Oh, Hi out there!

Hello friends! I’m baaaaccckkkkk ☺ My life as a blogger had been put on hold for the last three months simply because there were not enough hours in the day (and I was secretly frightened I’d get fired for being a blogger. This irrational fear has now left my mind). I have been working as an intern in New York City since September, and the new job is working out wonderfully. I have a cute little cubical on 34th street where I help plan my company’s events. I really enjoy event planning. It’s a field I never really thought about entering before, but it oozes perks. I’m able to travel, work with all levels of executives, and I’m never bored. There is always another event to focus on and so much work to do every day in preparation. I could totally see myself working at this job full time or moving on to another organization with a focus in events. I have so many friends close to tying the knot that I could just become a wedding planner and call it a day.

While working in New York has been a dream of mine since I was a wee little thing, the commute is a challenge all in itself. I do not know how my parents have done this for so many years! I’m searching frantically for a pint size apartment so I can cut my roundtrip commute from four hours down to preferably less than 1 in the next few months. If anyone has questions on commuting into the city, I’m the new queen of the trade. I’ve taken the fifty-five minute train from Metropark (131 off the Garden State Parkway). My dad calls it the “cattle car” because we are rounded up like animals from one location to the next. I then drove into the city for a while (that’s my favorite although traffic on the NJ Turnpike is a big pain.) And today I started my first day as a PATH train commuter from Jersey City. It’s not the worst form of travel, but it was quite crowded until we hit 14th street. Since this will be my mode of transportation for quite some time, I’m going to look at the positives. It’s the cheapest way to travel and it gets me from point A to point B.

In other news, this past holiday weekend I travelled back to Ohio State for the first time since I graduated. I saw my roommates again and was able to watch OSU stomp all over that school up north. I loved being back inside the Shoe; I loved walking on campus and taking in all the familiar sights, and I loved being with my roommates again. I never thought I would miss school as much as I do, and I always knew I would miss my roommates like crazy, but saying goodbye again was so difficult. Parting just makes the next time we see each other that much better, but I wish I lived about five hours closer to them. This distance is no fun. The best part of our reunion was feeling like we had not been apart for three months. That’s what lasting friendships are made of – Coming together after a lengthy period of time and feeling like nothing has changed.

It feels good to be back in blogging mode. Hope you all missed me!