I LOVE NY.

I’ve just come to accept that regular blogging isn’t so much my thing.

But I HAVE to talk about my trip to New York City.

It seriously may have changed my life – but I’ll get to why later.

It was May 17th through the 22nd.

These are the lovely ladies I spent the week with:

that’s Amber, me, Hailey, Kelsey, and Chaychole (a.k.a. Rachael).

We did so many cool things (some of them totally un-planned) including…

Seeing the view from Central Park,

Doing baptisms at the Manhattan LDS Temple,

Walking through cool buildings like Trump Tower on 5^th Avenue and Trinity Church,

 

Lots of shopping (including at the famous FAO Schwartz toy store),

Falling head-over-heels in love with the Chrysler Building,

Seeing “Wicked” on Broadway

(meaning I got to cross something off my bucket list!),

And walking across the Brooklyn Bridge in the pouring rain to get some of the best pizza I’ve ever had.

(the view from the bridge was still stunning with all the clouds covering the skyline)

Over the weekend, we went to Massachusetts to Hailey’s family’s second house, and that was wonderful too.  We definitely needed the break after all the craziness of the city and the lack of sleep and all.

(I wish I had taken pictures of it…)

I absolutely fell in love that week.

Even the times we were just wandering (somewhat) aimlessly through the streets were more amazing than I can really describe.

The city is beautiful in every way – I just couldn’t stop admiring everything around me.  What people have managed to build is mind-blowing.

The reason the trip may have changed my life is just because I want to go back again so badly.  I would love to live in the city – or at least in a suburb like Scarsdale (where Hailey lives) so that I can be there all the time.  I even looked at the possibility of graduate school somewhere like NYU.

They do have a Higher Education and Student Affairs program, which is what I’m currently interested in.

That would be pretty perfect. (And pretty expensive too, I know.)

Either way, I can’t stop thanking my Heavenly Father for how blessed I am.  Being able to take the time off school and work and to have the financial means to fly across the country and stay in such a wonderful place is amazing.

Even with all the trials and difficulties it brings – this life is pretty fantastic.