Florida, Round 2

It’s funny where life takes you and the people you meet through those experiences.

As I stated before in my previous post, many of you know that I took a project management job here in Fort Lauderdale. But unlike last year, it’s a permanent move this time.

When I packed up all my belongings and started my trek halfway across the country, reality started to sink in the farther away from home I got. I started to get a more secluded and detached feeling with the knowledge that friends and family would no longer be around the corner. I began to realize that I couldn’t easily ring a family member for dinner, or have a drink with a friend without the purchase of a plane ticket.

These feelings are only natural I suppose when leaving behind the ones you care about.

On the other hand, these thoughts may have solely revolved around the sight of a big-ass U-Haul barreling down the highway that carried my life as its cargo to a destination 1300 miles away. Talk about being out of your comfort zone, huh?

Needless to say, it’s going to be an adjustment. Thankfully, this new job will keep me very busy most days, and on the weekends, the allure and distractions of a golf course will be just what I need.

All in all, I’m hopeful that this is the end of a rough two years, but if I learned anything during that time, it’s this: Life is never what you expect. Then again, life is about the experiences and what you do with them rather than the grand expectations.

Either way, until that next experience, I think it’s time for a Cuban sandwich!

ER