Goodbye, East Coast...again.

The countdown to my official move has started.  In less than 72 hours, I will be on a plane with all my worldly goods (okay, just the ones I have here in D.C.), headed back to Nevada.  It's making it very difficult to focus and I have a lot to get done: language test, last day of unpaid work, packing, cleaning, saying goodbyes.  I don't have a lot of patience when I know something is coming down the road, and it's taking a lot of willpower to not just change my flight and hop on the next plane home. Especially with the past week I've had transiting around.

For Thanksgiving, I met Mr. TPG in Boise, Idaho and we drove into Eastern Oregon to my brother- and sister-in-law's place.  We had a grand ol' time, devouring delicious food, going on walks in the crisp winter air, and playing a lot of nerdy games.  We also celebrated news of a new nephew or niece on the way (so exciting!), as well as my birthday (don't ask my age...it's starting to even shock me).  But it was also very tiring, since I flew out immediately after a workday, spent one night in Boise (Mountain Time), a few nights in Oregon (Pacific Time), back to Boise for another night (Mountain Time again), and then flew back to D.C. (Eastern Time).  Whew.  It was a lot of states and a lot of time zones for less than a week.  Now I'm back in D.C. for only four days before heading West again.  And while my body and mind is still figuring out exactly where I am, I cannot wait to be in my home later this week.


Over the past few months when people have asked me where I live, I've sputtered out a long, complicated answer: Well, I kind of live in D.C. At least I do right now.  I've lived in D.C. for almost three and a half years.  But I moved to Nevada in May.  And my home, husband, and all my stuff is in Nevada.  So I've been going back and forth a lot.  And living out of a suitcase. 

Yeah, not the most eloquent of answers.

So it will be nice to finally have the short, sweet answer: My husband, my home, my work, my house, my stuff...it's all in Nevada. 

Hopefully I survive the week in one piece.  Here's to officially turning the page and starting the next chapter!