So this is a semi-official announcement and it's not being done in the circumstances in which I would have liked but: I am definitely moving back west sometime in June. Unfortunately I do not have a job yet which I would have liked to have by now, but should I run into a circumstance where I still haven't found a job by then I may well have an interim position lined up to hold me for maybe one or two months in San Diego and my parents in Los Angeles have graciously told me that I can stay with them for as long as I need (even though I would prefer not to). I really hope I can move with a job lined up already but either way, I am ready to move home. While my preference was to move to Phoenix, at this point I have to stop being picky and just find a job anywhere out west because I can not afford not to have a job with my student loans, car, health insurance etc. I am happy that I am going to be going back west but am also worried that after 4 months of job searching I have not gotten very far. I still have three more months to figure this out so I know I shouldn't panic. In the mean time I'm sending applications to anywhere I can find in Tucson, Phoenix, San Diego, LA, Bay Area, Las Vegas, Portland, and Seattle.