Adventures with Dr. Lady Cutie Troublemaker

Life is in flux BIG TIME these days. I want to keep in touch with all of my peeps. The Internet is this beautiful thing. I can move to a brand new city and still stay in easy, near-daily contact with the people I love. When I feel connected to the people in my life that matter, I am unstoppable!

Raleigh: First Look

By Abby at 12:28 pm on Saturday, May 13, 2006

 

So far, very good. I’m pretty damn lucky that I dated Christopher back in the day. He’s an extremely sweet and social guy who seems to know everyone I’d be interested in knowing in this town. He works at NC State in media and distance learning. He’s a bass player and a DJ and is involved in all sorts of musical and creative projects. We met artists and musicians wherever we went, and we ran into people he knew on the street, in coffee shops, just everywhere. I haven’t had any time to research Raleigh further since decided it seemed like a place I might want to live, but he’s been thinking about it, which is working really well for me. He’s a bit of a civic booster, actually. I’d forgotten he grew up here before moving up to Connecticut in high school, so he’s a long-termer in this town. The people we’ve met have been genuine, intelligent, creative types who I would definitely love to spend more time around. And people here can’t say enough nice things about the place. I even got the pitch from the woman I sat next to on the plane whose family had moved down from Brooklyn (picked the place off the map based on research much like I’m doing) after her husband evacuated Tower One of World Trade on 9/11/2001 then stayed for a few years keeping that business afloat. They wanted a better place to raise their son and a calmer life.

I could do this thing. Boston has been so wonderful in so many ways, but the three bad things about it (cost of living, navigation/traffic/roads, and mostly, the WEATHER) make it a place I really can’t see staying for the long-term. But you know I’ll visit. And you know I’ll stay connected all over the internet.

This making a life for myself isn’t easy. Not that I thought it would be. I guess I thought it would come together without so much effort, but I’m getting there… slowly but surely.

More pictures. 

 

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Comment by poornima

May 13, 2006 @ 3:21 pm

You’re getting there all right, Abby. And Raleigh sure sounds like a nice place to be.

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Comment by Smoooochie

May 13, 2006 @ 4:35 pm

I’m so glad you got to take this trip. yay!! Now I have a good place to stay on my way to the beach. heh…

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Comment by Karen

May 14, 2006 @ 11:52 am

Well, looks like an interesting and congenial place to settle into.

How’s the job situation in yer field look? And the cost of living has to be a big incentive…as well as the FAB weather in NC v MA.

🙂

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Comment by Nicole

May 15, 2006 @ 7:19 am

NO WAY!!! It’s so strange that you met up with Christopher b/c I was thinking about you and him and Andy, etc. the other day! Would love having you a little closer to the ATL than Boston…

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Comment by Abby

May 15, 2006 @ 7:31 am

WAY! I know. Isn’t that super-nutty? But it’s good because Raleigh is suweet! At least that is how it was presented to me. I think Christopher hired the people who sat next to me on the plane down and back, too, just to clinch it.

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Comment by Elizabeth

May 15, 2006 @ 4:55 pm

But really, if that was the case, that Christopher did hire those people, he probably hired them from Raleigh so chances are that they are still cool and still in the area. So it would be suweet even if he didn’t hire them! (gotta love my logic sometimes…)

Glad to hear the trip was a good one. 🙂

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