EXCITED for ME

Hey there everyone, how have you been?
Right now I'm on a plane somewhere over Texas on my way to Columbus, thru Nashville.
I flew into Austin late Monday night and spent most of yesterday looking at various apartments.
The one I chose is only 15 minutes from work and is located in a better part of Austin. There are 4 pools, but the one closest to me is the main pool (and the nicest I've seen at any of the other apartments). Other things that attracted me to this property is the gym facilities and the indoor stadium (private) movie theater that seats 32 and can be rented! ;-)
Everyone keeps asking me if I was getting excited about moving to Austin, well now I can finally say YES! First, I couldn't see past my 6 days DC work trip, then I couldn't get away from my Eagle's duties, then I had to find a place to live!!! So now, I'm excited! All I have to do is finish packing my things and hit the road!!!
I will be back one day! I have no doubt that WV is in my blood and TX will never be able to change that. It is a little bittersweet leaving, however. Over the last 4 months I've not had much free time to myself. All of these Eagles concerts, my other duties there, plus my day job has occupied my time. Plus, I've really gotten to meet a lot of new friends and contacts that may come in handy one day. It has been an awesome experience promoting these rock shows! Very few people realize how much work is involved, and I'm fine with that! I was doing those for the benefit of the Eagles club, even if the old ass members don't realize that. In three concerts we had sold enough tickets to pay for the bands/lighting/sound before we even opened the doors! They cleared over $16,000 in just 3 concerts! They won't make that kind of profit in 2 months!!! I'm passing the torch now to Cheer Dad, and I will support him however I can. We both will be working the RED concert this Friday and then Bearfest in August. After that all the concerts are his to make...and yes, he already has one on the hook and I'm soooo jealous! Don't bother asking me, this will be Cheer Dad's announcement!!! I just hope I can make it! ;-)
Back on what I will also miss...it sucks that I meet someone 3 weeks before I leave! Isn't that funny how fate works? I put all this effort into building a secure future for myself, making plans, I knew what I wanted and where I was going...then fate stepped in and cold cocked me! ;-) I've had a great time getting to know "Dizzy" but I'll write a separate blog on her later, she definitely deserves her own! ;-)
I'm obviously still going to be moving to Austin! I have wanted to get a promotion for a few years now. My goals have always been to make it to management, and this is my first step!
My friends question why I'm leaving "for money" when they think I don't want for anything in Parkersburg. That may be true, to some extent, but I want my chance to prove that I can be a team leader. Now I have that opportunity, I just have to move! It would probably be another 5-10 years, if ever, that I would get the same opportunity where I work now.
I have prepared myself for this type of opportunity my whole life! I have soaked up every bit of technology, function, system, best practices, and process I could! My goal was to make myself a well rounded employee, and I think I succeeded. Now it's time for me to step up and show them my worth!!!
So in conclusion - I'm moving to Austin for ME - and I'm EXCITED about it!!! ;-)