oh yeah...

Is Christmas REALLy over?
I've had no net access for a week
it has in some ways been heaven.
The holidays were amazing...
Ending the show was very sad and emotional for a lot of reasons.
I was sad to have left so quickly but everyone was in my thoughts as I headed back to Ohio.
Austin and I had the funnest and most humorous trip back to Ohio.
I ran on literally like 2 hours of sleep. Got back to Ohio...ate a big breakfast and then showered and did what I've been wanting to do...put my pjs on and sit in front of the tv. Now that was amazing. But i'll write more of the happy, jolly stuff later....
for now...let me just say I probably have three hernias, pneumonia, and God only knows what else from my eventful move which officially ended about an hour ago when the headboard to my bed was brought in.
Just to give you an idea I spent all week relaxing at home, eating tons, etc...come two days before I am set to get my rental moving truck and head to BG to get my stuff I get some kind of nasty cold. It gets better, then worse, then better...blah blah. I say goodbye to the fam and set off to BG (I havent been there since August)...first of all not used to driving the huge ass truck with no rear view mirror...awkward! I go to BG and see all of my friends who I worked with for 5 years in SFA...it was surreal and crazy because the entire time I just felt like I had never left. It was great seeing them and I wish it could have been longer. Then off to Michael's to put everything in my truck which went very quickly and so we had time to get a drink with some friends and then just relax a bit and watch a movie...which was great. I intended on waking up at 4 a.m. this morning and heading to NYC. Didn't happen. I woke up at 8:30 and left at 9. I was overwhelmed as soon as I hit Cleveland (I'm sorry Jodie I didn't get to see you...I had no e-mail access over break and thought I'd hear from you...we'll talk soon)....anyways...I'm thinking..."am I really doing this all by myself?!? Damn this sucks and it's all radio the entire time...no cds, tapes, or even an 8-track player!!??! I digress...
I of course as I drive go through the emotions of relieving the break and thinking through my life which was great. I hit New Jersey way too late and after some truck return drama because of finding out I can't return it early unless I want to take it to Long Island just pushed me over. Where the FUCK am I going to park? I'm already dreading driving in NYC! So traffic of the GW bridge was nuts and I was at a stand still for over an hour. My GPS system in my phone worked great until my battery died as soon as I merged onto the Triboro bridge. This of course fucked with my entire world...my parents would be calling and would be worried as hell...how would I let Mandy know I was outside because I surely can't just leave the truck by itself in the middle of the street! I find the apartment (yes it's that different driving from walking)...park out front and lock it all up and turn the flashers on run up and frantically tell her that I HAVE to get the truck moved because it's in the middle...in the meantime my hot mess self who has been wearing a grey hoodie, a 1969 GAP hat, grey sweat pants, and my new little casual shoes...oh and glasses...MEETS my other roomate for the first time. HA! Great impression. She just moved in today...and thank God her dad was such an angel because he helped me load everything up. I owe that man BIG time! We get all my shit up the stairs...including the black leather couch that will NOT fit through the apartment door-but somehow we managed to get it in...I stand in my room just dazed as to what to do next. I have put my bed "together"...and while the apartment is in a messy array of boxes (mostly mine--how many scores and books can one seriously have?!?!?) I worry that my BUDGET rental moving 10' truck will get towed. Because after driving around 10 blocks for an hour I FOUND a parking space...or what appears to be a parking space on the street next to some other cars. I only pray this isn't a fluke--perhaps after my day it's not a wonder that I'm a tad bit "half emptyish". We'll see...somehow I can't seem to muster the strength to walk a block to make sure it's ok. What can I seriously do about it now anyways? Hopefully it will be fine there until Tuesday morning when I haul it to the Astoria BUDGET.
Lesson learned: Pay people to move your shit...with the cost of gas these days it's just about the same....otherwise just buy new stuff.
More will be soon...for now I'm going to shower and crash for a LONG time...Tomorrow more unpacking and hopefully a productive day of getting it all together.
Hope the holdays were well.
XO
Justin