Michigan to Massachusetts in Less Then Two Weeks

I had to deviate from the general posting schedule because I have recently been too busy to do anything with a computer for the last two weeks. I found out on Tuesday the 10th that I had been hired by an awesome company in Massachusetts. I spent the last two weeks getting everything in order to move and also putting together the car that I would be driving. The car rolled in our house on a trailer Wednesday the 11th. My father and I stayed up every night until 1am working on the car. We got it pretty much finished on the 17th. I spent the days running here and there getting parts. The car I drove out here is actually two cars that were welded together. The front half is part of a car that was rear-ended really bad.

Moving from Michigan to Massachusetts took quite a bit of work, but I am glad to be here. Everyone that I have met is ultra friendly. I have to say that random people seem to be more friendly here then in Michigan. Although I think the opposite is true when those people are sitting in cars driving. I can't believe how close together, yet small the towns are. The roads are small and sort of a mess. My guess is that many of these towns were built before there was the luxury of good city planning. It also seems like the topology of this area has limited the density of the houses and towns. For example, you'll see a clump of houses, then a hill with a bunch of bushes/trees on it, then more houses...etc. In Michigan its not like that. They just cram everything together and there is no separation due to the flat land. The roads are also more spacious and less curvy. Something else I have noticed is that some of the street lights are sort of confusing. In Michigan the lights are suspended right above the road most of the time. In Massachusetts there are some intersections that only have lights on the side of the road. When I got here after driving all day and night I almost ran a red light because I wasn't paying close attention.

The first project that I will actually be getting paid to work on has to do with many projectors, touch screens, and trackballs. Yep, I will be getting paid to do this kind of work. The people I will be working with are all pretty friendly and fun too.

The place I am living at is much more spacious then I am used to as well. I was telling some of my friends that I may actually have to be sociable and invite people over some time. I am excited to have the opportunity to explore Boston and the area. There are a few developer conferences coming up I would like to attend here as well.