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Hitting the Road - Goodbye California!!
CKonradt Posted by: CKonradt // 9 months ago // viewed 1,486 times // shared 12 times
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WE are as I write this - are head to Arizonia to move in with my mother. Both my husband and myself have Masters Degree's and can't find a job to save our lives. We have been forced to get the hell out of Dodge, leaving everything we don't need behind. Both in our early 30's, have hit a point to which we are literally dumb-founded to how this, by which I mean, this country, has gotten to this point. We followed the plan, got the degree, took the entry level jobs to work our way up to a cliff - to be pushed over. I feel that we are not progressing, but moving backwards, towards what seems to be a long road of struggle, and I'm tired....Tired of waiting for the fork in the road. Here's to the hope that a New President, will provide the change this country needs...

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