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Finally getting back into the groove (did I have one before I left?!) here, after being back east for nearly a month.
And, once again, visiting New York City made me want to live there, as it always does. I keep waiting for some sort of signal, anything, that will make me drop everything, pack up my stuff, and move across the country again.
Saw a bunch of shows, and ran into a friend/acquaintance there. Been a while since we chatted, and was good catching up. I mentioned always wanting to move to NYC and for a second, I saw some sort of hesitation cross his face, but didn’t think anything of it. Two days later, he posted a bulletin on MySpace announcing that he and his roommate had an opening and were looking for a third roommate.
The rent was pretty much what I pay in San Francisco. The apartment was right in the heart of the Village. So, I replied and said that it was good to see the rent would be affordable if I ever did decide to move, etc., etc. But the wheels started spinning…
Within 24 hours, I sent a second reply. A long one. One that basically said I was up for the roommate slot, if he was cool with that. Like I said, we aren’t close friends at this point, and this was definitely a big deal in that regard as well as my moving to NYC for a February 1 deadline.
In my head, certain items were being sold. Others packed. Questions arose, like, how do you sell art you paid way too much money for, back when you had way too much money? But mentally, I was energized, and started to feel the pulse of NYC flowing through me. The city has always had a powerful energy to it, a creative force. Why I ended up in SF and not the closer option is a good question.
Within a day of being home, I found the roommate situation had already resolved, and I’d be in SF for a while longer. But it is hard to deny how excited I was about moving, even if it was going to be so last minute and crazy.
But, I figured, it’s the same amount of rent; I’m unemployed and doing odd contract stuff without meeting people in person here, so that’s portable; and I’m definitely up for a chance and being closer to family.
So, my new plan… I want to move to NYC by this summer. My goal is to start looking right before NYU lets out for the spring term, as a lot of things should open up around that time.
Between now and then, I plan to do everything that was going through my head when I thought I might be moving this month. Any CDs that were transported from PA to SF, and have not been played of imported into iTunes? Dump them. Any book that did a similar journey? Read it, sell it, toss it, or burn it, because it isn’t getting repacked. Never made a single recipe from a book? Bye bye.
As I will be going from living solo to a roommate situation, simplicity and portability is a major concern. So, every month, my apartment should get more spartan. Less CDs, less books, less everything.
As I see NYC as a fresh start, I also want to go there with a finished book, either sold or ready to peddle. Along those same lines, I plan to go to the gym and get in shape for the move, as well. Those are the only two things that I need to focus on between now and then, aside from getting Oasis up and running in a big way (but I already have a lot of that figured out).
So that’s the news.
My new year’s resolution this year was to “sleep on the floor,” a reference to my lack of love for my loft bed. I will just be fulfilling that resolution on a different coast.
