As mentioned in my birthday post, my sister had been planning to move to our native Rochester, New York. Yesterday was moving day, and she is now a Western New Yorker again. Leading up to Easter weekend, there was a series of farewells. One such farewell was from her coworkers, who wanted to have a send-off dinner for her, and kindly invited me to join them. The dinner was at Pinstripes in Georgetown and was very nice. It was my first time at Pinstripes, and I felt that the venue was a great place for hosting a large number, like this was. Her coworkers were so nice and welcoming, it made me think about how different our jobs are. I also work with great people, the difference is that we are all typically remote, and generally only work with each other for a matter of months. We don’t have the same closeness that is probably common to some other fields, as we work on temporary teams. Sorry for the random observation, I just found it jarring to see the real community that had developed around my sister’s job. Also, one of her coworkers shared a great story with me. His parents had been accountants and had planned on him being an accountant as well. When he saw the movie, How to Train Your Dragon, he really identified with the young protagonist, Hiccup, whose father was a dragon slayer and expected him to be a dragon slayer as well. Hiccup, however, realizes that he does not want to become a dragon slayer and forges his own path. After viewing the film, my sister’s coworker decided he did not want to become an accountant and changed his major to pursue his passion. Great movie, and glad it’s inspiring people!

On Easter Sunday, my parents and brother arrived. We went to Birch and Barley on 14th St. Again I had not been there previously, and again, I really enjoyed it. I felt some pressure because I was in charge of picking out the restaurant for what was doubling as both Easter dinner and my sister’s sendoff. I wanted someplace fairly close since I knew my family had been traveling, and Birch and Barley really worked out well. They had a large variety of beers and the food was delicious. Monday can be summarized by the word “packing” as we prepared for Tuesday.

Tuesday we got the U-Haul and my mother put on a master class of driving. The weather was very nice, and Captain Movers arrived on time and did an amazing job of packing the truck in just under two hours. I think we were all planning on something going terribly wrong with this move — that everything kept working out well, left us pleasantly surprised.

If you’re confused why this post is titled Easter, since Easter is hardly mentioned, it’s because moving is a slow, arduous process that really dominated this past week. Hopefully, we will get to celebrate the holiday more next year, but I’m very happy with how well the move went, and wish my sister all the best with her new adventure!