A Lefty Writes

First of all, I can't believe it's been over a year since I arrived in Boston. Of course, it's the usual paradox of it feeling like forever since last summer while simultaneously feeling like it wasn't that long ago that I lived in LA.

And now, I can't believe I'm moving again. This time the move is a bit shorter - 1 mile instead of 3,000 - but it still involves boxing up all my stuff. (Good thing there are a few boxes I never unpacked.)

For those of you who haven't gotten the memo, I'm moving in with my girlfriend! We got a 2-bedroom apartment in Brookline, not far from Washington Square. We had talked about moving in together before I first moved out here last year, but (long story short) I needed to focus on one drastic change at a time. Now, we're tired of having the "who's place do we stay at tonight?" debate, and I'm really looking forward to us being able to come home to one another.

The move is two weeks away, but I've started packing this weekend, since I'll be working during the coming weeks. I've also started listing some of my belongings on craigslist and I already have someone coming over to look at my dining room table and chairs.

The next two weeks should be pretty busy and then of course there's the unpacking to deal with, and by the time we're moved in I'll be swamped with work through the primary election in September.