Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Thoughts of Tennesse

Well, it's now been three weeks since I packed my belongings and headed south. The first 30 miles was incredibly rough, being that I just left my brother behind. I cried my eyes out and I didn't really calm down until I was out of the Jersey state line. And, sadly, I didn't really have too much of an adventure on my way down here, being that I don't really trust my car to meander the countryside. (Sorry, Derek, I had to skip Bland, Virginia)

The one interesting thing I came across that just had me look at for a moment with perplexed wonder was this building in Roanoke, Virginia. I still haven't figured out what that building is for and there wasn't a helpful sign to tell me, so I'll just have to Google it:


It's some bird-looking architecture.... not sure what it's for...




Gathering my belongings from the moving pod proved to be a bit of a chore, but after renting the cargo van and 3 trips to unload all of my boxes, furniture and garbage bags of clothing, I finally was able to spread all of my earthly possessions into my new home. Here are some before and after pic's:




Slowly I've been putting things away, but it's mostly stacked up in the back room still in boxes. I've been trying to find a good paying full time job, but it's hard in a college town, mainly dedicated to the medical profession. So, to help have at least some income, I've started work at Bath and Body Works. I've done a part time gig for that store during the Christmas season before, so I'm comfortable there. I'm still trying to make friends, or any connection whatsoever, but it's been forever since I've had to make friends from thin air. It's really hard, but necessary.

Hopefully, I'll be able to nail down something soon. I'm getting a little stir crazy.