So a little backstory. I am 23 years old, and have been living on my own for 6 years almost to the day. In that time, I have lived in Philadelphia, PA, Brooklyn, NY, New Brunswick, NJ, and now Buffalo, NY. So 4 cities in 6 years is roughly 1.5 to 2 years in each place. I think? I'm bad at math.
My goal is to find my home. I want to find the place where I feel I belong, where I want to set roots in, and try to find this idea of real life I've heard so much about. Obviously, I haven't found it yet, but I feel like I have a little of these places I've been to in my self enough where I'm getting an idea of what I want.
So Buffalo, NY. This place I have only been to once. It was ok. I wasn't there for too long. So this is when you ask why the fuck I'm going there. I have a lot of reasons, but it all sums up to, why the hell not? Here is the short version. Number 1, I don't want to live without my best friend, Melissa. Number 2, my time here in New Jersey is up. Number 3, it's cheap as shit.
If you are interested in the long version, here goes:
My best friend Melissa is a wonderful woman. She is so strong and wonderful and beautiful, and since I've found her, the idea of being 7 hours away from her in completely heart wrenching. When you find people in life that you click with in just the right way, and that you love so much, you don't just let them move 7 hours away! So when she said, "Why don't you just move to Buffalo, too?", I was all like K! Also, her amazing 7 year old son, Alek? I cannot bear being apart from him either.
Then, my relationship fell apart. The dude that I moved to New Jersey for was all like I'm out, CYA! And after close consideration, oh, and him turning into a complete jackass, I didn't see a reason to stick around anymore. It wasn't because he decided to completely drag my name through the mud to cover up his own shortcomings, justsoyouknow. But, I came to New Jersey for a reason, and if that reason isn't there anymore, then neither the fuck am I.
I'm poor. Like broke as shit. And I'm real tired of it. And Buffalo is cheap. I want to be able to afford a dress from Forever21. My plan is to just make and save a shit ton of money.
Last but not least, since the talks of moving to upstate New York has started, I kinda sorta met someone. And there is no way that a dude this babely is gonna get rid of me that easy.
Of course, there is sooo much I'm going to miss about this place, and I'm sure I'll write about it in about 4 days when I'm in a new city all alone, bored, and lonely. Don't get me wrong, I know a few people. I'm moving into Melissa's new house, but she won't be there for 2 weeks. And the only people I really know in Buffalo are in a band with her boyfriend, and they are on tour for almost the entire summer. So it's just me and Banjo the cat in a big ol' house somewhere in Buffalo.
This is where I explain why I'm writing this blog. See, I've never been much of a journal keeper. I'm not sure how long this will last for. Or if there will even be another post. I'm going to be in a new city where I don't really know anyone. This blog is my incentive to get the fuck out there. It's easy for me to sit around and mope and do jack shit. So if I have something to update about the things I see and people I meet, then maybe I will do just that.
So wish me luck! Cause being bored sucks.
-Mia
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