I got an official job offer!

[East Coast Hustle]

A catch called "marriage," perhaps?

Yeah, but that's not the objectionable part.

I have to be willing to live with a cat.

[Cain]

I'm with Net.  Being a selfish bastard in matters of paychecks has always worked for me.

Then again, I am single.  Living in a bedsit.  On the only high part of land in this area, surrounded by floodplains.  With shitty internet.  This metaphor is getting away from me, but what I'm saying is I can afford to be selfish because my actions only really affect me.  I'd try and sell it hard to ECHGF though, in pretty much the way you put it above.

[East Coast Hustle]

As for the stability of it, it's been in consistent profitable operation since the early 80's. It'll be there for as long as I ever need it to be and that probably holds true for my entire life, god forbid.

It was, in fact, my very first place of employment. I bussed tables there in the summer when I was 8. So there's a very deep sense of satisfaction that comes along with being called up and asked back into the fold for more money than I've ever made in a restaurant before.

It's also the most visibly concrete way of ever potentially fully realizing my dream of being able to convert the family land into a cacao plantation when I do finally have to move home for good. Trees aren't cheap, and I'd like to not have to tie the family land up with too much outside investment.

[LMNO]

For what it's worth, if you made the move, I'd eat there. Mrs LMNO concurs.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

That sounds like a pretty awesome situation, totally!

[East Coast Hustle]

My biggest hang ups are:

The winters. That's just gonna suck, no way around it. But at least this time I'll be employed indoors so I won't freeze or go stir-crazy.

No bennies, so I'll have to buy my own health insurance. That'll run me about 3K/yr but I figure I can make up some of that by buying really cheap groceries for myself through the restaurant.

The up-front cost of the move. This is the biggie, and the whole thing may hinge on whether or not I can get him to pay for some of it. I figure I can handle the 2-3 grand it's gonna cost me to break my lease here and secure a rental out there, but I'm gonna need him to pony up for the cost of actually moving, which I calculate as being around 3 grand including the gas to drive out there. That'll pay for a U-Box for all the furniture and bigger stuff to be shipped in and a small trailer for whatever's left.

I'm definitely gonna take a bit of an up-front hit either way if I do this but if I can get him to pay for the cost of the move I should be back ahead of where I would have been by the end of the year.

[Suu]

You do understand that, like LMNO, I will make the drive up to see you. Providence was a bit far...but Portsmouth? I'm on the fucking state line. It'll still be a 3 hour drive for dinner, but fuck it.