Augustana~Boston

So my best friend is thinking about moving to Chicago. She works for a company with office all over the U.S.(and the world, really); her current account is moving to the Chicago office. So she can either move there, or move to a new project in St. Louis. She's always wanted to move to Chicago, but she's having trouble facing the thought of starting all over again in a new city. My recent discussion with her about this potential move brought up this song: about moving and starting over.

It's never been a problem for me moving. I never saw myself staying in St. Louis, even though my family is there. I took baby steps. Moving 4 hours away for college, to Colorado for an internship, and then to Baltimore for grad school. I never really thought much about moving, it always just made the most sense. Although it was hard leaving my family, it was what needed to be done. Not that it was easy; I still got homesick and questioned my decisions, but it all worked out. I mean, I was originally only going to be in Maryland for 3 years-for school. Now I could be here for a really long time. Falling in love changes your plans.

This song is funny cause I was talking about how happy I was I didn't end up going to school in Boston, even though that was always my dream. It's not so appealing now, what with the idiot baseball fans and the huge amounts of snow. Plus I would never have met John if I went there and not Baltimore. Coming to Maryland was not my plan at all, but somewhere along the lines of planning, it just ended up falling into place perfectly. I just had to get up and go.

Sometimes you have to leave things behind and move on. Maybe not be as depressing as this song, but yeah. Life involves change. How ready are we for it? Usually, not very. But I am a firm believer in not letting fear guide you.



Augustana - Boston lyrics