So I’ve slacked off again and haven’t posted in a while and I apologize. This picture is from Easter.
We are just finishing the worst week of spring weather (7 straight days of cold, clouds and rain) but today is sunny and in the 70’s! Brooke and I have been here for 350 days. In a way this is our anniversary post. Therefore, I will give an update on how things are going right now and review our year.
Brooke is loving “beauty school” and is so ahead of the game she wishes she could be done with classes and work on the solon floor every night. BRAG ALERT! Brooke is the only student in her cohort to be asked numerous time during class to step out onto the solon floor and assist the other students in the program. This displays that here instructors see her talent and trust her on the solon floor months before she’s technically supposed to be working out there. Besides school, Brooke is taking advantage of very weekend since it’s her only free time.
For me, work is going alright but I have continued my quest to find a psychotherapist position. I have interviewed sporadically for therapist positions even after I started this job because I really want to get into one of those positions. I’ve interviewed with half a dozen places, a few of which have offered positions, but none of them have been exactly what I want. So if I make a move it’s got to be for a position I am going to love.
Both of us are looking forward to a full summer here in NYC while both of us have jobs and money to actually experience it. If you recall last year when we moved I didn’t even receive a first pay check until 3 months after we moved (late August) cause it took a while to find a job.
This first year in NYC really has been a blast. Nicci and Chad have become more than family, best friends. They have been great support in so many ways. We really experienced the city as “tourists” this last year. Visiting the Rockefeller, Chrysler, and Empire buildings, pending time touring the Metropolitan and Sex museums (ask me about it some time), touring Ellis Island, seeing Ranger and Yankee Games, hanging out at Coney Island and Long Island beaches, seeing a Broadway show at least once every couple of months, exploring Manhattan and Brooklyn and doing whatever else comes to mind.
From here, our plan is to just take things year to year. We have intentions of moving closer to the families in MN because we love them so much and can’t imagine living so far from them. But I will not disclose that tentative date. Yet, you never know what could happen I could become a ground breaking therapist and Brooke could become a stylist to the stars forcing us to purchase a high-rise condo on Park Avenue and we would live here for the rest of our lives. Or we could become victims of this economy and rush home to MN for safety and security. Most likely we will live as we are until life brings us to another place.
We love and miss you all! if ever you want to venture out east you are welcome to visit us with proper notice.
Love Alan and Brooke
We are just finishing the worst week of spring weather (7 straight days of cold, clouds and rain) but today is sunny and in the 70’s! Brooke and I have been here for 350 days. In a way this is our anniversary post. Therefore, I will give an update on how things are going right now and review our year.
Brooke is loving “beauty school” and is so ahead of the game she wishes she could be done with classes and work on the solon floor every night. BRAG ALERT! Brooke is the only student in her cohort to be asked numerous time during class to step out onto the solon floor and assist the other students in the program. This displays that here instructors see her talent and trust her on the solon floor months before she’s technically supposed to be working out there. Besides school, Brooke is taking advantage of very weekend since it’s her only free time.
For me, work is going alright but I have continued my quest to find a psychotherapist position. I have interviewed sporadically for therapist positions even after I started this job because I really want to get into one of those positions. I’ve interviewed with half a dozen places, a few of which have offered positions, but none of them have been exactly what I want. So if I make a move it’s got to be for a position I am going to love.
Both of us are looking forward to a full summer here in NYC while both of us have jobs and money to actually experience it. If you recall last year when we moved I didn’t even receive a first pay check until 3 months after we moved (late August) cause it took a while to find a job.
This first year in NYC really has been a blast. Nicci and Chad have become more than family, best friends. They have been great support in so many ways. We really experienced the city as “tourists” this last year. Visiting the Rockefeller, Chrysler, and Empire buildings, pending time touring the Metropolitan and Sex museums (ask me about it some time), touring Ellis Island, seeing Ranger and Yankee Games, hanging out at Coney Island and Long Island beaches, seeing a Broadway show at least once every couple of months, exploring Manhattan and Brooklyn and doing whatever else comes to mind.
From here, our plan is to just take things year to year. We have intentions of moving closer to the families in MN because we love them so much and can’t imagine living so far from them. But I will not disclose that tentative date. Yet, you never know what could happen I could become a ground breaking therapist and Brooke could become a stylist to the stars forcing us to purchase a high-rise condo on Park Avenue and we would live here for the rest of our lives. Or we could become victims of this economy and rush home to MN for safety and security. Most likely we will live as we are until life brings us to another place.
We love and miss you all! if ever you want to venture out east you are welcome to visit us with proper notice.
Love Alan and Brooke
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3 comments:
happy one year anniversary! i am so glad you are enjoying your time in NY. what an exciting adventure you guys have been on- and it really sounds like you are making the most of it! also a happy anniversary for your 4 years of marriage coming up really soon!! how exciting!
much love!
megan
Happy Anniversary Alan! We are so honored to have you and Brooke here with us and will always cherish the time we have with you, no matter how long or short!
p.s. my word verification was "triene"
you spelled salon wrong.
;) love you
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