Michelle

What a fun last weekend it was here in the 'ham! I spent last Friday at the pool, my friend and her husband just bought a home here in the neighborhood so she took me on a tour of it, and I spent Friday night out with a friend.  I ran a 5k on Saturday, went to a cookout at a friends, and proceeded to go downtown later that night.  Yesterday, I spent the majority of the day cooking and picked a friend up at the airport later last night.     

I had a baby shower this morning, I'm about to go visit my old co-workers at Dawson and am headed to dinner with a friend and drinks with another friend shortly after that.

Moving tomorrow, more fun with friends tomorrow night, and back to Meridian on Wednesday.  

As my time here in Birmingham comes to a close, I'm beginning to get a few butterflies.  I've enjoyed my time here, and I'm moving onto better career opportunities; however, those opportunities are in a city where not many opportunities exist.  I can't even begin to count everything I'm going to miss about living in a bigger city; I'm most definitely a city girl and am sad to leave it.  Living in B'ham is most fun in the summer months and of course that's right when I'm leaving, there is so much coming up that I really don't want to miss!  I've second guessed myself on my decision 1,000 times since I've made it.

I've mentioned once that before making my decision my dad constantly called wanting me to come back.  Well guess what? Now he calls telling me that he and my mom are constantly looking for somewhere for me to live and that he's really concerned that I'm not going to enjoy Meridian being that I'm 23 and single and that there isn't much to do there.  He has told me for the past two days now that if I decide I want to leave when I get here that he's totally okay with that decision. 

As I sit in a room filled with nothing but boxes I can't even begin describe the emotions running through my head.  On one hand it's a better career opportunity that I will eventually take but I honestly am not the least bit excited to move back just yet.  Meridian is a great city if you're married with children and will one day be a great place to move back to, but until then it's not exactly high on my list of places to live.

Until next time,