A Groggy day in CA

First day in San Diego and I was greeted with the quintessential CA welcome. Tupac's "Picture me rolling". Compliments of the "Hook" - my welcome wagon.

I got off the plane after what felt like an eternity in the air with a squealing purse dog and had to be ready for another phone interview within 30 minutes of landing. I prepared myself to have the interview at the airport but luckily we arrived sooner than expected which gave me just enough time to grab my bag and head out to Chris'. My life here lately has been like this - grab and go.

I'm happy to report that the

interview went well and I've got 2 more on Monday (face-to-face). Fingers crossed.

So after a long day of flying and only having pistachios for lunch - I was starving. We both were, so we decided to go check out our friend's food truck near Balboa Park.

O'Neil and Leslie just started their food truck business (follow them @followgroggys) and I have to say it's pretty awesome.

Groggy's has a great menu full of "Fat" sandwiches which originated in Jersey and trust me it's not your average sandwich. Chris ordered his usual Bacon Blue Philly Cheese Steak while I tried the Fat Ron Burgandy.

It was a foot long with fries, their special mayo, lettuce, tomato, steak and dead in the center of this heavenly ensemble was a mozzarella stick. YUM.

So anyone that knows me know that I LOVE to eat. I would almost say that I live to eat. No joke. Can I just tell you that my first official day of living in SoCal was definitely not too shabby. Why you ask? Because folks, I was formally introduced to fried oreos! I know what you're thinking because I thought the same thing. I wasn't sure exactly what a fried oreo would taste like or how you would even fry one.

So I gave it shot and I certainly was NOT disappointed. OH EM GEE!

It tasted like a chocolate beignet (those of you who have been to New Orleans know what I'm talking about). UH-MAZING.

Not to mention I had a choice of dipping the oreos in either a caramel or white chocolate sauce. DELISH.

My belly was extremely happy and so was my heart.

I'm finally in Cali ... finally with my love :)

Happy is an under statement.

Farewell NC

Airport bound. Finally.

Since the day I decided to do this, you know make the move, I wondered what today would be like. The airport has been my second home for some time now. Flying back and forth every other month, a girl gets used to it. That's the kind of the life you live when harnessing

a long distance relationship. Each time I'm here, waiting to board, I know I'm about to reunite with my love, spend the weekend or so with him and come right back to NC. That's not the way it works today. I'm leaving NC, yes. But I won't be back for quite awhile. The thought is a bit frightening - not gonna lie.

The feeling I have right at this moment is indescribable. I am flooded with emotions, thinking back on the past few weeks. Man, I move fast. Kind of had to. I have to say though, I'm proud of all the steps I took to get here. It certainly wasn't easy and I had a lot of help. A lot.

When you're moving as fast as I was, you have very little time to think. In the past 2 weeks however, I had no choice but to reflect and it's been tough to say the least.

There's a lot of firsts for me and they say your first time is often the scariest. True statement.

I'm a virgin to moving. Yes, I moved here from Cambodia but that was years ago. I lived in Maryland for a year before moving to NC. Again, years ago. In my adult life, how many times have I moved or lived anywhere outside of NC? Zero.

So this is a pretty big deal for me and to think people do this all the time (Oy vey). I guess it gets easier. Right? Still waiting for the easy part to happen (I'll let you know when it does).

Eek. I'm watching a girl eat what I think are red and orange poblano peppers across from me. I thought she was munching on carrots but they're peppers! And she's Asian (insert Chris' laughter here). They look extremely hot - who munches on peppers as a snack? I'm waiting to see if she even flinches.

I digress. Boarding to Houston soon. Aircraft just arrived.

A few final thoughts before I board. My dear friends ... I hope you're reading this. My heart remains heavy. I can't thank you enough for everything you've done for me. You've set the bar pretty high for Cali. I hope I'm lucky enough to find good people like you there. Please pray that I do.

Hugging my mom yesterday was so hard. I almost couldn't let her go as we've never been a part. As I've told her and many of you, although I'm moving and may seem far away. I'm not. I'll always be here in spirit and through all social media channels (yes, social media for those of you who aren't tweeting or on FB). At least you can keep up with me here :)

So my first public entry, not bad eh? Thanks for being on this new journey with me, I'm sure it will be an exciting one. Until next time!