3.16 Years, 2053 Miles Later

Remember me? How could you forget? (Please refer to the posts below excerpted from my original page if you need to be reminded) I've decided to take another crack at this whole blogging thing – you know: if at first you don’t succeed and that sort of stuff… Here's the CliffsNotes version of what has happened since I last posted: I enjoyed college life to the fullest, fell in love, graduated summa cum laude, moved cross-country, started a full-time job and have been promoted (twice), bought my own apartment, and a puppy. I’m sure the unabridged version will surface at some point or another but that’s the gist of it. For now I would like to place the focus on the move cross-country.

Firstly, can you say culture shock? After living in LA for almost two years, I feel as if I should be able to say it in seven different languages. Everything is new, diverse, and unfamiliar. From the food to the people, the laws and the mentality - everyday there's opportunity for discovery. The West Coast popped the confined, air-tight bubble which was my world and introduced me to the insanity that is reality. 

Yes, there really are homeless people. Yes, you can go through an entire day without running into eleven people that you went to school with. Yes, California is as liberal as they say. No, I will never cease to be surprised. And apparently "y'all" is not a commonly accepted term. 

But let's get real, the secret behind the joy of California does not lie in the diversity or in the depths of the ocean. It's avocados. That's as real as it gets. 

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