I've Realized...

I've realized something this week: my brain is a little faulty and doesn't catch up quickly. We finally made it to Floyd on Thursday a little after 6pm and its hard to believe that a week from today we were in Manhattan drinking margaritas with my fellow poccian's in total denial that we had to move all of our stuff 9+ hours to VA the following day.

The picture above is from wikipedia, but sums up how nice everything looks from all directions. Last week, I looked out my bedroom window and saw an apartment building. Or from the kitchen I could see the old man that sits by the window everyday and sometimes watches me cook. Now, I see trees and mountains. I went from hearing sirens, car alarms, music, and people to crickets and wind.

I feel myself slowing loosening up towards people and ridding myself of the necessary toughness and rough edges I acquired in nyc. When I first moved there I was wide eyed, looking at everything and everyone soaking everything in. Eventually nyc became a place to live and survive. I will always love nyc and feel like a small portion of the city is mine forever.

I'm really glad we're here, and look forward to new routines and daily life. New adventures and making where we live personal and homey. The decision to move here was of the pro's and con's list kind and eventually this little town won out. We don't know if this is our final stop on the road to "settling down" so who knows. I'm not sure what that even means, but we're giving it a try.

The cats are totally loving our new home! Garfunkel who is usually standoffish towards me, now sits next to me and nudges me to pet him. As I write this they are both on either side of me on the couch- worn out from chasing each other up and down the stairs.

We're both excited about having our own work space separate from each other and separate from other living spaces. Working from home is weird and can have a lot of work time/non work time boundary issues, its also hard to explain to people (and parents) that you're not unemployed, but self-employed. I'm ready to be creative again, something that really never happened in new york. I have so many ideas running around in my head and I'm ready to start making them. I hear there is a giant fabric store located in an old school, very excited to go there.

Today is a full unpacking day, more updates and pictures tomorrow!