I am working from home today so I can pack and get things done around the house before I leave. I think the firm should move to home offices. I find it to be quite nice, although the productivity level would most likely suffer. However if you think about the cost savings on the firms part it might be something to look into.
I hit the road for South Florida in two days. I can’t believe it. Now I have to find something else I want and go for it. It’s strange to think that everything I worked for ended in a year. Granted, I made the decision to move. I am in no way done with New York but work at the moment is making it intolerable.
My thought process behind the whole thing was: what’s the point of paying to work in New York. I could live at home for a much cheaper price, work less, and actually enjoy life. I moved up here to get the New York experience and for the past year and a half that is exactly what I got. Granted I didn’t actually move up here until a year ago but I have been working in New York since January of 2008.
I had to ask myself: is it worth the cost to live up here when I don’t really get to enjoy the city as much as I thought I would. You know the conclusion I ultimately came to.
I have been very reflective these past couple of days. I was actually talking to a friend of mine and told him all the things I had been thinking and trying to do in my life. I realized it sounded much like a new year’s resolution. Then I thought, why can’t we make mid-year resolutions, there is Christmas in July.
I must get back to packing and working. Hope all is well with every one!
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Last Saturday in The City
I started packing. It’s very sad. I started in the living room. I can’t believe I am leaving.
I was going to pack during the day but it was a crisp blue sky and I thought, why not pack later and enjoy a nice Saturday in the city. I had gone to the Yankee game last night and was nursing a slight hangover. I knew there was a street fair going on as I passed it on my way to staples to get packing supplies.
So I got dressed and hit the streets with my camera to enjoy my last weekend in the city. I started out at the street fair and bought a cute ring. Since the weekend before was very touristy I had seen just about all the street fair I needed to and got bored quickly as it was mostly filled with the same vendors from the weekend before.
I thought about going to time square but didn’t feel like walking that far west. I also hate the tourists there. Instead, I went to my favorite place in the city…Central Park.
I took pictures of various landscapes and then found myself at the Central Park Zoo. Since I had never been inside I figured I would pony up the $10 and see what the Zoo had to offer. It was quite small compared to the zoos in Florida but this is to be expected when land prices here are insane.
I hit the seals up first as I do enjoy them. The penguin exhibit smelled so bad and was packed so I left quickly. The polar bear station made very happy and I also realized that in my next life I might want to come back as one of them.
The monkey exhibit (one of my favorites) was awesome. A mom monkey had a little baby not that long ago and they were on a rock holding each other. When baby monkey acted up the mother would sit on it’s head until it calmed down. Then she would embrace baby monkey and touch its face. It was quite endearing.
After the zoo, I hit up FAO Schwartz. It’s another favorite place of mine. When I was younger and my grandmother was alive, she would take us here or Toys”R”Us and tell use we could have one thing, anything in the store. I of course took it upon myself to do the same as an adult. I hit up the candy area. They had a gummy bear display where you could pick individual flavors. I hit up the clear gummy bear as I believe it is the best.
I wrapped up my day there and headed home. I procrastinated for quite some time before starting the packing process and you could say by sitting here typing, I am once again putting it off. It just sucks. I love New York and the fact that I have 4 days left makes me sad.
I was going to pack during the day but it was a crisp blue sky and I thought, why not pack later and enjoy a nice Saturday in the city. I had gone to the Yankee game last night and was nursing a slight hangover. I knew there was a street fair going on as I passed it on my way to staples to get packing supplies.
So I got dressed and hit the streets with my camera to enjoy my last weekend in the city. I started out at the street fair and bought a cute ring. Since the weekend before was very touristy I had seen just about all the street fair I needed to and got bored quickly as it was mostly filled with the same vendors from the weekend before.
I thought about going to time square but didn’t feel like walking that far west. I also hate the tourists there. Instead, I went to my favorite place in the city…Central Park.
I took pictures of various landscapes and then found myself at the Central Park Zoo. Since I had never been inside I figured I would pony up the $10 and see what the Zoo had to offer. It was quite small compared to the zoos in Florida but this is to be expected when land prices here are insane.
I hit the seals up first as I do enjoy them. The penguin exhibit smelled so bad and was packed so I left quickly. The polar bear station made very happy and I also realized that in my next life I might want to come back as one of them.
