How I got here

It's only fair to start off with the history of this little adventure with how I got here. And it all started with a wedding in the Dominican Republic. A wedding for my cousin and his now wife Arelis, I was surrounded by family member that I hadn't seen in months, and some I haven't seen since I was 10 in Colombia. Plus, I even got to spend time with my 2 little monkeys (how adorable are they?!).

Carlos & Arelis & I

My Michael & My Alex

And while we were all out there I sort of had an epiphany of wanting to be closer and to spend more time with them. Even though my boys live in Atlanta I knew that I've lived too far from people who have known me my whole life.

After coming home from said wedding I went back to work at Discovery and realized that I wasn't happy there. I was far away from people who knew me when I was kid but don't know me as an adult. I also realized that I was being given a chance to either leave New York now and try something new or always feel that I'm going to be stuck in NY for the rest of my life. There were a few weekly phone calls with the cousin extraordinaire who has been through change enough to to turn and tell me, "hey, you only live once." So I turned to Discovery and said bye. My aunt flew in and helped revamp my apartment so I can rent it out in the New Year and in about one month I was in the car bound for CA.

A 2 week adventure started off with my friend Jon who drove with me to Kansas in a weekend. (The poor guy saw me freak out at least 3-4 times each day. And drove a huge amount of the trip.) He flew home on Sunday after we arrived at my best friend Lyndsay's house and then she and I did the final leg on the following Friday in 3 days. So one person can drive across the country in 5-6 days. However making it a 2 week trip was worth it as I got to spend some quality time with wonderful people.

So that's how I got here and I'm on the job hunt and looking for friends and looking to hang out in cool places. Kind of exciting I know. I'll let you know how this state treats New Yorkers. :) But now I leave you with some photos from the road.

A sunset between Salt Lake City ad Nevada.

Hitting the road with Lyndsay.

The field outside Lyndsay's house.

Somewhere in Indiana.