This labor day marks my 7th in the Bay Area. Yes 7 Labor day weekends ago I loaded up a truck with my scant (ha!) belongings, gathered a couple of Rock Star Friends and Rock Star Sisters and headed West.
My Brother had been attempting to convince me for years to move to the Bay Area and I would never take the bait.
Then one very Hot April day, while sitting at
Coachella he called asking if I could immediately send my resume to him. Well I couldn't because I was currently in the middle of nowhere. When I finally returned home we chatted and he convinced me to move (the best life changing conversation ever... Thank's Dave!)
Anywho I admit in the beginning I was homesick for the place I didn't love for so many years, why I couldn't figure it out. It must of been the familiarity. I told myself I would stick it out for 2 years, I felt that was a respectable time frame to say I DID IT.
Well as you can see the 2 years have come and gone and I am still here and LOVING it more then ever. Occasionally however I have to quell the itch to move onto some place else. I hear and see where other people live and to steal a phrase from
30 Rock "I want to go to there". Maybe one day I will. For now I have Fabulous Friends, a good job, and I live in one of the coolest neighborhoods in Oakland, why move?
So what did I do to celebrate my 7th Labor Day weekend...So far nothing glamourous, I bought new tires (OUCH!), found out I am going to be an AUNT AGAIN!!! Enjoyed a lovely Picnic in the park with such lovely people, and for today well I bought a Fab new dress ( I know I know, when did I become such a shopper), sat on a bench in a lovely park and read a book, attempted to watch
Battlestar Galactica (I am still trying to see what the fuss is about), went for a walk and now dinner. Actually it has been a perfect Labor Day weekend!
Here is to another year living by the Bay...