Well, we made it across the country.
Yes, we got screwed by our movers. But let's not dwell on the negative.
Our cross-country road trip (which I will photodocument forthwith) was incredible. Several things we learned include:
1. Never stop for gas - or any reason - in Draper, South Dakota.
2. Montana is the most beautiful place ever.
3. Cats can, in fact, enjoy a good road trip.
Yes, there is some culture shock moving from New York to Portland. But it's pretty much all positive - we daily remark on our good fortune. Just this morning Nate said to me, "Even the security guard at Safeway told me to have a good day!" People are so freaking nice here. It's pretty refreshing. But we don't have to miss New York too much - luckily we live directly across from some low-income housing and right next to a construction site. We like to keep it as real as possible. So we can have our fix of 7:30am jackhammers and an occasional racial slur hurled in our direction. However, we did have the singular pleasure of one of our neighbors actually walking across the street to introduce herself, which we found damn neighborly.
The novelty of neighborliness, combined with the distinct pleasure of living in a real-life HOUSE with a big ol' backyard, is almost too much to bear. Soon I will publish a photo of our 2 cats (who had never been out of our 750 sq. ft. apt. in NYC) frolicking in our garden. I think they love Portland living almost as much as we do.
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