I moved back to my home town of Buffalo NY in the fall. Since then I bought a house, started a business, got married and became a vegetarian. This year has been big, but that's not to say that the last couple have been small. I met John in 2005. We lived together in Brooklyn for two years, then packed up our belongings including our dog Ray and drove west to San Francisco. John started architecture school and I set out to find work in Interior Design. It was impulsive, but after just twelve months we again loaded our things and Ray into the car and headed back east. The choice was a little to do with the economy and a lot to do with just feeling far away. I've come back to Buffalo, where I started, and I plan to renovate our very old house, establish my interior design business, stay married and not eat meat.