It's funny the way things tend to work themselves out sometimes. How a small 'thread in the tapestry' weaves itself into beautiful fabric. With all the things that I wish would happen in my life, somehow, someway, they usually come to fruition at one point or another in time. A month ago, I was discussing with my parents about buying a new car. I knew exactly what kind that I wanted, all that I was waiting on was some personal issues concerning monies and other things of that nature. Well, around the same time my good friend Tony and I were out one night with some friends of ours and he casually says that he is going to be in need of a roommate in July.
 |
| "Come up to my Balcony" discussion - About the Spartacus TV Series |
Now, I've always been a person that has told people on occasion that I am the type of person who likes to be independent and will probably end up living alone and do not want a roommate. But the more I thought about his comment that night and the days following, I was beginning to change my mind on the whole subject. Why wouldn't I want to live with someone? Why try and do it all by myself? I think as I get older, the more I long to be around people, to be more specific, positive people that I know I'll be happy in their presence. I was introduced to Tony a few months ago through my super awesome friend, Leah. It's funny when you meet someone and you instantly become good friends. It turned out that we both are in the same field, Tony is a Physical Therapy Aide for an outpatient clinic and I am a Physical Therapy student and work with multi-disabled students. The similarities aside, I usually can tell who the people are that are going to stay in my life for a long time and I think this is one of those things. I'm usually spot on with these things....call it a sixth sense I guess, lol.
 |
| 'The Group Hug' - Myself, Leah & Tony |
Another BIG plus about this move is that it couldn't come at a more perfect time in my life. On the advent of turning 30 in about 3 and 1/2 weeks, I began thinking about this whole situation and came to this conclusion.....I had a few other opportunities in which I was looking at places to rent, but the timing was off. My finances weren't in check and the locations weren't the best. You know what they say.....location, location, location! And boy, is this location perfect and I mean that in every essence of the word. I can literally walk to work, walk to my gym, etc. The one thing I enjoy about Shadyside, is that it caters to a younger generation of people around my age. It's basically like a little 'hipster' town, consisting of shops and eateries, all within walking distance of each other.
Now, I truly love and wouldn't know what to do without my real family, but in the past few months, especially right after my grandmother passed away in February, Tony, Leah and a few others from their circle of friends sort of took me in as a 'quasi-brother', and we all refer to each other as family. The great part about this move too is that Leah lives 5 blocks from Tony's....and they happen to be boyfriend and girlfriend, so we are all pretty close. I honestly don't know how I was this lucky to have met these people.
Comments
Post a Comment