[Rick Lee]

I read some great advice somewhere a few mos. ago. "Live where you want to live and be married to whom you want to be married to. The rest will fall into place."

POP, if you really love sun, move to AZ or Vegas. Just do it, don't look back and just figure it out when you get here. Sure, try to have something lined up in advance. But just resolve to make it work, paint yourself into a corner, burn your ships and give yourself no way to go back.

I fully expected to lose the job I had at the time within a year of moving here. I was taking over a dormant and neglected territory in the big competitor's backyard. I knew it was going to be a huge struggle to turn the territory around. So, while I chipped away at that, I also sent a lot of resumes out and did a lot of networking. When I eventually did lose the job, it took me 30 days to find a better one. That job had served its purpose - it got me out to AZ with a paycheck and somewhat steady job and kept me employed long enough to buy a house and get established with my own network. Your skills are a lot more specialized than mine, so you'll probably be fine once you drill down on that networking community wherever you land.