A visit with old friends!

So... luckily living in NYC, a lot of people visit here.. which is great. Considering my last post about missing home and friends and what was comfortable, it was pretty cool to get to catch up with some friends from High school. The girl in the middle is Katie Burke, she and I were president and vice president of the class of 2004 for 2 years, our slogan was "Hunnewell and Burke will make it work".... how cute is that? (Lauren made that up) And the girl to the right of her is Veronica, she was president of Student Government. These girls are amazing and they are smart and so sweet! I was blessed to be able to spend not only time with them reminiscing but also being around their great spirits... definitely motivating!!

After I returned from Florida...... I got a little homesick. I got homesick for many reasons. I no longer lived in a place with year-round warmth, I was not 5 minutes from the beach or nearby my best friend of 14 years and I just missed the normality of what "comfortability" felt like. I was experiencing the change of homes, of friends and of life. Of course within a few days I was fine and accepting. But I tell you moving makes you a stronger person. You really realize who matters in life and who you can count on and straight-up who does not. I am learning to live a life with good people, the old and the new, with much less drama and learning who I am. I am 25 and I realize I should probably have already graduated school, be in a career and moving towards family life. However, I think I am the furthest away from it all in a really long time.... is this a bad thing or this a good thing? Learning to re-create who we once were to become something different and better.... I guess that all takes time.

A "Surprise" visit to Florida ;)

Florida was amazing!! I really enjoyed my visit. I was so thankful that not only my visit to surprise Lauren for her 26th birthday worked out, but that I also made it on time and with no delays!! Last time I flew that was not the case. So my visit included seeing many great friends, going to the beach (below), which was beautiful, going to the kava bar, the casino (ching, ching$$) and just being able to enjoy the roots I came from. I really, really appreciated being able to go home again! I missed my bff more than you can even imagine and drinking kava also... which was something I have done on a daily basis for the last 7 years. So I was glad I got to do it all and since I won't be visiting till prob Feb, when I am dying for some warmth... and need a trip back. So, I am thankful to have had a fun and adventurous trip... it's what I would call an "Epic" trip!

Kat comes to hoop with me and we end up at a speakeasy ;0

Making Hoops in a New York City Apartment....
(I certainly have a new word I use for Florida: Appreciation!!! Such a good thing to learn!)

Next in order of events.... DEADMAU5.... my first NYC concert!!! I went and saw him on a Tuesday with JamieLynn. it was a great time and a lot of fun. I am glad I went on a Tuesday because it wasn't too crowded like a Friday or a Saturday. So, I was able to get to know the venue. It was at the Roseland Ballroom... close to wear I live in the Upper West side.

So, it has been a while since I last updated my blog.... I guess I have just been busy. So, I am going to try and stay in chronological order of the things that have happened last month.

So, every first Sunday of the month we have a hoop meditation jam at the Brooklyn Lyceum, which is literally one of the coolest buildings I've ever been in and the upstairs where we generally have the jam is such an awesome space with great energy. The Lyceum is actually an old bath house, not sure how old, but I am sure old enough. The jam is a quiet one, so it allows you to really work on your practice.... In Florida I did not have a place like this to go and hoop, so it is just so awesome to have this within a trains distance away. The funny part is... is that In Florida, I had more space than a New Yorker would know what to do with and I feel like I didn't take advantage of it nearly enough! (Yes, I should have hooped more).... But the other reason why it is so great to have this space is because it gets cold and you can not hoop outside.