The TL and I rolled out for our last Stamford to Exton, PA. run on this dreary
Monday morning, marking the final countdown to moving day. I exorcised the
final demons of a week-long sickness (courtesy of my coworkers) with a final
blowout "night on the town" with Meghan and her friend Jessica, and now there
are a few more boxes to be packed, a truck to be loaded, and we’re off to NY on
Saturday morning!
Other than my childhood home in MA, my two years in Stamford is my longest stay
in any particular place. I feel a certain fondness for "the Stamf," but with
my job once again not tied to a particular area, there’s no reason to stay. I
am rather troubled that I’ll be forced to carry a NY drivers license, and pay
state taxes to the [Evil] Empire State, but at least we’ll be officially
outside of NYC borders so hopefully I won’t have to admit to being a New
Yawker. If you do see me with "goofy glasses," a "distressed" haircut,
messenger bag and permantly-affixed iPod, please feel free to punch me in the
face. I’ll thank you later.
Meghan and I did some re-con on our new place over the weekend, and although the
area seems far quieter than our current digs, we did manage to sniff out a
couple of bars and some local eateries. For whatever reason, there is an
abundance of Japanese places (restaurants, schools, groceries), bakeries and
dry cleaners, leading us to believe we’ll meet many very clean Japanese folks,
who really like cake!