Monday, December 20, 2010

Family, Friends, & Holiday Cheer!

The sling is officially off and I now have (semi) full use of my right arm again!!! The past few weeks since I got my sling off have been very eventful and exciting. I started my photography class, which so far I am definitely enjoying. I have to come up with a theme for the class because at the end we have an exhibition. I'm still trying to decide what it will be but so far I'm thinking of a theme around time and clocks. I had a few cool ideas, not totally in love with it, but its all I came up with so far. I wanted something a little more original because when I looked at the website to see past themes for the exhibitions, they all seemed generally the same with a few exceptions. I have 3 more weeks to come up with another idea, and if not I'm excited to start with this theme. This class will definitely take up a lot of my time over the next couple of months. Since it is a beginners class we have to use natural daylight and as we all know, it's pretty scarce in the wintertime, especially when you go to work and come home in the dark!! Oh well, looks like I'll be making a few trips into Manhattan on the weekends!

I plan to start going to the gym in January. Since my company offers a $900 gym reimbursement it only makes sense to make use of it! Other than that, I went to Detroit for work last week and had a great time! I brought Jimmy to meet my favorite cousins this past weekend and was more than excited that they like him and that he liked them! We had a really good time with their friends and catching up with my cousins! I have the most adorable godson in the entire world!!! I'm so sad that I only get to see him once or twice a year, because I think they he is possibly the cutest kid in the world!! I forgot to take pictures this weekend, otherwise I would post a picture so you can all see how cute he is!! Next time!!

Well, that about wraps everything up. I'm excited that this is a short week for work and that I'll be going home for 9 days!! I'll miss Jimmy so much, but it will be great to sleep in my nice house again and have time to spend with friends and my mom.

Monday, November 1, 2010

Autumn in a city is not autumn in the country

We'll see how this goes with my one handed (left handed) typing. I had surgery on my shoulder last week and I'm already incredibly frustrated trying to live my life one handed. I feel like I can't do anything and even though Jimmy is a huge help I can't help but be frustrated in this situation. I feel like I'm already counting down the days until I get my life back.

November 1st already and I feel like my favorite season is slipping away from me without even being able to really experience it. I went on zero hikes when I normally try to go every weekend. I guess not having a car + no friends= no hiking. I also didn't get to partake in any halloween festivities, which is another of my favorite things to do... No hay rides, no haunted houses, no corn mazes, no apple picking, no carving pumpkins and worst of all no halloween party and no costume. I didn't even realize when I scheduled my surgery that it was 5 days before halloween!! I also haven't seen any fall colors, no adirondacks in the city. I do have to add that we went on a camping trip for my birthday and even though it rained the whole time, I had a lot of fun being outdoors again!

Okay, enough complaining. My plans for post-surgery/ sling are very exciting I can hardly wait. I signed up for a 9 week photography course that starts the week I get to take my sling off!! I'm most excited about this. I'm hoping through this class I'll perfect my favorite hobby and meet new people while enjoying time by myself. I also plan on taking the follow up courses when this one is over. This class takes place once a week. I decided I should also take advantage of my companies $900 gym reimbursement (it sounds like a lot but gyms in nyc are about $80/month). My goal is to work out 3 times a week. I will also be very busy with physical therapy for a while, so hopefully by our cruise in April, I'll look amazing! I'm hoping by the end of February/early March I'll be well enough to snowboard and get a few run in this year. I'm going to start cooking more, my goal is twice a week to cook dinner. I can't wait to start everything and get out of this house!! It's been a rough fall, I'm trying my best to adjust and hopefully things will get better soon.

Saturday, September 18, 2010

Summer in the City

Life changes. I strived to get them and here I am. Happy? I guess you could say I'm not "unhappy". Since I made the decision to change my life and move to NYC it has been a constant struggle to adjust to this new life. I spent my summer in Manhattan and definitely enjoyed it while I was there, but I'm just not sure I was there long enough to get the full "experience" I wanted to get. Living in Long Island is not exactly what I call ideal. But living with my boyfriend helps to make the situation much more enjoyable. The only issue I struggle with now, is finding a balance between my own life and my life with him. I moved in here before I was settled into my new life and I now struggle to find myself in this city while trying to live a life with him. I never got the chance to really find my own place here. I missed out on the opportunity to explore and challenge myself to new adventures. I can't say I regret anything, its more about learning to make myself happy first without having to rely on someone else for happiness.

At the end of the day with all of the struggles I face with a new job, new friends, new environment. I know that I ultimately made the right decision. I left because I NEEDED a change. I needed something challenging and different in order to experience life. I needed to have this so that I could one day wake up and KNOW that I took a chance even though I was scared and made things happen when I wasn't sure that I could. At the end of the day I know that my life here will be okay. It's going to take time and its going to take adjustments, but just like I always do, I'll make things work here.