Half Full

Running through the sprinklers at the Microsoft campus.

I have this problem with blogging and journaling in general. I have at least 30 half-filled sketchbooks. Like relationships, they start off hot and heavy, but begin to taper once you have reached a certain level of comfort.

And that is why this blog has been left in the cold. I have reached a comfort level in Seattle. While all my new pals will clearly tell you they have heard the words New Bedford come booming from my lips with pride much too often, I have to say, Seattle is my home now.

It has been over a year since I arrived, all wide-eyed and alone. Ready to reinvent and reinvigorate. So much in my life has changed. The career I had always imagined myself to have has truly taken off and I have been absolutely blessed with the greatest and most talented group of friends that exist in the Emerald City.

Every day is new and exciting. And while I have suffered some low times, leaving me pining for the smells of malasadas, or conversations over pitchers of Bud with the boys, I have seemed to rise above. I wasn't quite sure that I could do this. I thought I would be back home in a year, but finally, this gig is working out for me just fine.

So I will look at this blog as half-full, not half-empty. And I resolve to keep it updated in 2010.