Don't Wanna Come Back

"and it might not be such a bad idea if I never, never went home again..."

-Gil Scott-Heron

I said in an earlier blog that a broadcasting company called about an interview. This company is all the way in the Lafayette, LA area, 2 and a half hours away from my current Algiers residence I'm sharing with my father. Granted, Lafayette is where I attended college and I can drive there with my eyes closed, this job prospect introduces the real-life issue of me officially leaving the nest and venturing out on my own. It also introduces the concept of me leaving New Orleans for GOOD in the pursuit of a better life. I really like Lafayette for many reasons, and to have the opportunity to live there is not an idea that I dismiss in my mind. I told myself years ago that I had no plans of living my life in New Orleans for good, and the disaster made that decision even more concrete. Not that I wish to abandon my city of birth and rearing, but I have a wandering soul, and I just would not feel right if I confined myself to living in one city my whole life. If things go right, Lafayette won't be the first move I make, and it probably won't be the last, but the initial stigma of going out on my own will be an adventure that I look forward to.

-B