view of the sunset from Ikea |
Top: Dean and Kyle, Bottom: sights of Ikea |
I woke up a few hours later with a plan. I had spent the winding down to sleep time
planning what I wanted to do with my room.
I made a list in my head. I went
over it as I slept. When I woke up I
wrote the list in my phone and set about preparing for my darlings, Dean and
Kyle, to arrive for lunch and an Ikea trip.
There is no need to go into a ton of detail about this part of the day
as most of it consisted of browsing the Ikea show room and laughing until my
sides nearly split but needless to say we found 90% of the things on my list
and brought them back to my apartment.
Here is what I will say about Dean and Kyle: these are they people you
want as friends—the people who will haul their asses on a bus out to Brooklyn
and spend 3 hours in Ikea with you, planning and mentally decorating your room
and THEN return and set everything up.
These are the guys, the ones who stay until it is done. The ones who, even though they are clearly
tired, carefully move through the set up to make sure that everything is done
correctly. The ones who, after all is
said and done, still want to go out and celebrate and don’t even get mad when
you get everyone lost walking to the train. These
are the guys you want to have with you.
I am BEYOND grateful to them for all they did today (and to my new
roommate, Kyla, as well, who has kept me sane the past week by working around
weird mattress delivery schedules and giving me huge pieces of furniture). I know that without these three I would have
spent most of the day in my room, crying over a seemingly terrible
decision. These three, with their
confidence and their caring, gave me the strength to be brave on a day
when I missed my mom and dad more than anything. And it is because of these three that I know
that everything is going to be ok.
Because I know I have people in my corner, even if I’m not 100% sure
where that corner is or what bus I need to take to get there. And knowing this is half the battle. Looking back on today, the best thing I did
was to make a plan and then set out to execute it, detail by detail. And the absolute best thing I did was chose
to surround myself with people who wanted to help make that possible.
Things that are difficult might not always be fun, but they
certainly help us learn in a way that nothing else can. And sometimes these are the experiences we
need, the ones that make us take a step back and make a detailed list, the ones
that make us feel hyper aware, the ones that force us to take a risk.
I will always be in your corner. Just like I know you're in mine. Wouldn't have it any other way.
ReplyDeleteWhat an exciting time to be alive and in New York! Here's to many more adventures.
How exciting/daunting/wonderul to be living in New York. I'm moving there in a year for grad school, and this pretty much encapsulates my emotions. It's both a terrifying and thrilling thought to be out on my own, half a continent away from my family. Good luck!
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