i haven't blogged in seven months, you say?

you thought i was over it, didn't you, mes amis? never to blog again! you heaved sighs of relief, or you cried tears of disappointment. either way, i'm back.

i've been busy, not even within life per se, but within my own head. i'm always thinking. about something. everything from how to budget for the next few months to what i want to order from starbucks to how much i love my boyfriend.

nate and i are moving and i couldn't be happier. we always said we'd give this place three years and then move on. we just didn't see ourselves living here for any really long period of time. three years was enough to sort of establish ourselves within our jobs and it was nice for me to be so close to family for that time, right after college graduation. but it's been three years and so here we go.

i'm trying to think back on any experience i've had moving and i will confess: as much as i've moved place to place to place, i've never had to actually really pack. i've always had mom, packer and mover extraordinaire to do that for me. she's a pro, really. i'm thankful to be moving in the summer, when she is available to help me a bit, packing and moving here and then helping to decorate and make the new place homey and cute and perfect there.

i'll miss seeing her almost every week, hanging out together with a bottle of bubbly, talking about tv shows and venting about work. hopefully she'll visit a lot. and hopefully, i'll be able to visit a bit as well.

the promise and optimism that comes with unpacking makes packing a bit easier to deal with. i can't wait.

leaving the restaurant will be bittersweet, but i'm fully aware that it's the right time for me to go. it's time for me to move on...to a new restaurant, probably. but we'll see. we've got a place, but neither nate nor i have jobs, which is terrifying (and rather exhilarating). while there is a sense of fear in the air, the unknown is also a bit exciting...talk to me in two months when all my money's run out and i still don't have a job, and i will kill you for quoting me saying that it's exciting. i'm sure it won't come to that.

expect more updates from NC when i'm all moved in. hopefully, i'll do better with this blog and we'll go through it together. for now i'm just looking forward to working super hard and trying to get together with friends and family here before i move forward in my life.

a mes aventures nouveaux!