It's kind of weird this thread is popping up now. My gf of four years and I split up about two weeks ago and after crunching the numbers today I've realized that it makes the best financial sense for me to move back home. We moved here three years ago so she could go to school, but a year after that she came down with some health problems and had to withdraw. The illness ended up derailing us both mentally and physically, and I stopped working to stay home with her.
So now I'm loading the guitars and the amp and the cat in the car and driving 3000km back west. It always seemed like the last thing I'd want to do, crawl back home with my tail between my legs, but after deciding on it today I'm actually excited. A fresh start in a NOS city.
It seemed for the last few weeks like things couldn't get any worse, and I realize now that that's true. They can only get better. Just ask Wicket.