I just want to take a moment to blog about how much I love my friends. How lucky I am. How I love this New York life, despite the outrageous cost of mediocre-to-poor living conditions, the horrific commutes and city grit. Because out of the ruff of it all, I have great friends to fill it with all of the cliché moments that make you love life.
When I returned from England last Sunday and my cell phone reconnected with Verizon Wireless towers for the first time in a over a week, I had 11 voicemails and 77 text messages. Jessica and Kamata sang "Happy Birthday" together. Jamario and Stephanie left a joint birthday voicemail. Daphne left her trademark oration regarding the blessedness of my day. Those were the ones that definitely stood out.
Roughly half of the texts were from New York club promoters sending mass messages regarding nightly Manhattan hot spots. Various versions of: "Free entry and comp bottle service on my list at the door." A cellular salute to the aquisitively exclusive New York nightlife. But the other half were from friends who thought of me on my birthday or couldn't wait for me to get back to New York.
Some of my favorite text messages:
"Happy Birthday 2 u, happy birthday 2 u, happy birthday dear K8T, happy birthday 2 uuuuuu! If we aren't married by the time we turn 30-I'm asking u 2 marry me:-)"
"We're missin our girl! Hurry up and come back!"
"Happy Birthday girl! We're doing it up big when you get back to ny."
"Ur gay ass Giants earned themselves another ass kickin by the Patriots on Feb 4th! Go Randy Moss!>!:->"
And now I am leaving to join five girlfriends at Aspen on West 22nd Street for our Restaurant Week reservation. Good food, fine wine, great friends and a fabulous Manhattan.
"Things I Love" Thursdays are inspired by "I Love New York" (BNY, February 14, 2007).
2 comments:
Hi, I am a half Filipino NYC transplant from the South as well. Your blog is very entertaining! Ciao!
I just wanted you to know that I stumbled across your blog yesterday. I think I've read every entry at this point. I'm 14 days away from boarding a plane with a one-way ticket from Texas to New York, with an apartment lined up and a job that I'll start the following Monday.
Reading about your journey has calmed the freaking out butterflies that I have enough for me to take a deep breath and realize that I can do this. Thanks so much for sharing your story.
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