Angie needs me to stay. Hana gets sick every time she visits a daycare.

If I stay here, I am making really good money for a family I get along with really well and I don't have any payments to worry about beyond my student loans and phone. I can afford to make good loan payments and set aside good money for a down payment on a loan.

Here's the tricky part: I don't have any friends here beyond my employers. I don't have my own car to travel whenever I want. I could buy a car but I don't have a great place for parking it. We are at the end of a dead end street where parking is a red zone. I can borrow their cars when they aren't using them. Sometimes Angie rides her bike to work so I can drive Hana around during the day.

It makes financial sense to stay. It makes emotional sense to go to Utah.


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