On Saturday evening, I found myself having a hard time explaining to someone what I was doing here: trying to learn what makes websites tick, while trying to kindle some work as a free lance writer, while simultaneously trying to find myself at home in new surroundings.

It didn’t go very well. Rather than convincing my friend, I was the one who ended up with a lot of self-doubt.

But today, as those leftover hurricane clouds blew away to somewhere else (sorry, Richmond and Northern VA, for the crummy weather I know you’re getting), I have updated my resume, touched base with a very fine programmer friend of mine (a fine programmer and a fine person), and took the very last dregs of our packing materials to the dump. A little more clarity all around.