The pending decisions:

My boyfriend and I are discussing moving in together and have talked about not living in IL any longer.  Both of us are going for degrees in the Human Services field and with all of the budget cuts, we are finding it looking bleaker and bleaker here.  I graduate this summer with a Bachelors and he graduates next winter with his Addictions Certification.  We are both passionate in our fields and really want to work within our fields, but currently it just does not seem to be possible.  I have been interning at the most wonderful place, but am well aware of their limitations, though I hope that there would be a way to create a spot for me.  If this happens, then of course there is no way I am leaving.  I just want to be somewhere with good schools, and if I'm going to leave IL then I am definitely going someplace warmer. 

My other issue is leaving my family behind and how this will affect my sons already strained relationship with his father.  I certainly wonder how this will all affect him and the potential issues that could come from this.  Again, these are just things that I am currently thinking of.  I really just would like to be with my honey and my son in a place that I can finally call home and feel is my home.  I want a dog, and eventually more kids, and to get married, though certainly not all in that order.  It would be nice to have these things, but it still will be quite a wait.  That's all for now.