Uprooting Myself
In late August of 1989 as a wide-eyed teenager I moved to Boston to attend one of the top-rated Engineering schools in the world. I spent six wonderful years there, made many friends, got two degrees, and fell in love with New England. I moved around a bit during school, and after I graduated I moved to California for a year before coming back to Boston to settle in Somerville, where I've lived ever since. But now, almost 14 years after moving into my house in Somerville, I've decided to uproot myself and move to Atlanta.
Moving is always scary. I hate change. But this is definitely a change for the better:
* Many of my friends have scattered out of Boston. While I've made new friends, and lately I've been reconnecting with some old friends, still most of my closer friends aren't there anymore.
* I haven't been spending much time in Boston anyways.. I've been spending time in California (for work), Florida (with my family), traveling for work, or visiting friends and family around the country.
* Atlanta is a single-hop in the plane to pretty much anywhere I'd want to go: Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, St Louis, DC, Charleston, New Orleans, and South Florida.. Which makes it very easy to visit friends and family in all those locations. (Unfortunately Boston is just a *little* too far to be a single-hop).
* Since coming to Atlanta more frequently I've reconnected with some old High School friends and some college friends.
* Most importantly, my girlfriend lives in Atlanta, and moving there gives us the chance to build our relationship and hopefully take it to the next level.
Over the next couple months I'll be up to Boston periodically to work on moving my stuff down. I'll try to announce my trips as far in advance as possible so as to get the greatest number of people so I can say "until we meet again". It's not a goodbye, because I know I'll be coming to visit!
Here's hoping that everyone's 2010 is as exciting as mine is looking to be!
Moving is always scary. I hate change. But this is definitely a change for the better:
* Many of my friends have scattered out of Boston. While I've made new friends, and lately I've been reconnecting with some old friends, still most of my closer friends aren't there anymore.
* I haven't been spending much time in Boston anyways.. I've been spending time in California (for work), Florida (with my family), traveling for work, or visiting friends and family around the country.
* Atlanta is a single-hop in the plane to pretty much anywhere I'd want to go: Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, St Louis, DC, Charleston, New Orleans, and South Florida.. Which makes it very easy to visit friends and family in all those locations. (Unfortunately Boston is just a *little* too far to be a single-hop).
* Since coming to Atlanta more frequently I've reconnected with some old High School friends and some college friends.
* Most importantly, my girlfriend lives in Atlanta, and moving there gives us the chance to build our relationship and hopefully take it to the next level.
Over the next couple months I'll be up to Boston periodically to work on moving my stuff down. I'll try to announce my trips as far in advance as possible so as to get the greatest number of people so I can say "until we meet again". It's not a goodbye, because I know I'll be coming to visit!
Here's hoping that everyone's 2010 is as exciting as mine is looking to be!