It has been so long since I last wrote. I knew it would be harder for me to keep up with my blog as the year went on.
Here is a quick update on what has happened since we last talked--nothing.
Well not exactly, but as far as Colorado goes nothing really new and exciting here except for the fact that I am dying for the summer to get here. I am so over the snow. Remind me to never live in a place with snow--but if I do, make sure there is someone there to shovel for me.
Since New Staff Training, it has been difficult to get back to the swing of things. I have just been getting more and more homesick as the days go on, and more and more ready for summer.
We did start our new rotation. Guest Services is good--we just do a lot of running around and lifting heavy things, which to get through the day, I just view it as a long work out. That always makes the experience a little more positive.
The highlight of the month has been going to New York City. I got to go visit Bones and Vero, and Nathaniel was there at the same time too. Luckily, I got to see Becca for a few hours because she was on a business trip in Las Vegas.
My time in New York just felt so normal and I never felt like a visitor. So much of me wants to go live out there. I love the noise. I love the diversity of people. I love that there is always something somewhere. I love the diversity of food. I love the business. I love the public transportation. I love the smog. I love the clothes. There is just so much to love about the city. And hopefully, maybe one day I will make it out there.
After my trip to the City, I have been thinking a lot about next year. At this point, I really have absolutely no idea. I would love to say that I am just going to get up and move to NY, but it is not that easy. I think I have commitment issues. Something I am trying to work through.
Vero's and Bones' apartment in the Financial District
My time in NY was perfect. We didn't do anything crazy. I just got to spend time with good friends and just see how they live their life in the city. I got to go the school Veronica works at which is in Spanish Harlem, and then to top of the day we ate at a Cuban restaurant there.
The kids at her school were adorable, and some of them were definitely a hand full.
I also got to eat at the restaurant that Bones works at, and I spotted a Reality TV star...well, kind of. It was Rachel Zoe's husband.
The trip was just what I needed--a break from Colorado and time with best friends and the city.
Don't get me wrong, it has been great here. I am learning a lot--learning about work, learning how to live with people with different personalities, learning patience, learning about myself, and learning how to manage money... sort of.
There has just been some difficult things about being here. I think not having a car has turned out to be MUCH more difficult than I thought. I didn't realize how dependent I was of a car. I think too, I am so used to being in a city--that when I was put in a place that is so culturally different from a city I feel out of place. I am also living with 9 other people, which I had a hard time just living with 1 other person, so you can imagine. Also without a car, and working so much--it is difficult to have a life outside of camp. So camp becomes our life.
To make a long story short, I am excited to get home in April.
