Life it seems is like a circle of endings and beginnings. I've had my share but haven't we all.
About 18 years ago I packed up all my belongings and moved from NYC to San Francisco ,my place of birth. It was a big coastal move. NYC was where I was a married and spent close to a decade.
Almost 3 years ago (1/23/10 will be my 3 year anniversary) I gave a way a a shit load of books sold my car & furniture and house and moved to Austin all while ending a marriage that lasted close to two decades. Big changes again. I said good bye to good friends, my Mom, good bagels and Thai food.
So I guess you could say I am pretty familiar with the moving process. And I won't even attempt to go into my gypsy child hood here.
So what does this have to do with Kelly & Noah.
Well for starters Kelly was my first "real" friend when I moved back to San Francisco. Today my dear friends Kelly & Noah are selling all their stuff. It's just stuff but stuff often has a lot of memories. About 6 months ago my friend Kelly sent me a lengthy email telling me he was considering a contract position in Kuwait for developer who was opening some high end shops theier. I had to get up and walk away from the computer. I was SHOCKED or maybe just really surprised. Germany, France maybe, but Kuwait took me by surprise. So today they are selling their remaining items and getting themselves ready to become ex pats for at least the next few years. Maybe it's not so sad for me because I said good bye to living in the same town as them three years ago, but at the same time I know the next time I visit San Francisco and they aren't there, I will be sad. So let me send a toast to two of the sweetest guys in San Francisco. San Francisco will never be the same and neither will Kuwait City when you two fellas start shining there. And I want to leave you with a song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IC4UUMpaKbo
It may just bring tears to your eyes about a month from now.
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i♥catherine
ReplyDeleteI read your comments on Yelp. I am also from NYC and am now living in the Bay Area in CA. That was very brave of you to leave CA and start over in a new place. We are also thinking of moving to Austin. We are tired of paying such high mortgage for a small house. Daycare is ridiculous. The state is bankrupt. We have twins boys who are just under 2 now. So we were thinking we can get a bigger house in Austin. The schools are good there I believe. And my husband's company has an office there, so he can keep his job. It's just slow in selling our house right now. Do you still want to stay in Austin? Do you ever miss NY or CA? I worry that I won't fit in in Austin.
ReplyDeleteDid you move to Austin?
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