its official

So its official, i'm moving back to Pgh...you know its funny...when I started this blog I was excited about the new adventure but my heart would always be in Pgh and I knew that I would be returning to my home at some point...i just didn't think it would be this soon. I haven't even been gone a year and I kind of don't want to go home yet. Don't get me wrong, i am SUPER excited about seeing my friends and family on a somewhat daily basis, and I am excited that I have a place i can just up and go to and have family at (both real and friendship). I just feel that I am not done here, I don't feel as if i have exhausted all of my time here and can honestly say yup its time to go. But in all honestly i can't dwell on that fact or I will drive myself into depression. So its time to move on. My cousin said it was onto a new adventure...i would only half agree with that...onto an old adventure but with a new outlook. I plan on taking more trips, whether it be back here to Charleston to visit my sister (which I plan on doing AS MUCH AS I CAN), or to new and exciting cities around this wonderful United States. I plan on seeing my friends as much as i can and visiting those that live outside of Pgh (Munsie, Scott and baby munsie here I come!!!) I plan on trying new places and things...I don't want life to pass me by. I have learned that here, that i could just crawl into my bed and it let it go...i don't want to do that when i move back home. I am also planning on getting my own place as soon as i have the money to do so and starting that new chapter in my life.

I want to say I am thankful to my friends who were there when I left, and some gave me grief and pain about leaving, but regardless were still there for me and I am thankful to those same friends who have listened to me, my problems, me crying and couldn't do anything about it, who basically just sat there as i told them the same story over and OVER again. To you I am thankful. Thank you for letting me go, to do my own thing, to live life, even if just for a little bit, outside of my bubble...

I would also like to say thank you to my co-workers and my job...as much as i hate my job, the people there made it worthwhile and sometimes even fun to go to work. Even the customers, when you peel back the annoying layers that ALL customers have, you learn a lot. Everyone has a story and you just have to sit back and listen b/c if you do it may be the most fascinating thing you have ever heard.

I have learned a lot from living here, how people are, how people live, the language and the culture...its different from my own and not necessarily in a bad way, just one that I am not used to.

So I look at this almost year long experience and even though I feel that I am giving up and walking back with my tail between my legs I have to realize that it is not that...it is me saying I can't stay but I will be back!!!