Big News!

Well I had quite a last week! A lot has happened since I last wrote a blog so I may be skimming over some little things that happened.

As you all know I went to New York with Ando at the last minute. I originally wasn't planning on going, but I got a job interview at the last minute and headed up to NY with Ando and Mateo. Mateo was moving and Ando was planning on helping him so I just tagged along for the ride. My interview wasn't till Tuesday so I had all weekend to have fun, and of course freak out over an interview.

The drive up on Friday wasn't so bad till we hit traffic going through the Holland Tunnel. This is not the way I wanted to get into New York, but needless to say it was the way we went. Once we made it in and got settled at DKNY and BH's we ate some dinner around their neighborhood. Then we met up with CB Radio, Goose, Joel, and Ice at a bar.

Saturday was the day we needed to take everything out of the van and move it into Mateo and Coriander's new place. Coriander was coming up from Pennsylvania with a U-Haul that afternoon as well. What cold make moving a little better than some beer before hand? I say nothing, and that is why we went the the Brooklyn Brewery for a tour and some brews before we had to move Mateo later that afternoon. The brewery is pretty small, but you can get some different brews and they aren't that expensive while also learning about how beer is made.

After moving Mateo and Coriander, in the heat, we picked up some carry out for dinner. Then DKNY, Ando and I met up with the NY gang at another bar to hang out and catch up. Nothing too exciting happened that I can remember so lets just move on to Sunday.

Sunday was a pretty lazy morning just walking around Greenpoint and running a couple of errands. Mostly of the kind DKNY and BH had to do. We did go to the grocery store and pick up some supplies for a pick-nick later that night. We all decided to meet up and have a pick-nick at the park for dinner. There were also some park type games played like frisbee, croquet, and football. We got kicked out of the park at dusk and didn't know where to go so we just hung out at Living in Sin Part II's place for the rest of the night.

Monday I wanted to do a dry run of my subway route as well as make sure where I was going for my interview on Tuesday. I wanted to make sure I left myself plenty of time to get into Manhattan and I wouldn't get lost on the actual day of my interview. Ando, Mateo, and Coriander came along with me for the ride. Since we were in Manhattan we decided to walk down to Madison Square Park and watch some of the U.S. Open live at the park. We were also going to get some Shake Shack, but the line was ridiculously long so we headed to a Mr. Softee Truck instead.

After watching a little tennis, I should have brought my bikini with me, we headed back to Brooklyn to meet back up with BH and DKNY. We just had some dinner that night and Ando and I met up with CB Radio and Goose for a few drinks. I didn't want to stay out late since I had my interview the next day. There was motorcycle, crotch rocket style, racing being shown on the big screen at the bar. I had no idea there was such a following, but apparently there is.

Tuesday was the big day, my interview. Ando left on his flight home that morning and my interview wasn't till 2 that afternoon. I hung out at the apartment by myself, actually DKNY was sick and sleeping in his bedroom, doing some preparing for the big interview. I made it to the interview with plenty of time left so I sat in Bryant Park for a little bit till it was time for me to go.

The interview went well and was very laid back. CB Radio was also in on the interview which made it a little easier. I got offered the job that day, but I didn't take it on the spot. Ando and I had some stuff to talk about and I didn't want to make any rash decisions. I flew home that night after the interview. On my way home I started feeling sick. I think I was stressed from the interview and DKNY was sick so it just transfered to me.

Ando picked me up from the Dayton airport that night, what a guy, and we discussed us moving to New York. No decisions came out that night, but we did get some good conversations in on the long ride home. We also talked about it some more the next day. Needless to say it was a very very hard decision for us to make. In the end I decided to take the job! We are moving to NYC.

This is something we have wanted to do and the opportunity came up. I will start the job on October 1st so I will be moving sometime around then. I am hoping to stay with CB Radio and Goose or one of Ando's brothers for a week till I find a sublet for myself. Ando isn't coming up till after he finishes the semester at Xavier. Then we will find a place for us to live and Ando will have to find a job.

This is both nerve racking and exciting at the same time. I hope everything works out in the end, I'm sure it will, it always does right? I have a lot to try and accomplish in a month before leaving Ando and a house, like sell a car, make some more wedding plans, and many other tasks. I do feel bad for leaving Ando and making him try to sell a house in this market. My only hope is that I can get a bunch of stuff we don't need packed up and get most things looking good to put the house up on the market before I leave. I am sure it will hit me harder that I am moving to a new city in a couple of weeks.

I am moving to a new city; no baby to bring along as well.