I’m leavin’ today. I want to be a part of it
New York, New York
Although I knew the day would come, it still hasn’t hit me that I’m making a major life change, have quit my job, and am heading to live in New York for the next nine months.
Tonight I will make my way through several airports before my arrival at La Guardia. In Salt Lake, I’m taking advantage of the three-hour layover. I met up with my dear friend Jennie, her husband Tom, and their child Tommy. It was a hoot. Jennie and I actually picked up and moved from Roanoke to Salt Lake six years ago. It was two years later I would head to Portland. And now, I’m off to New York… many changes in just a few years.
So far things have been coming together quite nicely. I had a few panic attacks last Thursday when I found out all of my tenants were moving out of my other house. My brother found out about a good property manager. It turns out, the man had been recommended to me three times before, so I decided to go with it. So in a few weeks, hopefully a new family will be living there.
Everything is falling into place. Maybe it’s not all exactly as I pictured it, but it’s working out well in the end. It gives me confidence that even though I have no idea what’s ahead, it’s the right thing. The path has just been too clear so far for it not to be right. It’s still too surreal for me to be worried, but I am already missing my friends, my family, and of course my cute pets. I was glad that I was rushed out of my house and to the airport. Otherwise, it would have been sinking in that I’m leaving.
At the airport, I ran into the Young family; I sang with them in a lot of the stake musicals and performances. Then when I went inside, my good friend Krystal was there sending off her cousin. It’s pretty funny how I knew so many people. I kinda’ felt like I had my own entourage!
Saying goodbye to my family was hard. I miss them tons already.