You Can’t Take It With You
It should go as no surprise that I had to get rid of a lot of stuff in order to make this move possible.
I was moving from a house in Atlanta to an apartment in Manhattan. I would be trading in a porch for a fire escape, a driveway for a stoop. I welcomed the change. Sometimes the girl from the small town needs to spend a little bit of time in the big big city just to see if she can do it. (And also because she wants to and has really always wanted to. )
It should also go as no surprise that there were a lot of Dads very concerned that I was unaware of the size discrepancy between a house in Atlanta and an apartment in Manhattan.
“You know you’re not gonna be able to take everything with you,”
I know.
“You’re gonna have to downsize a lot.”
I know.
I did know. Because that was part of the point. I had lived in that house for seven years. Seven years of life and love and stuff. A lot of it was stuff I wouldn’t have thrown away if I had stayed living in that house in Atlanta. However a big change requires a few big changes and a million more tiny changes. Everything mustn’t go, but a lot must.
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Hi! I’m Anna Carter, a GFE escort in Manhattan, NYC. I’m originally from Atlanta, GA.