A plane ride away…
It’s amazing how quickly two weeks can go by. Three weeks ago I was in the Midwest hanging with my college crew in Oxford and spending time with my parents. Now I’m back on the east coast working in Manhattan. I have to hand it to her; Tiffany was very truthful about making sure I moved to NY. My days have gone by in a flash and it’s been great being around Tiff again. I haven’t been around one of my girls this long since the week after I graduated. And honestly I don’t feel like I’m away in some random city. I used to live out here when I was much younger and little by little things are coming back to me. I feel comfortable here. I don’t actually miss Chicago…there are people I miss but as a city I don’t really miss it. I guess because most of my life I’ve been away from it so it’s pretty normal for me to be gone.
Now I’m excited to see what the future holds for me. I really like my job and the location. At the moment I’m still looking for a permanent place to stay, most likely Jersey. But I’m just enjoying the ride. There’s so many people here that I’m connected to. I actually have a larger network of people here than in Chicago, which is not that surprising considering I lived somewhere on the east coast for about 11 years.
And even better now, I’m starting to be reunited with people from Egypt which is always cool. The best one is how Amanee, the other program assistant with me on the conference in Cairo, has moved to NY…well for the time being anyways. It’s kinda surreal to see people here that I met and hung out with on another continent. But it was definitely great to see her earlier today.
I think this is going to be a great experience for me. Even though there are a hand full of people that aren’t one hundred percent ecstatic about my decision to move – which I’m sure a lot of that has to do with the short notice I gave to people – I think everyone can agree that this was a good move for me. It might not have been the ideal or the most planned out decision but I’m happy with it. Everything in life can’t be calculated. And this is the first major non-calculated thing I’ve ever done.
But like I tell people: at least this time I’m in the same country and I’m only a plane ride away!
Now I’m excited to see what the future holds for me. I really like my job and the location. At the moment I’m still looking for a permanent place to stay, most likely Jersey. But I’m just enjoying the ride. There’s so many people here that I’m connected to. I actually have a larger network of people here than in Chicago, which is not that surprising considering I lived somewhere on the east coast for about 11 years.
And even better now, I’m starting to be reunited with people from Egypt which is always cool. The best one is how Amanee, the other program assistant with me on the conference in Cairo, has moved to NY…well for the time being anyways. It’s kinda surreal to see people here that I met and hung out with on another continent. But it was definitely great to see her earlier today.
I think this is going to be a great experience for me. Even though there are a hand full of people that aren’t one hundred percent ecstatic about my decision to move – which I’m sure a lot of that has to do with the short notice I gave to people – I think everyone can agree that this was a good move for me. It might not have been the ideal or the most planned out decision but I’m happy with it. Everything in life can’t be calculated. And this is the first major non-calculated thing I’ve ever done.
But like I tell people: at least this time I’m in the same country and I’m only a plane ride away!
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