#65: i'm still here!

Yes I am indeed still around. My lack of posting may have led you to believe otherwise (assuming any of you are still around out there) but I've just been REALLY busy and not feeling very rant-like. Moving is very time consuming, not to mention expensive. Two very depressing things.

At one point my fingers were well sore from building Ikea furniture. What initially seemed fun quickly turned not so fun. I clearly could never work in the construction industry. But now that's all over and I have a pretty complete apartment well absent anything covering my windows.

This bothers me less than it probably should since my windows face an office building and the occupants are generally gone by the time I get home. I will go shopping this weekend for some wooden blinds though.

I'm doing my best to try to just be friends with DT and for the most part that seems to be going okay actually. I'm just happy he's still around in my life.

As for work, that has actually been quite a bright spot. I really like the directive of the group I'm working in and it seems like they're going to be some pretty interesting projects over the next year.

I'm also getting back into my gym routine and I'm looking to take quite a few trips this year.

First to Boston next month, Miami in May, going back home to the Caribbean in August for my sister's wedding and whatever else I can cram into 2009.

In addition, I've decided to pick up Spanish.

I've done Spanish (and French and Italian and German) before but that was ages ago and when I took a placement test it said I needed to start from Introductory Spanish. No surprise there, if you don't use it, you lose it. I'm really excited about being able to converse in two languages.

Hmm, maybe I should also plan a trip to Spain!

That's all for today.

#64: back in NYC

Well, I'm back in NYC. The past four months in London have come and gone so quickly. TOO quickly. I'm happy to be permanently located somewhere for longer than a few months as it enables me to think longer term but leaving London means that I've left some very important things there as well.

Things I refuse to let distance come in the way of.

Anyways, I think I've finally found an apartment in the city and true to my rant a few months ago, I will indeed be living alone (although I did start begin to look at roommates as well before I found this place).

Ikea shopping must inevitably follow this coming weekend. A lot of people seem to be excited to go Ikea shopping with me. It's weird.

Things are going well at work thus far as well. It's also great to see some of my friends again as well. I can't help but think that even though I was only in London for four months that it's changed me forever. I've done things there that I've never considered doing anywhere else. Coming out at work springs quickly to mind.

London and the people I've met there have a very special place in my heart and will not soon been forgotten. One person in particular I plan on staying as connected to as humanly possible.

Anyways, that's all for now.