Introduction

On August 16th, 2012, my wife and I took a one-way flight from the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport to New York's LaGuardia Airport.  For the next 21 months, we will be Texans living in what is in some ways almost a foreign country.

Potential concerns:

• I sold our two cars and my motorcycle.  From here on out, we walk and take the subway.
• Our new apartment is 450 square feet.  Some houses in Texas have master bedrooms larger than that.
• Erin is deeply concerned about the lack of good Mexican food up north.
• I have no friends here.  I do have a few colleagues from work in the area.  Erin knows one person.
• I will be a student at Columbia Business School without any income.  Erin has to find a job.
• Erin is terrified of the cold.  I am terrified of having no A/C in the apartment.

I am pretty excited to return to being a student and to explore all that New York City has to offer.  Erin is less thrilled to be leaving her beloved Texas (and its warmth) behind.

Let the adventure begin!