Ok, so maybe 'exodus' is a strong word, but it sure seems like there are a lot of people I know leaving right now, either moving or leaving town for an extended period. Don & Emily went to Vermont for the summer. Ian has been in Alaska all summer salmon fishing and now Kristin & Ian are moving to Portland (traitors...). Mark, the pastor who married us, and his family are moving. Trish has been trying to leave to go work somewhere cooler on temporary contracts for months.
Austin is a very transient city, with the University and tech communities. The average length of time an Austinite has lived here is only 3 years (man do I blow that one out of the water). But I think this is the first time I've experienced so many dear people left or leaving. And I just can't imagine leaving here. Ok, maybe when we've had 44 days over 100 degrees I can kindof start to see why... But we left once. And we came back. Austin, I love thee.
So...to keep up with the 'leavers' I have started a Twitter account. So you can know what I am doing with every moment of my everyday (I think Twitter is just proof of society's Internet Addiction). Well, maybe I didn't start the account because of you leaving, but it sounds better than 'I succombed to the social-networking peer pressure,' no?
Anyway, you can now follow my inanity at www.twitter.com/alexjurek. Have fun.
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First, I have never heard of twitter so I checked it out and still don't get it lol! Second, I don't know if I have ever told you how much I enjoy reading your blog. It always amazes me how you can make life's frustrations seem so eloquent! We are so different yet so similar...
~MaRee
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