I don’t deal well with change. Today we found out that the National Resident Matching Program has decreed that Rachel will be working at Williamsport Hospital for the next tree years, starting in mid-June. That means we will be moving to Williamsport, PA sometime in May.
I am pretty happy with my apartment, friends, church, Monday night D&D games, Tuesday bar crowd, Friday night Settlers of Catan games, Sunday afternoon football games, etc as they are now. Giving all this up to move to a very sparsely populated area where I will know no one and not even have a new job at which to meet people does not excite me in the least. Going to Lancaster, where we were hoping to be matched, would have left us close enough to still participate in most of these things and be closer to our families and some of my oldest friends.
Hi–I am a Williamsport native and still-frequent visitor, and my goddaughter works at the hospital. If I can help you with anything or give you any tips, please don’t hesitate to contact me. I wish you luck…personally I think Williamsport is kind of a pit, but there are some nice things about it.
unclebrian@brianleonard.net
Comment by Brian Leonard — March 19, 2009 @ 7:33 pm
Don’t worry, we’ll come visit you. Also, if you need a place to stay the night when you come back this way, just ask. I should have my house back by May …
Comment by Chris — March 19, 2009 @ 8:48 pm
Brian Leonard:
Thanks! I forgot to mention in my post that I spent most of the day looking for rental properties in town and there is really very little. ApartmentRatings.com has only two complexes listed that got mostly positive reviews, and most of what I could find on craigslist or the Sun Gazette seem a bit sketchy. We are going to try to get together some places to look at on Monday. If you know of any particularly reputable landlords, I would be glad to hear about them.
Now that that is out of the way, how on earth did you come across my blog?
Chris:
Thanks, I suspect I will have many such offers to choose from so I can spread out the inconvenience :)
Comment by chadhogg — March 19, 2009 @ 10:11 pm
our couches are always open.
how did your search go today?
Comment by Christopher — March 23, 2009 @ 7:37 pm
We put a deposit down on a 2-bedroom apartment in the northeast part of the city.
Comment by chadhogg — March 24, 2009 @ 8:16 am