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As I’ve explained numerous times in this blog, I have near-no connections here in Albany, and making new friends is not easy. I started out by going to some Meetup events, but they aren’t posted as often as my group did in Rochester, which isn’t a bad thing; it just means that I have less…
Even though I have been loving my free time, and really taking advantage of it, there’s a point where not having friends in my immediate area gets boring and a little lonely. I leaned back on Meetup.com to find friends the same way I did in Rochester (and that worked out pretty well!). I looked…
Today, I went on a run. My first long run in a while, in anticipation for the Disney Wine and Dine Half in less than a month. When I first got here, I was struggling to find an area to run in – especially places for long runs that wouldn’t require me to do the…
I’ve been in Albany a week and working at Merit for three days, and I’m finding myself to be a little bit better adjusted, just as I thought. Much like my scattered brain, this post will be a bit scattered, because a few interesting things happened today, and none are completely related. The first big…
Ah October. You’ve been so busy I didn’t even get the chance to say hello. From conferences to birthdays to family gatherings, I’ve barely been in my apartment this month, which means a few things. The first is that I haven’t gone food shopping in almost a month. Concerning? Slightly. The second is that I…
The last time I had to actively seek out new friends was my freshman year of college. Before that was kindergarten. So, I can’t say that going out and finding a group of people to forever associate with is something I’ve had a lot of practice in. Moving out on my own means that my…