So... if you haven't heard the news... at the end of May, Sean and I are packing up our small 1 bedbroom NY apartment and heading back to Atlanta. It's been a long 2 years in NYC... with lots of ups and lots of downs. Probably the best word to desribe everything Sean and I have experienced here is "transition." Transition to a new city, a new job (one for me, three for Sean), a new apartment (twice), a live-in relationship with Sean, the responsibilites of adulthood, being away from our families, not having a car, not having a dog, not having much period in the way of material things or personal space, being away from our GA friends, and watching the few NY friends we've made move away (all of them to California).
Yes... LOTS of transition. And while "adjustment" normally follows transition, we somehow never got to the adjustment phase. It's true, after two years we have definitely learned how to manage in our new surroundings, but it all still feels a bit off. Not to say that we hate everything about NY, in fact I'm going to miss a lot of things. It's more that we haven't found a way to find balance in our lives up here and live the way we want to live. We miss our family, friends, hobbies and cars that we had back home. So, we decided... maybe we're just not NY people, and that's ok.
We come back on the 31st of May, heading down the east coast for a 16 hour Uhaul truck trip. We'll be living in Decatur with our friend Smo.
I'm so excited to see all of my Georgia friends again, be close to my famliy, take a camping trip and smell the north GA mountain air, kick back in an actual back-yard (a non-existant thing in NYC), buy a new car and get myself a slobbery smelly pup!
NY has been an incredible learning experience that I wouldn't take back for the world. Living here has tested my limits and helped me grow and know myself better. I'll miss some incredible people that I've met while working at Grey... and will miss being a part of the rhythm that drives this chaotic, smelly, crowded, thriving, enormous city. But in the end, you have to know yourself and do what makes you happy and whole as a person. For me, moving back to Georgia is a big step in the right direction.
And for all you Georgians... stay tuned for the welcome home party! :)