The monkey exhibit (one of my favorites) was awesome. A mom monkey had a little baby not that long ago and they were on a rock holding each other. When baby monkey acted up the mother would sit on it’s head until it calmed down. Then she would embrace baby monkey and touch its face. It was quite endearing.
After the zoo, I hit up FAO Schwartz. It’s another favorite place of mine. When I was younger and my grandmother was alive, she would take us here or Toys”R”Us and tell use we could have one thing, anything in the store. I of course took it upon myself to do the same as an adult. I hit up the candy area. They had a gummy bear display where you could pick individual flavors. I hit up the clear gummy bear as I believe it is the best.
I wrapped up my day there and headed home. I procrastinated for quite some time before starting the packing process and you could say by sitting here typing, I am once again putting it off. It just sucks. I love New York and the fact that I have 4 days left makes me sad.
Monday, July 6, 2009
Been There, Done That
Well....I made it in the NYC and now I'm going back home. August 1st is the move date. I can't believe I am coming back but it's for the better.
I don't think I have gotten everything out of New York that I was looking for but I did fill my dance card quite nicely and I have made some amazing new friends. Don't count me out just yet, if circumstances change you could find me back up here just as quickly as you can "Danielle flys by the seat of her pants in life".
The other awesome thing is my company has pretty much told me that I will be working 50% from Florida and roughly 50% from New York. This works out well because I will be getting to be in New York without the taxes and getting paid for living expenses. Pretty sweet deal I worked out.
I spent the weekend in VA for the 4th. We had a blast. Sad to leave but enjoyed every minute of my time there. Other then that, nothing is really new. I just have to figure out my moving plans. Thank God for Steve and John. My two moving men :)
I don't think I have gotten everything out of New York that I was looking for but I did fill my dance card quite nicely and I have made some amazing new friends. Don't count me out just yet, if circumstances change you could find me back up here just as quickly as you can "Danielle flys by the seat of her pants in life".
The other awesome thing is my company has pretty much told me that I will be working 50% from Florida and roughly 50% from New York. This works out well because I will be getting to be in New York without the taxes and getting paid for living expenses. Pretty sweet deal I worked out.
I spent the weekend in VA for the 4th. We had a blast. Sad to leave but enjoyed every minute of my time there. Other then that, nothing is really new. I just have to figure out my moving plans. Thank God for Steve and John. My two moving men :)
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Jessica and Damon came to visit this weekend. It was a nice relaxing one. Funny I spent more of my waking hours in Brooklyn then in the city. Today, I was supposed to meet them down in Chinatown. Now you would think a New Yorker would be able to navigate the subways better then out of towners but I am here to tell you that is not the case. I don’t do the public transportation that well. So, on my quest downtown, I wound up going uptown. It took two stops before realizing I was going in the opposite direction of my desired location. Of course, when I got to the right stop I had to wait twenty minutes for the next downtown train. Damn Subway karma!
There is talk of me moving back in August. I flip flop every day. We shall see what happens. I won’t know anything until June which just so happens to be right around the corner.
Owning something excites me but moving really doesn’t. At least I will have Maddox back : ) That make me happy.
There is talk of me moving back in August. I flip flop every day. We shall see what happens. I won’t know anything until June which just so happens to be right around the corner.
Owning something excites me but moving really doesn’t. At least I will have Maddox back : ) That make me happy.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
It's Been Awhile
It’s been awhile. Since my last post many things have happened and though I would love to continue on about how my trip went and ended, life happened in-between.
I have these moments where I look out and say “I can’t believe I did it. I can’t believe I moved to New York.” The past 3 and a half months I have worked non-stop so to me it just seems like nothing has changed. New people, new work, but no time to actually enjoy this new place that people say is my “home”.
This weekend was the first nice weekend in a really long time. In fact, it was the first time I wore shorts in roughly six months. This might not be any big shakes in Florida but it’s awesome for New York.
I leave for Vegas on Thursday. I am excited but it is just another reminder that Socorro’s is moving and since she is my best friend up here it kinda sucks.
I spent the afternoon in CT celebrating Easter with Ana’s family and friends. I know you might be thinking that Easter was last weekend but in the Greek Orthodox religion they celebrate it the week after. Overall, it was a nice weekend.
