All Hallow's Eve.

Tomorrow's the BIG DAY! This entire week was a bustle of shipping off my necessary belongings, disseminating the unwanted and old as nostalgic parting gifts, and making sure my luggage is completely set and ready to go. I can't believe they have me hopping a plane on Halloween, but considering the opportunity here, to be one of a group of engineers working on "top secret" new water desalination methods , I guess I can't complain too much. I think I'm the youngest on the team, and some of these people have been pulled from really interesting fields. We've got our normal variety of chemists, toxicologists, biologists, etcetera, but they've also got some sort of super phlebotomist whose made quite the impact in pharmaceuticals, which confuses me entirely, and I think there's even a neurosurgeon involved. Whatever; this is an internship that couldn't be passed up: *COMPANY NAME DELETED* is taking me off this godforsaken island and transplanting me into the heart of an industry that's tough to get a solid foothold on, and I'm jumping!

Excitement!

So this is it! The "big move" away from home, from familiar surroundings and whatever comfort that brings; I have yet to figure it out. Growing up on Long Island only affords an individual a certain amount of opportunity, which I guess is dependent on whom your family is really, and one of those cherished few is to get the hell off the misbegotten fish-shaped island and move elsewhere. Carthage, NY; not quite the city dwelling lifestyle I had hoped for in my earlier days, but my field is chemistry so only so much can be expected. I'll be damn near in Canada, probably only a few hours drive, and surrounded by miles of hills and forest. Could be picturesque. Could be hideously boring.