Relocation Insanity

Whew!!!

I'm not quite sure how to do this, apparently - finish my master's degree while planning a move out to LA, via Aspen and Las Vegas.  I had to take a minute out to write, a minute away from selling my french horn, trying to recover my deposit from my old landlord, finding a sublet for my room for the summer, etc, etc, etc.  I haven't even begun to pack, and I have two concerts between now and my graduation a month from today.

A month from today?  Only two weeks after that, I pick up and take nothing familiar with me except clothes, a few odds and ends, my stuffed monkey, and my car.  For two months, I'll be spending the summer in Aspen, CO, singing and enjoying the mountains with 4 friends and a lot of strangers. 

Thanks to my dearest friends Cassandra and Geoff, I won't have to leave the overwhelming expense of Aspen and directly try to make life work in LA.  After Aspen, I'll head out to Las Vegas, where I'll live with Geoff, Cassandra, Spot, Ginger, and Paco (their three adorable doggies), until I can get myself a little out of the hole I'm digging financially and hopefully find myself a job and a place to live in Burbank, CA.

Then, it's off to LA.  To live, to work, to audition - and hopefully, to act and sing.  How do I feel about leaving EVERYTHING I know?  I'm not sure I'm fully digesting it yet.  Last night, I tried to imagine life across the country from the overwhelming majority of my family and friends.  Realizing that most of my closest friendships were born and nurtured over the past 2-5 years, I'm starting to imagine that perhaps I don't need to worry so much.  I will miss my friends and family, but there are always airplanes, cell phones, and email.  Besides, I would never have known some of my most amazing friends had I not moved to Maryland less than 2 years ago with less than 3 weeks' notice. 

I have done this before, just not on such a grand scale so far away.  Does that make it harder?  May be.  Does that mean I can't do it?  No way.