It’s funny because growing up in South Florida you don’t get a lot of exposure to various cultures, unless of course they are Spanish. In New York, I am having a hard time finding a US born friend. I am known as the “Token White Chick” because none of my close friends are from America. In fact, when we all sit down for dinner we joke that it is like a United Nations conference. I am embracing it and now in the process of trying to learn Tagalog, Ilonggo, Russian, Bulgarian, and French. I would be nice to learn a language that is more useful like Spanish but I really just don’t have any desire. Ask me how to speak Filipino though and I can ramble off a lot of useless verbiage.
I am still wondering if moving up here was the right thing for me. I think I was excepting something to happen when I moved. I am not sure what I was looking for but I can say I don’t think I found it. Now don’t get me wrong, I love New York, and actually the thought of moving back home doesn’t sound that appealing. Clearly I’m searching for something…Just don’t know what that something is. I don’t think I’m going to find by working 80 hours a week either.
My parents have been giving me crap because I am turning 26 this week. I think they fear if I don’t meet someone soon I will up alone. I think they are crazy and their incessant nagging about it doesn’t motivate me to want to get out there and start picking up men.
My girlfriends up here threw me an impromptu bday celebration on Friday. It was half surprise have not. Lets just say, I drank a few too many sangrias but still had a blast.
So I signed up for a sprint Triathlon. It’s in September. Let’s see how I well I stick to the training program. I am excited about it. It’s down in Virginia Beach which is awesome because I will get a chance to visit with Socorro (she is moving very close to that destination).
I believe I have proven to myself that I don’t do well with lots of time on my hands so I working as much as I do, doesn’t bother me like it would most. In fact, I have every weekend book until July. Pretty crazy seeing as how most people couldn’t tell you what they were doing next weekend and I have the next 2 months planned out; but ya know what they say: “those who fail to plan, plan to fail.”
Hope all is well with everyone reading. Maybe now that I have more time I can actually stay more current with my posts. We shall see…
I have these moments where I look out and say “I can’t believe I did it. I can’t believe I moved to New York.” The past 3 and a half months I have worked non-stop so to me it just seems like nothing has changed. New people, new work, but no time to actually enjoy this new place that people say is my “home”.
This weekend was the first nice weekend in a really long time. In fact, it was the first time I wore shorts in roughly six months. This might not be any big shakes in Florida but it’s awesome for New York.
I leave for Vegas on Thursday. I am excited but it is just another reminder that Socorro’s is moving and since she is my best friend up here it kinda sucks.
I spent the afternoon in CT celebrating Easter with Ana’s family and friends. I know you might be thinking that Easter was last weekend but in the Greek Orthodox religion they celebrate it the week after. Overall, it was a nice weekend.
It’s funny because growing up in South Florida you don’t get a lot of exposure to various cultures, unless of course they are Spanish. In New York, I am having a hard time finding a US born friend. I am known as the “Token White Chick” because none of my close friends are from America. In fact, when we all sit down for dinner we joke that it is like a United Nations conference. I am embracing it and now in the process of trying to learn Tagalog, Ilonggo, Russian, Bulgarian, and French. I would be nice to learn a language that is more useful like Spanish but I really just don’t have any desire. Ask me how to speak Filipino though and I can ramble off a lot of useless verbiage.
I am still wondering if moving up here was the right thing for me. I think I was excepting something to happen when I moved. I am not sure what I was looking for but I can say I don’t think I found it. Now don’t get me wrong, I love New York, and actually the thought of moving back home doesn’t sound that appealing. Clearly I’m searching for something…Just don’t know what that something is. I don’t think I’m going to find by working 80 hours a week either.
My parents have been giving me crap because I am turning 26 this week. I think they fear if I don’t meet someone soon I will up alone. I think they are crazy and their incessant nagging about it doesn’t motivate me to want to get out there and start picking up men.
My girlfriends up here threw me an impromptu bday celebration on Friday. It was half surprise have not. Lets just say, I drank a few too many sangrias but still had a blast.
So I signed up for a sprint Triathlon. It’s in September. Let’s see how I well I stick to the training program. I am excited about it. It’s down in Virginia Beach which is awesome because I will get a chance to visit with Socorro (she is moving very close to that destination).
I believe I have proven to myself that I don’t do well with lots of time on my hands so I working as much as I do, doesn’t bother me like it would most. In fact, I have every weekend book until July. Pretty crazy seeing as how most people couldn’t tell you what they were doing next weekend and I have the next 2 months planned out; but ya know what they say: “those who fail to plan, plan to fail.”
Hope all is well with everyone reading. Maybe now that I have more time I can actually stay more current with my posts. We shall see…
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