Posts tagged "north carolina"

October 16, 2016 9 Comments

The Big Move in Retrospect: Everything good and the bad about moving from Indianapolis to Chapel Hill

We moved around a lot when I was a kid, so I didn't really have a home town. There were two years in Indianapolis, four in Virginia, two in Maryland, back to Indiana for two more years, until we landed in Louisville, Kentucky where we stayed for eight years. (Thank, God.) The summer before I... [Read More]

August 15, 2016 23 Comments

Soon I’ll be back home again in Indiana

The short version: I was trying to move across town, but I've decided to move back to Indiana instead. The long version: Last year my apartment complex introduced a mandatory amenity plan that costs $125 a month on top of my normal rent. The plan includes cable TV, cable internet, and valet trash, and although... [Read More]

March 28, 2016 8 Comments

North Carolina LGBT discrimination and my friend Marcia

On the first day of a previous job, I knew I would be the only woman in the office, which is not that uncommon in tech jobs, but I got confused when I met my coworkers and was introduced to Mark who looked more like a Marcia. He was shorter than me, had shoulder-length hair... [Read More]

January 5, 2015 6 Comments

Road trip

It was probably a bit crazy to drive from North Carolina to Indiana by myself in a day, but I managed to make it both ways with only one of my toes going slightly numb. Normally I fly back home for the holidays, but I decided to drive this last year for several reasons: 1)... [Read More]

October 30, 2014 Leave a Comment

Wilmington, NC: Deleted Scenes

A few days after I wrote the entry about my trip to Wilmington, North Carolina I realized I'd left out two interesting(-to-me-anyway) bits in the rush to get the entry up in time to stick to my one post a week commitment. Those vacation posts take a long time to write because of all the... [Read More]