Choices

[polychrome_pen]

So I'm hoping you all can weigh in a bit on a problem I'm facing.

Next Monday - the 26th - we choose our sites for Rotations. We will be in these areas for nine months, moving between six different pharmacy practice settings.

Until recently, this wasn't even a decision that I felt needed deciding - it was already practically a done deal that I wanted to go to Loma Linda. But recently, my friends have been trying to sway me to Sacramento.

Here's a bit about each region for you non-California people. :)

Loma Linda
- Smack in the middle of southern California and eight hours away, this regions represents my first true chance to get away from the area I live now. I have several old friends who live down here, as well as the chance at very affordable housing if I live with some friends of my Mom (who went to college down there).
- Also, I like that there's a large Adventist population. And it doesn't hurt that I'd be really close to Disneyland.
- But in a bit way I'm scared to death of being so far away from everything.

Sacramento
- This region is only about an hour's drive north from where I live, and although I wouldn't really be that far away it would still be a very different experience. Housing becomes trickier in this situation, though - I don't know where I would live.
- It would be nice to still be able to come home if I really wanted to. I'm not sure how homesick I might get. Heh.
- Also, the friends I've made in this program are mostly wanting to go there. And they want me to come with them. This is kind of a new concept for me.

I'm very undecided about this still, and probably won't really decide until I pick on Monday. But I would value some outside opinions.

Comments

[tanz-fanatika.livejournal.com]

Is there any way you could look into the housing in Sacramento before Monday? I think that would be the deal-sealer for me. If you can't get it reasonably, go for Loma Linda. It's cool to have friends that want you to go with them, but if there's no place for you to live, that's kind of a problem. I think the adventurous aspect of the other one is cool, too. I always recommend people get away from home and live on their own for awhile. It builds character. Heh.

[alisonchainsv1.livejournal.com]

I agree with this, I lived in Texas for awhile. That's a ways from CA, And a whole other world. Getting away from your area, even if it is in the same state can really help to show you what the world is like outside of your safe zone, if that makes sense.

[ry-sabir.livejournal.com]

Thanks for your thoughts!

I know I desperately need to get out of my "safe zone." I think I'm really concerned about how much I want to get out of it, though.

It's kind of ridiculous, really. Sacramento is an hour away, but feels like a foreign city to me sometimes. I would die without a GPS!

Oh, so sheltered. :(

[ry-sabir.livejournal.com]

Thanks for weighing in, Lori.

Either place, I would be living on my own, which I know I desperately need for personal growth reasons.

Thanks for the suggestion too! I'll definitely do some research into housing this weekend!