So like I said last time, we moved to North Carolina. So far it’s been pretty good. Like I really have no complaints…. a few gripes but nothing is perfect sooo….

The things I like about Durham:

1. It is so beautiful… the air is clean and fresh and I’m seeing trees that weren’t planted 10 feet apart by the city
2. It’s QUIET… the loudest thing at night is crickets outside the window… and that’s something I remember from my childhood in Barbados so I LOVE IT!
3. The people are so much nicer! New Yorkers can be such snotty shits… it’s nice to run into people who smile and say hello, for a change
4. Everything AND I MEAN EVERYTHING is cheaper
5. We’re on charge. ’nuff said.

Things I don’t LOVE but don’t hate about Durham:

1. Actually this list is just one thing: you gotta drive EVERYWHERE. Only reason this made the list is because I still don’t have my license. But my brother has been letting me drive around to get comfortable because I already had my NYC permit. I’ll be getting my NC License shortly… I would have already had the permit if I didn’t forget my passport in BK like a dumbass LOL…

Things about Durham that don’t belong on the first 2 lists:

1. I live right by RTP. Contrary to what alot of people tried to sell me about Durham before I moved? There are A TON of jobs available down here, I shit you not. The thing is: lots of them require at least an Undergrad degree… so much for the whole “country bumpkin” notion huh… Anyway, in RTP there are dozens of bio-pharmaceutical, engineering, robotics and other scientific niche – type of companies. So what I’m seeing is that before I can make the big BIG money,  I will have to finish my degree. That sucks. But only because getting in school down here will run about $70,000. And I don’t have that kinda money! If I did, I woulda bought my damn house already, started my company already, and been ballin outta control…. ALREADY!!!

Anyway… me and Kyle have been getting along great. We’ve both been on the job hunt and getting responses so thus far it looks like this was a good call. Obviously we miss home but I think this was a good opportunity for us both to grow together, and we intend to make the absolute best of it.

Peace & Blessings.

To Durham, NC.
Life together all day everyday.
Should be fun!

It’s funny.
When I think about me and you and
the things that we’ve been
through
I can’t help smiling
Not many people know
And those who know
can’t believe the depth there
is to our relationship
The choices we’ve made and
the paths we’ve taken together
We’ve come a long way from
that day on the bus, dear.
We’ve spent countless hours
talking to each other
A way that I find myself
talking to you and only you
Things like that I hold
preciously close to my heart
Cause believe it or not
I do care
I care very deeply
As I replay our first kiss in
my head
I still feel butterflies dancing
in my stomach and fluttering
around my heart
A part of me wants to believe
that our one night together
was a night of lovemaking…
but the rational and realistic
side of me knows better.
Still, I treasure that solitary
encounter because no one can
take it away from me
And even if I come to regret
it in the future, it will always
be a part of my history.
It’s always comforting to
live in the pleasure and sanctity
of endearing and sentimental -
no matter how trivial – moments
in the past.
But the fact remains that I am
here… now… in the present.
And presently, you choose
not to have me as a part of
your life; not even as a friend
it seems. And I have no
choice but to accept that.

to me! 25 years… nice.

I did a lil tour of it before I moved in, to show my mom… never did tho LOL