hurc's moving to Ottawa

Yesterday, an announcement was made public at work: I am quitting my current position and leaving the company I've been with for almost 5 years. A new opportunity came up a few weeks ago and I've been working on it since. Everything was officially signed this week, but I did not want to blog about it until everything was a done deal. I start at that new company on July 31st.

It's kinda fitting that I'm blogging about my move to Ottawa, the nation's capital, on Canada Day. Dontcha think?! :)

I have mixed feelings about all of this, most of them are positive, but I still feel sad. I've been my current company almost since graduation. I've lived with my parents and in Montreal all my life. Most of my old and new friends are in Montreal. So many changes in such a short amount of time.

Don't get me wrong. I'm excited at all the possibilities. But I guess my "too-nice-a-guy" persona goes hand-in-hand with my usual "play-it-safe" mentality. I don't usually go out on a limb, and I'll usually walk on the safe side of the sidewalk. Well, not counting that little stunt I pulled last October. But anyway...

I want to say that this will be a fresh start, but I know that I won't be cutting Montreal out of my life anytime soon. I mean, it's only a 2-hour drive away. I'll probably be driving back at least every other week. I've got my Sunday hockey games in the Autumn that I'm hoping to be able to come back for. But I guess I'll see when I get there.

Things happen, things change. Maybe I'll start seeing someone in Ottawa and won't have time to come back home so often. Or maybe I'll start seeing "someone" in Montreal and I'd be coming back so often that people will see even more of me than when I was actually living here.

yeah yeah, I know what you're thinking. "stop thinking about her! it's not gonna happen."