vegas, huh…?

sooo…i’m a north carolina girl, born and raised.  while i’ve visited a few other states, i’ve only lived here. i’ve resided in a few different parts of the state, from western nc where i’m from, to the central part of the state, where i live now. i love it here and have never seriously considered living anywhere else.
since i moved to this particular area, i’ve felt that it’s the most ideal place for me at this point in my life. my family isn’t very far away, my friends are close…the weather’s awesome, i’m only a few hours from the beach or the mountains…i get to play all the sports i want (whether i’m actually any good or not)…which speaks to the thing i find that’s most important about this area–the people here are freakin’ awesome. everywhere i go here, i feel like i’m home–if i’m not mistaken, there’s actually a saying (or maybe it’s a song) associated with this state: i love calling north carolina home. …sickening, isn’t it? someone so happy to still be living where they’re from.
but…i’m starting to wonder now…
could my ‘happiness’ just be complacency? am i just content living here because it’s familiar? safe?
i’ve been posed with the question recently of whether or not i would move away from here…start over with someone. without ever feeling i had a reason to before…i find myself actually feeling tingles of excitement when i think about that possibility. my family would probably think i was crazy if i expressed this to them….but i know they would understand…my friends would understand.
i will flourish, i will succeed, i will do my part…for us. while i have jitters, i won’t worry. i know that if there was ever a perfect opportunity, a perfectly valid reason for me to try something/somewhere new, it is now…you…my one…my prize.
where ever you want to go, i will too. i can succeeed anywhere you are. and vegas sounds like a good place to start.