on the road, so to speak

When Zach and I make decisions we tend to do so very quickly. Tonight we decided (long-distance) to leave Leeds on June 25th. Yes, that's less than a month from today! We are flying to Chicago, as it's cheaper than Denver, and from Chicago we plan to either amtrak, fly, hitchhike or drive to Denver. Presumably, we'll spend July and August writing our theses. Beyond that remains firmly tbd. We have a few applications out there in cyberspace, but I have a very hard time imagining how they might land, ink, paper and all, on some librarian's or environmental firm's desk. Writing from England, it feels a little indulgent to proclaim that our best chance lies in Vancouver, British Columbia, but I think it's true. Why are we so mobile? And why is it always lateral and never vertical?