My future husband

One of the things that I've learned since moving to NYC is that you need to have quality friends to act as your support system when times get rough. Back in July I was visiting one of my friends from high school at her apartment in the Bronx. Her boyfriend had several friends coming to visit, so she had me come up too. I hit it off really well with one of the guys there, Anthony (known to most as ARod). After staying up almost all night talking, we exchanged numbers, texted all week and then made plans to go out the following Friday. I'm slightly embarrassed to say I was like a giddy school girl counting down the days until I was going to see him again. I left work on Friday and took the train to where he lived in NJ and we picked up some beers and went to the beach. Hanging out Friday turned into spending the entire weekend together, and it was one of the best weekends I had all summer. It was just easy being with him. There was no awkward moments that you usually have when you first start seeing someone, I was completely comfortable with him.

Fast forward to the next week, and surprise surprise, Anthony turned into a typical guy and stopped responding to my texts and started cancelling plans we had made. Me, being the eternal optimist thought he was just busy and initially gave him the benefit of the doubt. Eventually I called him on it, and he admitted that he just didn't want to get involved in anything serious. I told him that I understood, but I was sure we'd be seeing each other in the future because we have similar friends and I didn't want things to be awkward. He agreed, so we turned whatever relationship was developing into a friendship. Initially it wasn't much of a friendship, we were just civil with one another, but now we talk all the time and can go to each other with anything.

I truly value his friendship. He makes me laugh, he reminds me that I'm a good person when I'm feeling down, and he gives me really sound advice from a guys perspective. He is incredibly talented, and very funny. We exchange "thats what she said jokes" and spent an entire day watching Paul Rudd movies. I talk to him (well gchat and text because honestly, who uses the phone to actually speak to people these days) more than I talk to any of my other friends. I like to think that he feels the same way about me.

We always joke that we're going to end up getting married one day because we have so much in common. He is essentially me in male form, its actually scary how many traits we share. So now, I introduce you all to my friend, my go to person, and my future husband (please note, this photo is from the first night we met and we are both incredibly drunk, but it pretty much sums up our relationship):

IT'S OFFICIAL!

I got a new job, and resigned from my current job on Monday. I've been at this agency for 3 1/2 years now, and truth be told it was a good job out of college. I learned a lot about the industry, developed many client/internal relationships, and just really embraced being a working professional. I made my job a big priority in my life and really dove head first into starting my career. In the end, my company has taken advantage of my desire to get ahead in this industry though, and I have worked countless hours and late nights and NEVER got a raise. I was even promoted without a raise because they kept using the economy as an excuse. So I stayed persistent, I applied to a lot of places (in NY, down south, and in Chicago) and after quite a few let downs, I GOT A JOB!

I had gotten an email from a new pharmaceutical agency while I was waiting to hear back about a job at a digital agency I had interviewed at. I really wanted the digital job but responded to the new company anyway. Thank god I didn't put all my eggs in the digital basket because those jobs fell through. I ended up interviewing at the new agency on Thursday, September 30 and got a call saying I got the job on Friday, October 1 while I was traveling to Charleston to see my sister and niece. I verbally accepted the offer on Tuesday when I got back, and signed and sent my written offer letter that Friday. It all happened pretty quickly, and I'm excited to say that my last day at my current job is next Friday October 22, and then I start my new job on Wednesday October 27!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm sorry to leave everyone (all 3 of my followers) hanging for so long, but I didn't want to post anything until it was definitely official. I can't wait to start working at my new job. This opportunity even involves some consumer work! Thats what I'm most excited about. I fell into pharmaceutical marketing after school, and currently market directly to doctors. I really want to do consumer marketing for regular products like food and cars, so starting to do some consumer work (even though it is still for medications) will get me back on the right path to eventually do what I really want.

So life is pretty good right now, I'm excited to see where else life is about to take me! Oh yea, and the pay increase is pretty nice too. I can finally start to enjoy living in NYC a little bit instead of freaking out every time I go to the ATM because there is no money in my bank account.

HERE'S TO NEW BEGINNINGS!