48 hours or so until I'm on a plane and hurtling towards dear old Manhattan. For now, I'm watching Full House (yes!), drinking coffee, doing laundry, and trying desperately to ignore the crescendo of fear and anxiety that is beginning its slow swell. I'm used to being in this particular frame of mind, hovering on the edge of monumental life change. And this time, miraculously, I actually have a plan! I'm not taking a blind leap of faith and moving to a new city with no job prospects. I actually HAVE a job and I plan to stay for the foreseeable future. So how do you like them apples?

I'm trying to wrap my mind around the fact that I will be settling in to a new life. I'm trying to tie up some loose ends- concrete ends, like dentist appointments... but also the more abstract ones. Clearing my mind to make way for new neural connections to be formed and such. Tying off old relationships. Coming to terms. You know, another day in the life. I never have been one for moving on, but I do believe that the time has come to just start over in every possible way.

Half of my mouth is currently numb after having a cavity filled this morning. I have a tiny crush on my dentist... he's young and blond and sort of adorable while hovering over my face with a very long needle filled with local anesthesia. What does this misguided crush say about my taste in men? The fact that a young man whose job description includes inflicting pain on me gets me all riled up while he's poking around my mouth at 9:30 in the morning just speaks volumes. I'm hopeless.

I love the mid-afternoon episode of Jeopardy - particularly when it's the teen tournament. Makes me feel brilliant.

I just discovered bookswim.com - which is Netflix for books. Words cannot express how excited I am to enroll. How exciting!!!