Going, going…
Yesterday I took in one last movie, one last gelato, and one last browse at my excellent neighborhood used bookstore (where I said goodbye to Holly the bookstore cat). This morning the movers arrived; they’re already on their way to Connecticut. The apartment is mostly clean and echoingly empty. This evening I’m heading up to New London by train, where I’ll have a few days to settle in before starting my new job next Monday. Right now I’m eating lunch at Mugshots, which I’ll definitely miss having right around the corner. All in all, I can’t think of many better ways to say goodbye to my neighborhood.
Tomorrow I’ll start getting to know a brand-new neighborhood. But maybe someday, if I ever come back to live in Philadelphia again, I’ll return to this same part of town. I chose well when I decided to move here, and I’ll miss it.
(This post would probably be more scintillating if I’d had more than four hours of sleep last night. Why is it that there are always more boxes to finish packing than you think there are?)
*waves* I’m sorry I didn’t get to catch up with you before leaving – best of luck! Please let me know if you ever visit Philly again 🙂
*waves back* Thanks! I’ll probably be back, just for a day or two, in a few weeks — I’m going to retrieve some houseplants that were too unwieldy to carry along with all my luggage yesterday. I’ll definitely let you know.
I’m late posting this, so it’ll have to be a welcome to your new city comment — I hope it finds you settling in with good weather for exploring.
At least you got all the boxes done! When we moved three months ago we ended up with a pile of stuff in the garage and in the upstairs storage closet that we had to made 2 drives back to Cville to deal with.
JD: thanks! I’m enjoying the sea breezes a lot so far.
Leslie: yikes! I think sometimes stuff in closets reproduces while we’re not looking. That’s the only explanation I can think of.