It's Almost Here

Yankee and I had always planned to move away from Georgia when College Girl graduated from high school. We just were not quite sure where. All kinds of places were thrown around, but Yankee was seriously surprised when I suggested Kansas City. We know no one there, it's not near a place Yankee could work or a school for College girl, so why would I want to live there? Simply because of two wonderful words - Google Fiber.

Just the thought of being done with cable was enough to make me consider moving half way across the country. In the end, though, factors other than our internet provider won out, and we moved to The Triangle. As much as I love it here, we still had to deal with a cable company. This time it is Time Warner instead of Comcast, but really is there any difference? The only improvement was that being referred to as Kathy for twenty-two years by Comcast was over. I guess that is something.

Imagine my glee back in February when  it was announced that The Triangle was one of the expansion areas for Google Fiber. My perfect place to live made even perfecter by ultra fast internet. There was a rumor that they would move into the Cary/Morrisville area first, so I did a little happy dance for a while and then put it out of my mind. After all, if dealing with the cable company has shown me anything, these kinds of things take forever. 

It turns out Google is nothing like cable in many ways. Instead of years, this forever only took four months. They broke ground in Morrisville on Tuesday, and it looks like Cary will be next. Yay for us!

On Friday we got a letter from Time Warner letting us know faster internet is on its way. All we have to do is get a new modem from them, so we can be ready when this extra speedy internet is available in our area. They are not sure of the exact date, but they will let us know as soon as it happens. I am thinking that will actually be a real forever. No worries here, though, because I'll let them keep their new modem and wait (a very short while) for Google Fiber. And I did not even have to move to Kansas City.

The Not So New Girl

I am fairly new to the Triangle. It's been a long time since I was new anywhere. Before when I was new, all I had available to help me out was my good natural sense of direction and place. There were maps too, but I am very map challenged. Yankee can look at a map of the entire state of North Carolina and zone in on College Girl's dorm in a split second. I could search for hours and never find it, but I CAN  refold it perfectly which makes us a perfect pair.  A neatly folded map does not get you very far though, so luckily I now have Google Maps Lady to tell me where to go.

Even with her at my side, not being familiar with the area was sort of awkward, particularly since I'm in a business were knowing the area is very important.  For a while most of my conversations included 'where is that?' or 'I don't really know that area', and if I made plans to meet someone, I always let them choose the place because I didn't really know any places.

The other day, I think I crossed a big new resident milestone with one simple text. I was making plans with a friend, and I suggested we go to the new Starbucks next to the Verizon store. This was big not only in that I suggested the place, but also because the Starbucks and Verizon store are even newer than me. They were only a cleared lot when I moved here and now they are places to meet friends. I think that makes me if not an old timer, at least a not so new girl.