One Whole Year!

Can you believe it? A year ago (& a few extra days) I hopped on a plane and moved to New York! I seriously cannot believe it has been a year - one of the best years of my life thus far. Hard but great. I still get moments where I say to myself, "Holy crap I live in New York!" I don't think that feeling will ever go away. I feel so "New Yorker" when I take the train into the city and navigate by myself. Who would have ever thought that I would be able to do that?! Who would of ever thought that I would be in New York! I live a very lucky life - and I have to tell myself all the time to embrace it and to be so thankful for the life I live. 

I have made some amazing friends out here! Some that I will be friends with forever. When you live out here being a nanny - your friends become your family. They are the people I rely on when I am having the worst of days or when something awesome happens and I have to share it with them. They (whoever they are) say that the friends you make in college are the friends you keep for life - which I believe - but since I didn't do the whole typical college thing for all 4 years, I know that the friends I have made here in New York will be my friends for life. I can't imagine not sharing my life with them, no matter where we live in the world. 

I also work for the greatest family. Yes, someday's they drive me nuts - but doesn't everyone's own family drive them nuts? Some people believe that being a nanny isn't a real job and that just frustrates me. I am basically a Mom. I cook dinner, I make lunches for school, I help with homework, I clean ALL THE TIME, I take care of sick kids, I talk about boys, I give advice (sometimes it's not listened too...) I build lego's, I go to play dates, and I have learned so much patience. And I have also learned to love these kids so much. When you are with someone so much they become a part of you. I could not be more blessed to work for such great people. They treat me as one of their own and I am so appreciative of that. 

I don't quite know where 2014 is going to take me but I am excited to spend more time in New York and to have more adventures and more amazing memories with such great people on my side. I've decided my motto this year is to "Take Chances". Go out of my comfort zone to try new things, to meet new people, and to have more fun! I can't wait to see what happens this year, I am feeling like it's going to be a year to remember!