No Woman No Cry

Yo yo yiggity yo :)

Lots to talk about. I'll be short (ish) and put pictures. First a blog about goings-on in my life. I went to LA. It was spur of the moment kind of trip. Saw Mom, Grandma and the Jimenez family. And Andrew. I was very very grateful for my time in CA. It helped to replenish my stock of happiness. I miss the sun and the weather. A lot. I realized how torn I am between NYC and the Best Coast. Here's a picture from our beach trip:

Then Mom came to visit! We had a whole week together. I worked...sometimes...we ate, shopped, walked a lot!, visited with people, and spent a lot of time together. I was very happy to share my life (and bed) with her for a week and am sad that she's gone :( I am very thankful to have a mom who is supportive of my life-choices and who loves the city like I do. (or at least understands why I do.) Here's one of me, mom and Todd at the new museum:
Since mom left I've been getting back on track with friends, work and sleep. It was beautiful last weekend - Springtime is really here. Saturday everyone and their dog was at the park so on my way home from the store I woke Todd up and stole a blanket - he came out and we did a crossword in the park. This weekend is going to be just as nice - warmer even so I'm excited to go out and enjoy the weather :)

On another note: am thinking that I'm going to move into the city in the late summer. Probably August. My friend Kady is looking for people to fill rooms in her apartment since her current roommates are heading out of the country. I think moving into Manhattan will be a really good change for me. Living in the outer boroughs makes me really homesick. It's not until I make an effort to go into the city that I remember why I moved here! I love the energy of the city - the beauty of all the different sky scrapers. It will be a good thing for me. Kady is a New Yorker who went to Pitzer and I know through a fellow CMC '08er. She's awesome.

I'm in the process of going permanent at work and am gelling very well with co-workers. Over all I like my job. I just wish the office wasn't located in such an industrial area of Queens. Queens - not a place I really feel excited about so it makes my work place that much more blah.

I hope you all are doing well. I hope to hear from you :) Thanks for caring and take care of yourself.

Love, Anna

Live High

Hey there...

I'm back again with not so much anxiety and stress. Things are starting to work out! So. Life is moving forward. Change has come to America (!) and Tuesday was the brightest of days. First things first.

President Obama. Congrats to all of you who, like me, believed and supported this beautiful family in their rise to the top. The city was crazy all day although I only participated in the after-work raucus. There was a Manhattan Young Democrats party that Todd and I both went to - we actually have a few friends in common. Small world. Then we came back to our neighborhood to "Celebrate Inauguration on DeKalb" and I ran into a group of girls from Scripps (one of the 5 Claremont Colleges.) Smaller world. Anyhow - it was quite a different experience than the one I had on election night in Bakersfield. How you might ask? Well, no one was "boo-ing" or throwing food at the tvs in the bars. No, it was a beautiful day that this large but close community spent celebrating together :)

New job. I am the Administrative Assistant at Telvent Caseta Technologies in Long Island City! My first day I was given my own desk, computer, email, phone, (with a really suhweet headset), voicemail set up, office key (although I'll never need to use it - some people get in at 6 a.m.), badge, and business card. I really really like the 3 girls and 18 guys I work with and I already feel very comfortable and useful here. Speaking of comfortable, I get to wear whatever I want and have my iPod on all day - we communicate through instant messenger and most of my work is internet research and MS office stuff. Very happy in my own new world.

Apartment searching - so far no good news. I saw a few I really liked but no word yet and I saw a few that I wish I hadn't. I feel myself constantly reminding myself (don't we all talk to ourselves? No? Oh, well my mom always told me it's normal) that I'll have plenty of time to live in all different kinds of neighborhoods and that I need to find something that is good for right now. It's tempting to spend more to live in a nicer neighborhood. I will figure it out and my new home will come when it's ready. I'll be with Todd and Chris for another month or so :)

I am spending more time with friends here - catching up and going out - seeing more of the city everyday :) I hope you all are doing very well wherever you are. I am sending you love, smiles and hugs. I, too, am accepting these things. Please forward your love (in the form of Starbucks or iTunes giftcards) to 152 Carlton Ave #3R Brooklyn, NY 11205!

Live high, live mighty, live righteously,
Anna


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