I'm starting to get a wee fearful of how isolated I may get from the world if I move and live alone again.

I can guarantee if you move here you won't be isolated unless you want to be.

So when Trump snaps, is he going to fire Mueller or Sessions first?

I'm betting Sessions, because he feels personally betrayed, but it depends on who's the last person who speaks to him before he blows.

I'm so sorry, -t

And msbelle, I recommend moving to the LA area because then I can hang out with you a whole lot more than I get to now. :-D

But in a broader sense, I think it's becoming clearer and clearer that single family homes and single apartments isn't a good fit for a lot of people. I get that living alone works well for some, but I'd rather have people around me, even when those people are driving me crazy. I vote more communal living.

I'm betting Sessions, because he feels personally betrayed, but it depends on who's the last person who speaks to him before he blows.

So a human version of hot potato?

I am really really up for having a housemate - like really really. Co-owners or me buying a place I can more or less afford alone and having housemate pay a rent they can afford.

Feel free to send applications.

The move should be happening either fall/winter 2019 or early 2020.

msbelle, do you know where you're moving to?

One interview down, 2 to go. Guys, I've been 'on' for strangers for the majority of the past 4 days (I don't count breakfast with my friend in Durham or the drive) and I've got 2 more. I'm hosting the interviewees, so that means that after the interview(padding built in for questions, shuttles to other site, etc) & before lunch, show them around & chitchat. Unlike some of my colleagues, I don't just park them in the room with couches (which I'm appalled by, but not uncommon practice), I bring 'em back to my office and don't talk work, just normal stuff you'd do with a newly met stranger.I think I'm doing a really good job of it, but it's exhausting. But I feel it is only fair. Especially for this position, which is entry level, so nerves in abundance.

Also, this person is gonna be my minion. I gotta like you.

msbelle wants to move into my basement, but I need more distance than that. Not worried about her becoming housebound. You'll find a neighborhood that fits your need for interaction (even if it contains me, perfectly content to not speak to humans for days.)

(I mean, I am! But my neighborhood means I talk to at least one neighbor a day, if not six, even just casually. My cats won't have time to eat me before folks investigate if I dropped dead.)

I am most likely either moving to B'more or the greater LA area, likely the suburbs south of LA.