after a really,really,really long drive, logan and i finally made it to brimingham on tuesday. as much as i enjoy it here, its still a bit shocking to know that i cant just run down the street to my best friends house, or even be at work right now at the job that ive had for the last two years.
its a real shit feeling realizing you have to give something up in order to gain something and i cant really tell if that makes me really brave or really selfish.
birmingham is beautiful, truly, but i really have no idea how im going to get used to this heat. its not even ten pm yet and im already down for the count.
today i got hired at bellinis (ourbellinis.com) ill start on monday afternoon. i also did a second interview with the paul mitchell academy. hopefully that will go better than expected. it blows my mind how nice everyone is around here, thats definitely something ill have to get used to. that and all of the hand shaking.
logan and i think we found an apartment, but were still going to check out a few more this weekend. cross your fingers.
just a few more days and four more shifts and then im on the road. kind of crazy. despite how much it means to me that everyone keeps telling me how much theyll miss me and they dont want me to go, i have a good feeling about all of this. it feels like my life is finally about to start being exactly what ive always felt it was supposed to be like.
i went and got a new phone number. an alabama phone number. never in my life did i ever ever ever think id be calling alabama ‘home.’ so weird.
as of saturday my 815 area code will be no longer. its nice to feel that little bit of permanence before i actually get there. feels like i actually have something to reach and call my own in this weird crazy transitional time.
logan will be here sunday, we spend the day with family and saying my final goodbyes. my stomach’s all twisted up with the bittersweetness of it all…but i wouldnt change any of this.
in just over a week i will be packing up my little ford focus hatchback and moving myself to birmingham, al. slightly scary. slightly exciting. very much nervous feeling in the stomach. its a risk, and well, with any risk comes either consequences or beautiful beautiful rewards.
lets cross our fingers and hope for more of the later than the former.
seems kind of cheesy, but i plan on updating what i and logan are doing to keep you all informed on the goings on and that im alive and well.
much love.
