Times Like These

It’s been INSANE.

I haven’t felt so unsure and excited in a long time! The rafting trip led me to good contacts. I landed a small position promoting a grassroots green organization and it looks like I’m moving here to DC!! Problem is, I don’t live here. So the last few days I have been floating around from futon to floor, couch to hopefully bed soon! I have met some super great people too. AND I had the world’s best falafel at Amersterdam’s in DC. Before that, I had AMAZING sweet fried mushrooms at a complete vegan Chinese Restaurant called Vegetable Garden. I cannot describe how good it was- you omnivores would even agree!

Tofu, asparagus, and brown rice in white sauce with fried mushrooms. Delicacy. 

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Let’s start from where I left off. Saturday June 2^nd: I had just spent my first free night in DC. Sunday: 2^nd rafting trip. Monday: I worked on a newsletter and an e-mail blast for my internship. I went on walks in Maryland and it was absolutely beautiful. The  people here are so conscious of everything. For one, coservationalists filled oranges with raisins and seeds and hung them on trees for birds.

Then, I went to an interview in Adam’s Morgan in DC. I landed the position, and they asked me to start the next day! So, without real hesitation,
I agreed. When I agreed, I knew, this means I’m staying here. YES, I just agreed to move here. Here to a town I am unfamiliar with. A city where I have only made a few new friends and now, without a place to stay, I said yes to a job. I still have an apartment in Georgia. My lease ends July 30th BUT I am going to abandon that part of my life and do something different. So here I am. To stay. At least for a little while longer.

So canvassing for this organization requires energy and communication. There is a lot of rejection and support. My favorite part? I get to talk to some really interesting people. For instance, I met an upcoming musician in a hard rock band, and he invited me to his show at the Hard Rock this Monday! I also met someone who works for a health organization and is completely vegan! He took me to his vegetable garden last night to water his plants. Yes. You just read that. A male vegan who has his own veggie section in a community garden. Awesome. He too travels alone, like his last big trip to Bali!! This city seems so promising at times.

Watering the Garden 

I have had my doubts though. I have been a nanny for four complete years, and that part of this move will be one of the hardest. I’ve spoken with both of the kids, and it breaks my heart! I haven’t gone back to give them a proper “Until next time, loves.” So that bums me out a little.

Another thing: my friends. I have had a lot of support from my new friends, even my old professors which is soo great, and it helps me more than they know. The best of my classic friends are supportive too, but I know that these unofficial goodbye-for-nows will be hard for me.

On the sunny side, my family has been super great! They are all excited and encouraging. No doubt they wouldn’t be. I couldn’t ask for better siblings, and it helps we are all so close in age that they understand how enlivening a move like this can be. My pops especially though. He is always great, positive, supportive, and always offers the World’s Best Advice.  

So, now, on my first day off, I found a quaint cafe, enjoyed breakfast, and grabbed coffee. 

This means, my friends, I am going to pause the road trip north. I will get to Philly in the next few weekends, and I even have a place to stay in Baltimore too! But I need to head back south for my things next weekend. Until the next big thing, I am running out of clothes and need to run to a consignment shop, take it easy!

Blue Cup Specialty Today: Bold Black coffee

Thanks for reading!!