In the spirit of all of the to-do lists that we are moving through before we relocate, I have an in-progress list of things I am looking forward to about Philadelphia
(as a side note, you apparently cannot call it Philly until you live there):
- NOT waking up at 4:30
- NOT having us both drive 70 miles a day
- The sun
- A new exciting job for Maggie
- NOT breathing in chemicals forty hours a week
- Starting afresh
- More space
- Exploring a new city
- with historical significance
- with new restaurants
- Having the chance to pursue some freelance writing
- Meeting new people
- ...
Of course there are things that we are not happy about, such as leaving really great friends (oh, how we've been reminded of that over the last week or so), family and the Saab - but we're certainly concentrating on the positives, and being very excited at that.
Packing is in progress...
