new things

1. I gave my final work presentation today – THANK GOD. I’m so glad I scheduled those 3 presentations in the same week. Now I can concentrate on the other gazillion things I still have to do for work…

2. I FOUND AN APARTMENT. Gosh, what an extremely tiring process. I don’t want to look at craigslist again for at least 2 months. As a matter of fact, I’m removing it from my “Bookmarks” tab in firefox. I’m so crazy excited about moving into the city because my commute to work will go from 2 hours to 40 minutes. I really don’t think words alone can express my excitement. I can finally have a life/start my new life in New York City. Oh my gosh… I’m soooooo happy.

Oh – and my new roommate (I’m down to one roommate now) is great too! I’m already starting to think of how I want to decorate my new space. And since my rent is so low, I can pimp out my room with all kinds of cool things (and maybe even save up for a new macbook).

3. In less than 7 days, I’m treating myself to a mini-vacation. It will be nice super awesome to get away from the tri-state area for a few days. I CANNOT WAIT. Again, my job is great, but my brain is tired.

presentation #2 (5/29)

The gift of today was my 2nd presentation.

This one went MUCH better than yesterday’s in-person presentation. I like the webinars a whole lot better.

But overall, I really do like the fact that I’m telling people interested in social change about the fellowship program we offer. I think it’s important to encourage individuals with great ideas on ways to save the world to take action and make those ideas a reality.

nothing day (4/29)

I got very little done at work today. I arrived around 8:50am, read some emails, then all of a sudden it was 10am and my team wanted to have a morning meeting. Our morning meetings usually last about an hour, but that’s mostly because we go off on tangents a lot – mainly about college football and Sarah Palin. My bladder was about to explode around 11:15am, so I got to leave before they rest of my team began their weekly Sarah Palin bashing. I spent the next 2 hours reading over the powerpoint I would be giving to students at Columbia University that afternoon. Before I knew it, it was 2:30pm – time to leave for 116th Street – and it was the end of my work day. I accomplished just about nothing at work.

I’m not the best presenter in the world. It was my first presentation of my organization and I think it went okay. It looked like everyone understood the words coming out of my mouth, and based on the questions asked afterward, I think I did an okay job explaining things. Luckily, my audience was 3 students + 2 event organizers + 1 co-worker, so it was a fairly small and casual occassion. I still managed to get nervous. I absolutely have to stop doing that.

So, as my day 4 (part 2) gift to the world, I gave my work presentation. It seemed like people were generally appreciative of our presence and advice. Even if one of those 3 students apply for the fellowship, I will be happy.

By the way, I’m still searching for an apartment in the City of New York. I’m sick and tired of traveling all over the damn city then not hearing back from people saying whether or not they want to rent a room to me. Commuting back and forth from Connecticut is a draining process – then to add traveling around NYC to that just makes things borderline hellish for me. Please make it stop.

Tonight I visited a place in Queens, which seemed very nice. For lack of a better adjective, the apartment, my room, the neighborhood, my potential roommate… all of it was nice. So, I really, really hope she gets back to me soon. I want things to work in my favor this time. I need a break from Craigslist.