> It's not easy when you're too old for teen angst and too young for a mid-life crisis. Some of you already know I've been going through a reasonable amount of er...stuff...lately on the relationship front, and now I have a further worry in the rapidly approaching end of my job contract. My day job has been a six-month thing for the duration of the America's Cup racing, and it's all over in early March.
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> Well, today a permanent job opportunity with the same company popped up out the ground, so I whacked it with a CV, which I emailed right before typing this. I don't know yet if the opportunity will escape underground again, but hey, you gotta try!
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> This is giving me a lot of strife, because the job is located in San Francisco, and even if I get it I don't know if I want to move to the USA. The thought of leaving Coastguard and selling my boat, in addition to the huge hassles of such a move, is quite frankly terrifying. But at the same time, I have no idea at all what I could go into or what I'll end up doing if I stay here. I sort of feel like the world is going to end in March. It's only a month off, and then everything changes.
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> Not to mention the fact that I'll be losing my Internet connection. I have no intention of disappearing from RinkWorks forever, but it's just one more thing to worry about. *sigh* I knew I'd have to fork out for a home computer sooner or later, but I never realised it would be *solely* for the sake of a dozen or so people that I really like. :-)
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> I'm not sure why I'm telling you all this anyway, except that you can probably tell I'm feeling a bit low, and more apocalyptic than I ever was for the millennium. :-) I'd ask you all to keep your fingers crossed for me, but the truth is, I have no idea what I even *want* to happen. So, yeah, whatever.
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> Brunnen-"back to being silly any minute now"G

I'm not even sure where to begin with the idea of moving internationally. But however you intend to move all of your worldly possessions (or sell all but the sentimental and re-purchase the others stateside), couldn't you bring your boat with you? Pack what you can into the boat, ship the rest by another method, and enjoy the adventure of sailing from NZ to SF. Granted, I'm no sailor by any stretch of the imagination, but even if the "middle of nowhere" deep blue is not even a remote consideration due to the size (or lack thereof) of your vessel, isn't there still a way you could accomplish this feat?
It just seems a shame to have to leave behind this tangible fruition of your dreams. Unless, you can make enough off of the sale to allow you to buy another boat here, and enjoy the challenge, once again, of bringing new life to an old boat.
Definitely contact as many people as possible who live in San Francisco to determine unquestionably that that's what you want to do; there's no turning back.
Keep in mind that real estate in SF is astronomical. However, there are plenty of surrounding burroughs that would offer lower costs.

Tra "As far as a computer... don't even sweat it. Once you get settled, just look in the classifieds, there'll be plenty of useds to choose from." nio