Only 2 more days in the northeast

As I get ready to go out for the last time to one of my favorite places in Stamford, BUtterfield 8, I felt the need to reflect on my time here.

I've been fortunate enough that during school, I had internships that brought me all of the country from RTP in NC to Silicon Valley in CA, yet I always found myself back in the northeast. I guess with all my friends and family being here, it was always the default choice, even when I had the opportunity to move west when I was graduating.

Now that I am a little older, more mature, and potentially wiser, I am realizing that I am lucky enough to have friends everywhere. Yes, the bulk of my friends are in NY and CT, but over time, a lot of my friends have migrated west, and I know that I will meet new people over in CA.

With my entire life in boxes and bags, and the drive coming up, I am truly excited to see what the world has to offer, I am honestly extremely grateful to have this opportunity, and will give it my all.

Come Monday night, I will be on my way to San Francisco, with a slight detour in Las Vegas for 2 nights. I am definitely lucky to be making the trip with a friend who is as psyched about the trip as me. Vegas in 3 days is doable, right?

Everything's Moving Along

All things considered, I am impressed with how smoothly everything is going with my move so far. My roommate in CA has found an apartment in an awesome location (Mission in San Francisco), a moving company is coming to pick up all my belongings Monday morning (window of 8-10), and once they have everything packed, I am going to begin my road trip.

It looks like a friend of mine is going to join me for the trip, and here's the tentative route

Gonna try to meet up with a friend of mine in Vegas on Friday, which I think is definitely feasible if I leave Monday afternoon or Tuesday morning.

It's definitely surreal thinking that all of this has been planned and executed in less than a week.

Now I just need to get rid of my laziness and finish packing. It's crazy thinking my entire life is in boxes, and will be on its way to Cali.

Ian

Beginning of a blog

So I always swore I wouldn't start blogging, but I figure with the upcoming changes in my life these next few weeks, now more than ever makes a perfect entry point.

For those of you who do not know me, my name is Ian Pedowitz. I am a Network Engineer and I used to work in the financial services industry. In the very near future (pretty much a week or so) I will begin a cross country move to start my new career out in the Bay Area of California.

I will try to keep this updated on my move, and my new career for anyone who cares to know what's up. I am looking at this as an experiment (akin to twitter) so I will see how I decide to use this. I figure I will also ramble on about random topics that seem interesting to me, and hopefully others.

Ian