You're gonna make it after all...

My life has been a roller coaster ride in the past year but I am finally settled into city life. I feel like a real New Yorker.

I send my laundry out, visit a morning coffee cart, and have befriended my Super.
I know all of the best take-out places in my area for any type of food - and I mean ANY (from French to sushi to Indian to Peruvian, to Middle Eastern to ice cream to Malaysian).
I can get around the NYC transit system without referring to hopstop.
My rent is too high, I pay too much for clothes, and have little to no food in my fridge.
I have seen tons celebrities (Gossip Girl, Jude Law, President Obama, just to name a few).
My shoes get worn out in a months time from walking around this concrete jungle.
I don't own a car and couldn't afford to park one even if I did.
I still get butterflies when I see the Empire State Building lit up at night.

I've fallen completely in love with Manhattan. Everything about it is so exciting and new. It's the type of city where anything is possible. There are so many opportunities at my fingertips and it's up to me to choose what I want to do next.

I'm proud of my independence and of the life I'm building for myself completely on my own. I'm truly happy living in my studio, having an active social life, and being single. Sometimes I feel just like Mary Tyler Moore - I want to stand on a street corner, jump as high as I can, and toss my hat in the air!

...I'm gonna make it after all.