Disolving Figure, originally uploaded by davyrussell.

I like this one…

It is with much satisfaction that I finally complete the nearly two-month-long process of relocating from Vermont to Chicago with the acquisition of my Illinois drivers license and the surrender of my Vermont ID. This whole process started last summer with a conversation with my wife about where our future was headed and how Vermont would be a difficult place to be a filmmaker. Our lifestyle soon changed to prepare for the big move. Two months ago, we got rid of half our stuff, most of our furniture and drove everything nearly 1000 miles west to a storage unit in downtown Chicago. I stayed at a room in a three bedroom apartment in the Bucktown neighborhood while Tracy stayed in Vermont. The plan was that I would find an apartment, and hopefully some steady-enough income so she could leave her job in Vermont without fear that we’d starve or be homeless. That separation was one of the most difficult things I’ve had to go through. But I did find an apartment, a nice one. And two months later to the day, we are both together in our cozy north-side pad, and she is gainfully employed at a job she enjoys and I am sitting on our living room floor with my laptop in my lap looking for cheap furniture on Craigslist. It’s kind of liberating to be down to only the possessions you really need and use every day. However, I’d like to add a couch and kitchen table to that list very soon!