I'm a Yinzer!

I am bound and determined to post more than once this month, so I thought I'd start early, rather than waiting until the last week of September.

I'm finally in Pittsburgh! I'm temporarily living with one of the girls in my grad class while PJ and I look for an apartment. It feels good to finally be down here. It felt so hectic driving back and forth between Horseheads and Pittsburgh (and Buffalo and Rochester and...) for the past month, so I'm glad to be semi-settled in one area now. Shadyside is a really cute area; it actually reminds me a lot of the Park Ave. area in Rochester and I think that's making the transition a little easier. I've never lived this far away from home before (nor have I ever lived with people who I've known for less than a month), so I'm definitely being pushed out of my comfort zone a bit, which is good for me. I tend to get a little hermit-ish sometimes, figuring that it would just be easier to stay in. I get comfortable in a place (that goes for where I'm living and working, too) and I shy away from any sort of change at times. This whole process of leaving teaching and embarking on a new career path, moving to a new city in a new state, and moving in with PJ has been pretty stressful, but pretty exciting, too.

Some Shadyside favorites:
Crazy Mocha Coffee Company
Shady Grove Restaurant & Bar

And there are tons more that I can't wait to try. Did I mention that I'm excited to be here?