1:55 pm so I'm getting really excited about this Tucson thing�I still don't know the specifics, but if all goes well, I'll be there in a month! God, that seems crazy�I've got these "boys on the side" visions of the place...cowboy hats, chaps (tee hee)...women with dark, mysterious eyes...the whole idea seems sort of mystical to me...perhaps it's from reading so much barbara kingslover lately...I've been searching the web all morning for little tidbits of dyke-y-ness in the area�the place is loaded! There seems to be so much going on in tucson! Maybe I'm just easily excited because of the fact that I'm not happy where I am, and I'm conscious of that possibility, but I really think that this move will be a very very positive thing�I'm so ready to get out of here�to explore some place new�to be in a totally different part of the country and around totally different people�I'm not under the illusion that my life will magically be wonderful as soon as I leave iowa, but I do believe that my being here is sort of contributing to my rut, and change will be a very good thing�I'll be in the southwest�I'll be close to mexico and california and huge, beautiful mountains�I wonder, if this job doesn't work out, if I'll pursue something else in that area�I think yes�I think I most definitely have to get out of here�I think I owe it to myself to take advantage of my current mobility, or my lack of fear and restrictions�I have to go while I CAN go�why the hell not?