The Day I Left for New Mexico

I had a good life in Pennsylvania. My job was in Philly — a web app programmer working on database interfaces that nobody would ever love but everyone needed. The train commute was long enough to read a book to a good soundtrack — but still short enough that I enjoyed it. I came home around 7pm with enough energy left to have fun.Lancaster was where I lived, and Lancaster was where my people were.Travis and Sam were perhaps my closest friends when I left. Many nights I'd come back from the tr...