I'm Moving To NYC

Little did I know on March 10th (my last post) that I'd be returning March 15th from NYC with a job offer that I just couldn't refuse.

I can't believe that I have a job in NYC waiting for me right after graduation. It's incomprehensible. I never would have imagined that, that would be the result of a spring break in NYC with only three interviews. The crazy part is that I almost didn't go because I only had one interview (it was that one interview that offered me the job). I'm happy that I followed my gut feeling, and took a leap of faith by booking my flight. I'd still be worried about what graduation had in store for me, but instead I'm moving to NYC!

The thought of moving to NYC has always been my goal. I've worked hard my entire life, and throughout college to take the right steps toward getting there. It's finally happened. I'm living out my dream. I'm going to have job in NYC. It's surreal. It hasn't suck in.

Everything does seem to fold out the way things are meant too, and everything is about to unravel rather quickly within the next couple of months. A friend of mine made me realize that my entire life changed in the course of a 4 days in NYC. When put in those words...it really is pretty insane.

So where am I working? Well, it's a public relations firm that specializes in investor relations and corporate communications. There office is two blocks from Grand Central Station on Fifth Avenue and 43rd Street. My title is Junior Account Executive on the Investor Relations side. My first day of work is May 14th. This is where it gets a little nuts. I'm graduating on May 5th, I turned my lease over to a new person, and I have to be out of my apartment May 6th. I am driving home with my family, and I fly out on May 10th to NYC on a one-way flight. I am hoping that those few days will suffice in setting up my apartment.

Speaking of my apartment. I am hoping that everything goes as I have planned. My roommate from London (Chris) lives in this ridiculous pad on 7th Avenue and 34th Street just up the block from Times Square and Broadway. He has a roommate now that is suppose to move out around the time I am arriving in New York, so I'm hoping to take over his room. The rent is pretty steep, but the on my salary I am sure to live pretty comfortably. I know the first two months are going to be tough because I am just getting the hang of earning my own money, and I will probably rack up quite a bit of debt at first until the pay checks start flowing in steadily and I get used to the payment cycle. I plan on taking out a reasonably low loan at first just to consolidate all my expenses and not have to pay an absorbent interest rate. Again, within the first few months I'll be able to pay off the loan my salary is that good. ;)

This entire experience seems absurd to me. It seems like I'm seriously going to be shaken away at some point, and someone's going to laugh at me for thinking that all this is about to happen to me. I'm worried the company is going to call me and retract their offer. It's foolish, but this all just seems to good to be true. I suppose that the few weeks I have left in Gainesville (and college) I'll have to get used to the idea that I am officially a working professional. Thats strange just to type.

I'm so pumped. I just don't want to rush these next few weeks too much in anticipation for the Big Apple. I really do want to enjoy my senior year. I know how much my life is going to change once I'm in New York...I know because it's what I've always wanted. Damn that sounds good to say.