Turning the City into my Home

It's been almost two weeks since I moved here and I'm already feeling a change in my job search.  

Let me first quickly catch you up on the past two weeks:

I never thought I was going to get here after multiple weather delays but finally after sitting in the Atlanta airport for hours I made it to New York. Then after waiting an hour for my bag I waited on my shuttle. Two and a half hours after landing I finally walked through the doors of my new home.

Unfortunately Vicki came down with what I'm convinced was food poisoning and I spent the next few hours caring for my sick best friend. During this time Vicki's cousin Camilla was flying in from England to spend a few days in NYC. I also became Camilla's official NY greeter as we decided to stay out of Vicki's room in the slight chance she had a virus.  

Thankfully Vicki returned to full speed after a day or so and then it was off to explore NYC with the Brit. Basically it was a full 5 days of sight seeing and adventures! Saturday was spent at the Auburn Bar cheering on our Auburn Tigers in the SEC Championship! We are officially Glendale bound! WAHOO! There were more than 600 Auburn fans that filled up two bars! We had a blast! I even gave Camilla an American football lesson, haha.  I was sad to see Camilla leave but I've told her that now she has to be my tour guide when I venture across the pond!

                                     Vicki and I at the Rockefeller Christmas Tree

                                          Playing around at FAO Schwarz

                                           Christmas decorations at Tiffany

                                                           Me, Vicki and Camilla in Times Square

 

After winning the SEC Championship!

 

Four days after moving here I was already hard at work at my new seasonal job.  I accepted a short term position at Barnes and Noble (Union Square aka the biggest B&N in the country!). I have worked nearly every day since and it's been fun! Great people and I even got to bag Uma Thurman's books when she came in with her kids! 

Next came my 23rd birthday.  

A few of you know (mainly from the text messages you received- cough cough Andrea cough cough) that I had a little bit of a mental breakdown the night before my birthday. I was severely missing my friends and depressed about not coming home for the holidays. After crying myself to sleep- yes I'll admit it- I woke up the next day with bloodshot eyes, two emails and 90 million notifications on FB. 

The two emails where about job/paid internship interviews! So of course that started my day off on the right foot! The rest of the day was spent applying to jobs and relaxing as it was my first day off from work since I'd started.  It was a little lonely but I enjoyed Skyping with my friends and family as they wished me a happy birthday.  

That night I met up with Vicki and we went out to celebrate at Max Brenners Chocolate by the Bald Man! And dang it was delicious! It was a perfect way to end my day and I was so grateful to spend it with one of my closest friends.

                                  Smores Sundae at Max Brenners for my birthday

Yesterday I woke up early and caught a train out to Morristown to spend the day with my grandparents! They had asked me to come in so we could celebrate my birthday and I was very excited to see them. I enjoyed a nice dinner where they surprised me with a delicious birthday cake and then I had to head back into the city.

As for today- (finally caught up!) I had an interview for a paid internship and I really loved the company/everyone I met! Things seem to be looking up and I really hope I get an offer for something soon so I can tell you all about it!

By the way, I'm still trying to come with a new title. So as soon as I decide on the perfect one I will change it!  


PS. As soon as I finished this post I looked out the window and it was SNOWING! So of course I ran up to the rooftop to play in it :-)