Bo-What?

On the fifth night here I left work around 6 p.m., it was bascially dark and I was thinking about what I should have for dinner. Suddenly, I started crying so hard I could barely see the road. All I could think about was the huge empty house I was going home to. There was no one within, literally, 1000 miles I could call to have dinner with me. Again I was seraching for that panic button with no luck. I stopped at the CVS on my way home from work and bought myself a bag of mini chocolate donuts and some milk. I sat on my couch that night and ate donuts for dinner. I'm an emotional eater, we might as well get that out on the table now. If the light bulb hasn't gone on for you as to why I weighed 3-hundo at one point in my life you should just stop reading now.

I allowed myself one more night to wallow in my little pitty party and forced myself to snap out of it. I talk to Tom every night and even (by some miracle of God) got my mom to learn how to Skype. Since then, everything has been going very well. I'd say I've probably only made about 1,267 wrong turns.

Things that I don't understand about North Carolina:

1- Who in the HAIL is Bo-Jangles, and why does he have his own restaruant?
2- Why do none of the major intersections have street signs? And why do the Traffic Lights hang from what seem to be very, very unstable cords.
3- Who let the guy with the bottle of Jack Daniels plan the neighborhoods? The addresses around here are literally as follows: 765 North 18th Street Place Southest Court. What happened to 1234 Disneyland Lane?
4- Around here the best culinary delight is "shrimp and grits" and I'm still not sure I've worked up the intestinal fortitude to try those. I'll report back.
5-People actually go to nudest camps. Enough said.


Being this far away from home, and by myself so much more of the time really makes me appreciate the things and people I have in my life. Do I miss home? Absolutely, every single day. Do I miss my family? Of course. Do I think this was the wrong decision? Absolutely not. I have lived here less than 30 days and have made a couple of good friends, I've got a really great house, and I'm learing what is important in my life. I am very excited about the job and what it has to offer me over the next few years.

Stay tuned in to the next two blogs about why I moved so far away, and my trip to Charlotte.