You would think by that title I was leaving So Cal...in fact not...I, after 13 years, have changed my cell phone number. This is a HUGE deal! I do not know what got into me. Maybe it was the sense of urgency to do something to get through this move. So far it has been hurry up and wait (to be fair, wait two weeks) before gearing up for the move. We have no idea what moving costs are covered, where we are moving to and our timeline (the kids and I) so it's been a lot of waiting. I decided to call good 'ol TMobile and inquire about changing my number. As I am on the phone with them I get a text message saying that my number has been changed!! HOLY HECK!!! This was crazy. The woman on the phone confirmed that my number had been changed and that was it. Done..Done with the 626...done with "certain" people from my past ever having my phone number, done with my entire network of friends, family, colleagues knowing how to get in touch with me...DONE! I sat there numb for a minute. I did not know what to do. So I called my hubsand. He answered "this is Matt." I said hello and he was just as shocked as I was.
You would think changing your number wouldn't be such a huge deal but it actually was VERY VERY huge. I have been in Sacramento for four years and have scoffed at the fact of changing my number to a 916. Every single person who lives in Sacramento has a 916 area code. It's just the universal number. It was so different in So Cal, you had 818, 626, 949,714, 214, 310. ...your neighbor usually had a different area code....but not in Sacramento. Whenever I doled out my number to a Sacramento peep, we would inevitably get into a conversation of "626??? Where is that?" I guess part of me is just ready to make this move and commit to whatever that means. Even if that means committing to the 503. There is so much that comes along with the commitment to the 503...it is more than just a phone number. It's a lifestyle, it's a commitment to my new life in Oregon, it's a commitment to follow Matt's dreams, it's a commitment to starting this new life with my children.
So now, I am a 503. If you don't have my number, email me.
