i wasn’t really expecting my world to get completely turned upside down. it seems like that happens exactly when you’re not expecting it, right? i never expected to stay in boston long-term yet i had no immediate plans to leave either. and here i sit in my new apartment in southern california. how the heck did that happen?
it’s crazy thinking that i start a new job on monday (yah, that’s tomorrow). that is what ultimately brought me back to southern cal. and it’s even crazier thinking about all the people and things i left behind in boston. i can only trust that it was the right thing to do and that blessing lies ahead.
a nine day cross-country journey brought me from boston to los angeles. me, my cat, my mom and my little car – yes it was quite a journey. fifteen states, 3364 miles, roof bag stuffed with my belongings, 5 hotels, 2 nights with people I’ve never met, got lost, got lost again, the smithsonian, graceland, grand ole opry, walmart, cracker barrel, superbowl in a hotel, cat smuggled into hotels, cat lost in a new mexico hotel and 145 gallons of gas. oh yes, it was an adventure. but everyone arrived alive at my new apartment in glendora, california (perhaps miraculously).
Tarik was less than thrilled about 9 days in the car
and after several hours of unpacking the car i moved in with…..a tv and an air mattress. had to get rid of everything else before i moved because it was too expensive to ship. the only thing that i did ship was my books, nearly 30 boxes of them! plus a few boxes of dishes and all that has yet to arrive, nearly two weeks after i shipped it.
i have managed to purchase a bed so i’m no longer sleeping on the floor. progress. and had to purchase a number of other small things just to function. so i no longer have money to purchase anything else. welcome to the simple life. simple is good. although steve jobs said
Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.
i’m pretty good and complex so for now, i’ll just go with it and wait for the mountain-moving to come later.
and now, just figuring out what my new life looks like. missing my life in boston. wondering what the constants are. wandering a bit.
