Getting Close!

My time in NY is winding down and I couldn't be more excited! Jeff loved being a New Yorker. I must say, I think it's quite nice. New York seems like an important state. Currently an important state in shambles, but still, an important state!

Jeff had reservations about not being a New Yorker anymore. Me, I'm ready to get out of here. Not because I dislike the state by any means, but because I need to be with Jeff. Plus, Cleveland has certainly grown on Jeff. It is a great place to be, especially together!

I think of large steps in my life that I have taken. Most of them involve extreme excitement but some sense of loss or sadness. Graduating high school. I was glad it was over and to be moving on, but I cried like a baby at what I was losing. I wasn't going to see the people I grew up with everyday, I wasn't going to be able to play sports donning the school's green and white, I wasn't going to be able to eat Carol the Lunch Lady's delicious chocolate chip cookies anymore. All losses large enough to make me sad. Then there as going to college. What greater joy in all that lie ahead? But there was sadness in moving away from my parents, not living under their roof, not knowing anybody, and having to sh*# in a shared bathroom.

Our wedding is the only time I can think that I had pure joy stepping into a new experience, without any sense of sadness, loss, or nervousness. I whole heartedly knew it was the right thing to do and my life would be better because of it. And, it has been!

Now, moving to Cleveland, I know the same is true. However, I still feel like I should have some sense of sadness about moving away from New York. Some sadness about leaving everything I know. But, I don't. I don't because Jeff is there. So is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, BD's Mongolian Grill, and Lebron James, for now anyways, but they only sweeten the deal!