Needless to say, it's been a while since we last spoke...
I try to keep in mind that there are millions of people out there who are just like me; freshly re-located, adjusting wide-eyed and mouth agape to the nuances of the city therefore making it quite easy for me to write about things that are award-winningly "unspectacular." I'd like to avoid that.
So, I strive to write only about things that seem interesting and easy to relate to which surprisingly enough, can be somewhat of a challenge. I mean, who hasn't gotten completely soaked while waiting too close to the curb for a bus in the rain; shocked when the wheel of a truck splashes an invisible lake on you? I thought stuff like that only happened in movies. Seriously. And doesn't everyone have neighbors upstairs that have tricked themselves into believing that no one lives underneath them, so they think nothing of walking around in ski boots at 4:30am and playing dance revolution 19 hours a day? That's normal for everybody, right?
SighFor people living in New York, it is.
The thing that I've been wondering lately is how many people end up doing what they actually came for? Do those that come for love really end up finding it? Hmmm, ask a few girls on the street what they think of "love" in this town and you'll most likely get a more heated response than you would of expected. Is that just here, or is that everywhere? Take myself...I wanted to move here ten years ago, right after I graduated from college. But, I didn't have any money and one "saving up" job turned into another and before I knew it, I ended up in a field I wasn't so passionate about. Fast forward several years and here I am, where I would've liked to of been in 2000. I can't help but ask myself, "What if?" What if you could go back ten years and change your mind on a big decision you made? How different would your life be, do you think?
I hear ya girl!! And although we all wish we could at least change some decisions we made in the past, we have to be thankful for the things we learned along the way (even if we were not "living the dream") and thankful for the people we met! I always wanted to go to Italy after graduating from school, but God took me to FL and changed my life forever...Needless to say I met amazing people, like you!
ReplyDeleteBut it´s never too late to start over, at least that´s what I´m believing now and going after my dreams, even if that means making mistakes along the way.
Oh BTW, I laughed when I read about you being soaked while waiting for the bus (sorry), it reminded me of that scene in "Bridget Jones:The Edge of Reason"
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