Carrie from Sex and the City once said that “In New York, you’re always looking for a job, a boyfriend or an apartment”, and honestly it couldn’t be any truer! At the moment I’m subletting a place in Manhattan which ends July 1st, and up until yesterday I didn’t have a place to move into this coming Wednesday. At this point I should tell you that I’m an extreme planner and not knowing where I would be living or if I would even have a place to move into was so stressful. But at the final moment, the housing gods heard my prayers and finally we found the perfect place! At the end of July, Cathal and I will be officially Upper East Siders! I can’t wait to move into our new home and get settled in! I’m already planning a trip to Ikea and hopefully will decorate the space nicely, But until then we will be subletting another place downtown, sad face!

 This week marks the end of my first month in New York, and quite honestly I don’t know where the time has gone. As thankful as I am to be living in one of the most amazing cities in the world, I’m glad that the initial setting up period is nearly over. All of my girlfriends out here agree, the first few weeks in New York can be a nightmare, struggling with leaving your family back home, trying to establish a career for yourself and the worst of all, finding a place to live that is affordable and comfortable. Knowing that everyone goes through the same things when they get here makes it easier, you just have to roll with the punches and believe that something wonderful is around the corner, and having some girlfriends to vent with at the end of the day over some french fries makes it even better!

Happy Tuesday from New York everyone! This is my last post from my little vacation last week in Cape Cod.  Since I got back to the Big Apple things have been quite hectic running around meeting friends and trying to get our life on track over here. Setting up in New York can be quite stressful so I’m very grateful that I had the opportunity to spend a week in Boston with family. I don’t know if I’m getting a little older or something but it definitely gave me a new found respect for the suburbs. The beautiful wild flowers, the little league baseball games and even the typical generic shopping malls, theres something strangely comforting about it all!

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