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 :)
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