and did i mention?

they don't recycle here. it's so disheartening to throw everything away every day... but anyways...

on october 9, i heard that carrie mae weems is speaking for free. so that's a big perk of working where i do. also, the savannah film festival, which is sponsored by scad starts on october 25 and i think i'm going to try to volunteer for it. there are a couple of other things that i really want to go to but have no one to go with and no way of getting home after dark. sigh... these first couple of months here will be hard.

however, last night i made friends! i work with a guy who also went to simmons and graduated three years ago. he's the head of circulation. one of his co-workers is also new here to scad and she is very nice and invited us both to go to the savannah jazz fest. it was fun and nina simone's daughter performed. she was spectacular! i also had the best garlic shrimp i think i've ever tasted. then, unfortunately, i drank too much and woke up with a headache this morning. that's what happens when you go out when you've been sequestered in your house for too long, i guess.

this is the theatre where the film fest will be and where the major speakers do their thing. and it is right across the street from where i work. i'll be sure when to let you all know when i see fantastic things there :)


i'm trying not to miss boston and my friends and husband too much. sometimes i think that it's good that everyone at work is so friendly, but then again, if they weren't i'd be back in boston already! one day at a time now, guys, one day at a time... one thing is for sure though--we're not in kansas anymore, toto!

um...

what have i gotten myself into? i'm not sure. luckily the job is good, because savannah ain't! i don't like it at all. i don't like my neighborhood, i don't really feel safe here, and i seem to be the only yank around. oh, and my apartment has been a disaster anyway--it basically wasn't really finished the day i moved in and that has been a trial trying to get the property management company to do anything about it. instead, they told me that this is why they don't normally rent to people out of town because the place would have been rented as it was. my appliances weren't hooked up or installed properly, the place had an inch of construction grime all over the place, and things have just not been finished--like the tub being caulked in, the fireplace being finished, and i don't have a city trash can and didn't have a mailbox until yesterday. this place is infuriating...

i really miss boston and my friends and city life. i'm giving this a try and we'll see what happens. but right now, i'm thinking of those crisp fall-ish mornings that are happening up in new england and i don't want to be here. sigh...

9 1/2 weeks...

that's how long it will be from the time i move until i see my husband again! sad... even sadder, i used to live alone, but now haven't for about 6 years and it's crazy how that messes with you and makes you feel incapable! i guess sid and i will have all the time we need to hang out and play again. sid is my cat, and he was my companion when i lived alone before, but he's really quite taken with lee. it sometimes feels like sid has traded me for lee. they are play buddies and sid obviously doesn't realize this hurts my feelings :( he's a cat--what kind of loyalty can i expect?!?

all new--with a capital "n"

well, i'm starting a blog. this is something i said i'd never do. but you see, i'm moving to savannah, georgia, after only two years in boston--and this wasn't really in the plans. so i'm hoping to record my new life and keep in touch with my old friends here. we'll see how this goes!

i leave boston in one week and one day! i start my new job at the savannah college of art & design on september 22. this has happened so fast! but for now, i'm hoping to enjoy the rest of my time here--well, and i really do need to minimize that pesky stress that has crept into my life these past two weeks... but pretty soon, this will all be over and i'll be settling into my new life as a southern belle. ha!