I moved to Nashville. In December of last year. Man, I can't believe it's been almost a year already. A year ago I was throwing things away, dropping clothes off at Goodwill. Planning on moving my entire life. And now it's moved. My mail still gets forwarded (I just got a piece of mail from my eye doctor in NJ a couple weeks ago. Funny.), but none of my stuff is there anymore. Except the stuff I had to leave behind because it wouldn't fit in my car. Just the other day I re-mourned a Coldplay poster I had to throw away and a surge protector I accidentally forgot. But it's done, and it's totally great.
I was lucky when I moved here that I was able to keep my job and just work remotely, but I realized quickly that I cannot work from home. Not alone. Since I have no pets or kids, my life was working and the gym, pretty much. Exhausting. Luckily for me, I finally got a call in January for a job I had applied to in November (and thus forgot I even applied for it in the first place!). So now I'm in an office again, with people, and it's pretty great. I still miss the people from my old office in NJ but life's not so bad, you know?
Things are going pretty well all around. I've even been able to really turn my attention toward writing again. Pretty big news: I actually finished the first draft of a novel I've been writing since I was in high school. I started writing it, and left it abandoned for YEARS while I worked on other things that never panned out. But I finished. It actually has an ending, and I'm working my way through a second draft. Exciting times, I tell ya!
Since this is my oldest blogging home, I may return from time to time to muse on various things. I know I say that a lot, but that's all I have to offer: from time to time. Now, I should probably go work on chapter 4. Or maybe I'll sit on the couch a bit then watch some hockey. Go Preds!
