I've Arrived

Just finished loading my stuff into Aly's place, setting everything up, and unpacking clothes. Feels nice to sit at my desk again.

The drive down here was the same as always - a huge tease. I left Boston around 11am and was able to keep an average speed of 80 all the way down to New Haven. Had my GPS's ETA held I would've done the drive in just under 3.5 hrs. However, once I hit the Merritt Parkway all hell broke loose. After about 10 miles it was a fucking parking lot.

From there it was pockets of stop and go traffic, and then when I got into NY it was a shit-show. In the end it took me nearly 4.5 hours to get here.

I'm having weird bouts of random emotions. I'll get excited, then I'll start getting sad, then anxious, then excited again. I think the biggest challenge right now, aside from getting work, is developing a new social circle. I have a small number of close friends in Boston but I know many hundreds of people whom I can consider acquaintances and/or colleagues. For me that provides a big sense of security and makes me feel 'home'. I have a rather decent number of colleagues down here but I don't really know anyone whom I can call a close friend (aside from Aly). I already miss my Boston friends terribly...

I suppose that's all part of the experience. It's going to take some time to feel 'at home' around here. I will say though that this neighborhood is quite nice. There are trees and nice people and it isn't overly hectic in terms of honking horns and such.

It ain't at all like my old neighborhood though, that's for sure!!

My goal for this week is to find work. Live gig, scoring, teaching, engineering, whatever. I just want to hit the ground running. Lots of emails and phone calls tomorrow!!!