{"id":328,"date":"2021-05-19T19:39:12","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T00:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/creatingfutures.net\/jad\/?p=328"},"modified":"2021-05-23T06:24:14","modified_gmt":"2021-05-23T11:24:14","slug":"move-to-arizona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/creatingfutures.net\/jad\/2021\/05\/19\/move-to-arizona\/","title":{"rendered":"Move to Arizona"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"joshua-adam-dover-arizona-covid\"Move to Arizona<\/strong>
I moved to Tucson, Arizona at the end of April 2020. It was my goal to start my life over again. Knowing what I know now, I was just running away from problems instead of facing them. Regardless, I packed everything I owned into my truck and either threw away or donated everything that wouldn\u2019t fit. Before deciding on Arizona, I decided wherever I was going, I wanted to be able to pick up and leave without the struggle of getting a storage unit or renting a moving truck or even a moving company as I had done in the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I drove the 18 hours from Medford, Oregon to Tucson, Arizona in one straight shot. I only stopped for gas and bathroom breaks aside from a 30-minute nap on the side of the road in Nevada. Once I got to Tucson, I moved into a small condo where my sister was renting, about three blocks from the University of Arizona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19<\/strong>
I made one huge mistake, moving at the start of Covid. Most of Tucson was shut down due to Covid and it was nearly impossible to find a job. Some places I applied at required an Arizona Driver\u2019s License which I had trouble getting as the DMVs were limiting in-person visits by appointment only and they were backlogged. There were businesses that had Help Wanted signs posted but after inquiring inside I was told they were on a hiring hold due to Covid and just didn\u2019t remove the signs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

College<\/strong>
I was running out of money fast and I was very scared to think about what happened when I no longer had the ability to pay my bills. I thought, if I go to school, I can live off of school loans at least, so I applied to the University of Arizona and got accepted into their Geographical Information Systems Technology program. Shortly thereafter, I was also accepted into the VA\u2019s Vocational Rehab program who began to help me with school in a financial capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is Going to Work Out<\/strong>
I finally thought everything was going to work out. My sister and I had been mortal enemies as kids but we became best friends in our early twenties. We started making it a habit to go to a lake to fish and kayak at least once a week. I convinced my sister to buy a motorcycle and I started teaching her how to ride. We were both in college at the University of Arizona. Life was great!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Motorcycle<\/strong>
Even better, I convinced my best friend back in Oregon to sell me his motorcycle, the one I had been riding for almost two years before taking off to Arizona. My sister and I planned a trip back to Oregon with the intention of spending a little bit of time with family, picking up my motorcycle and making a trip to the coast and then heading back home to Tucson, Arizona with me on my motorcycle and my sister following in her car.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Move to ArizonaI moved to Tucson, Arizona at the end of April 2020. It was my goal to start my life over again. Knowing what I know now, I was just running away from problems instead of facing them. Regardless, I packed everything I owned into my truck and either […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none"},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/creatingfutures.net\/jad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/creatingfutures.net\/jad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/creatingfutures.net\/jad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/creatingfutures.net\/jad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/creatingfutures.net\/jad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/creatingfutures.net\/jad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":371,"href":"http:\/\/creatingfutures.net\/jad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328\/revisions\/371"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/creatingfutures.net\/jad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/creatingfutures.net\/jad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/creatingfutures.net\/jad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/creatingfutures.net\/jad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}