So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Good Bye!

New York has done me a lot of favors over the last odd 10 years. I have grown so much and I finally feel like I am who I want to be at this phase of my life and its partly because of her. She has given me so many experiences and brought so many wonderful people into my life and for that I'm eternally grateful.

However, it s no time to say good bye to her and move on. It really has not hit me yet that I'm literally packing up my life and starting somewhere fresh. It feels good though. Its on my terms and its how I want it. I'm not running back home with my tail between my legs and the stink of failure on me. This is a welcome homecoming and a one that has long been in the works.

There are so many people who touched my life in a profound way and I cannot believe that I will not see them everyday, or every week, month, whatever. But I know that any friendships I made will last. There is no question of that. I just feel unnervingly strong, sure and confident. Everything is really going to be good, like so good I can't even begin to grasp the awesomeness.

Today I also got to see how much i've touched people and what a difference I've meant to them. You never think about how you do things or how you treat people you just do it and it is what it is. But its nice to know that its appreciated.

Well, readers look forward to some new adventures ahead here for ol Niobe. Because I can feel it and its all going to be big!