Making it Official

For some reason...nothing seems completely official until I put it on my blog. Weird, I know. So even though pretty much everyone already knows and it has been official for quite some time - I'm just going to seal the deal and let everyone know (again)....That I am in fact getting the heck outta here!

I'm pretty sure I've been talking about how I was eventually going to move for the past...umm.. 3 years? Well, instead of talking about it....I'm actually doing it. I'm almost certain no one believed me at first when I told them I was actually going to move this year but it's true folks...yours truly is leaving the East Coast.

I absolutely love Connecticut. I've lived here for almost 4 years now and there is a big part of me that is really sad to leave. I have made some amazing friends here....some of which have become some of my best friends who I know I'll keep in touch with for years to come.

I loved the fact that when I first moved out here I was close to my nieces and nephew...

This was probably one of the first pictures I took after moving out here! We all look so different now! They are so much bigger and I'm a little smaller! :) ha.

When they moved away 2 years ago...They weren't the only ones that moved away. So did Jaime and Cassidy who became 2 of my very good friends. And that was when I seriously started thinking it was also time for me to leave. But for a couple of reasons, I decided to stick it out a little longer and I'm so happy I did!

I made even more great friends....

Went to my first concert.....

Discovered I could be creative if I wanted to....

Got a little lighter on my feet...

Became a runner.....

Made more amazing friends....

Spent lots o' time in NYC....

And at events like these....

I've actually accomplished quite a bit the past 4 years and I wouldn't trade it for anything. So, why am I leaving? Well, it's just time. This is the longest I've lived anywhere since I left Montreal when I was 18. I've lived in 5 different states in the past 10 years and as much as I love Connecticut and the experiences i've had and people i've met...I know that it is time for something new.

I requested a transfer at work at the end of February thinking it would take a while to be approved...but remarkably it was approved within a couple of days. Which just another confirmation that it is time. In about 5 weeks I'm packing up my car and pretty much only taking whatever fits in my little honda and driving across the country to San Jose, California to start everything over again!!! I can't believe it's really happening!

I'm a little nervous, a little sad, but mostly excited for the new adventure! California - Here I come!