Before it makes me hard
Well, here's the thing: we are moving. To Denver. At the end of the month.
It's something J and I have been talking about for probably a year now: an escape from the big city, having more room to spread out, possibly buying property, being closer to family. It seems the timing is just finally right.
It seems like I spent a lot of my time after college trying to find the right guy, the right apartment, the right job. Now that I have all three, I'm taking the first and ditching the last two. I have faith that I'll re-find them, but it's still pretty scary.
I haven't lived in Denver since high school, and I know a lot of it has changed, possibly enough so that I won't recognize life as I remember it, but that's sort of what I'm looking forward to. I don't think I could go back if I felt like things had stagnated while I was away, but I think things have actually grown. Friends are doing exciting things, the city has changed.
You might think this was mostly my idea, but once J met the Denver crowd, he was just waiting for my go-ahead to make the decision. I think he was ready for this before I was. His desperation for a workshop, a garage, a tool shed certainly factor into his desire to leave the big city.
It's all a bit bittersweet. We constantly refer to living in New York as being in an abusive relationship. When it's good it's really really good, but when it's bad you wonder how much longer you'll be able to take the punches to the gut. I haven't been to the top of the Empire State Building. I haven't eaten at the Chip Shop. There are a million shows I didn't attend, a hundred parades I never saw, a dozen museums I never made it too. But that's part of living in this city, too: ignoring the big attractions in favor of the smaller ones that add up to a life here.
welcome home (in a month).
Sounds really exciting!
oh liz oh liz! you really meant it!
I hope to see you before you go.
oh and gooooood luck! Can't wait to hear how you'll settle in.
ohhhh congratulations! i'm very emotional these days on account of getting married in like 12 days or something, so this post made me teary-eyed, again! i'm so very happy for you. live the dream!
Aww, man! I just started reading your blog! Poo.
I don't think the blog is going anywhere!
Will the cats get a taste of the outdoors living in Denver? My cats are going to be moving from the west perfect year round weather to cold snowy winters. I think they will be indoor cats from now on.
Good luck on your new adventure!
you'll never be sorry you tried.
good luck!
I have been thinking about moving to Denver ever since I stopped there for a week or so on the road trip/move from Portland to New York.
My lady and I were almost like "hey fuck it, lets just find a place here".
Not much compares to moving to a place, finding a honey bun, then getting the hell out! Good luck. You guys should listen to a bunch of Springsteen and be all "BABY WE GONNA GET OUT!"
I'm so excited for you! Part of me gets all happy thinking of you in Denver, as if you will be closer to me, but then I realize that really you will be much, much farther, and then I get VERY sad. I don't see nearly enough of you right now, and soon it will all about christmas vacation.
Regardless, I think this is a great move for you two. Denver will welcome you with big, open arms and warm, dry air! Yea, for the West!
On a personal level I am very, very excited for you. New York is awesome, but paying the same amount of money for roughly 10-times more space is FUCKING FANTASTIC.
On a professional level, I'm mildly worried. I like you as my agent! Don't go!
I only hope ANTM won't be our last TV party! Or our last anything party! I'll miss you Liz!!
I for one will be very excited to have the both of you in town.
I'm glad that you've decided to wait a month after I moved away from Denver to move there yourself. 'Cause that town's not big enough for the two of us!
How exciting -- a new adventure for the two of you! I can't wait to read about it!
I can't believe we missed each other by a month!
We're definitely thinking of introducing the cats to the outdoors. I would love to be able to throw Max into a back yard when he starts with the crazy.
Wow. Totally write about the transition. So curious...
Right on, Liz! I wish you & J all the best!
lmao about the blog comment! It sort of feels like the blog will end too, but, of course, it won't.
But we won't run into each other at CE events and that makes me sad (and now a little bit hungry).
Good luck to you and J!
Krista without Liz is like Lennon without Mcartney
I just moved from NYC to the suburbs and you know what? I was afraid that I would feel isolated and bored, but I LOVE the space, the green grass, the friendly neighbors, the grocery stores where you can get 2 carts past each other (with room to spare!) and a general sense of healthy living. So best of luck and Enjoy!
I *just* got the Baz Lurhmann quote.