Summer Vacation

I'm on summer vacation!  Isn't that awesome???  I haven't had a real summer vacation (ie. having the WHOLE summer off) in over 15 years and I never thought that I would get this amazing opportunity.  The preschool graduation was last week and we had our final end of the school year lunch yesterday.  And now I'm free until the second week in September, yes that 104 days!  104 days...that's crazy!!!!  Of course the down side is that I don't get paid...but I can live with that.  104 whole, wonderful, free DAYS!!  I just can't get over it.  All that time...what will I do with it?!?!?!Here are some of the things I'm thinking of maybe trying to accomplish this summer:
-get a private pilots license
-get a motorcycle license
-lose 10 pounds
-finish my basement
-get my personal trainer license
-actually start my studies for my HHP license
Ok...I think that's aggressive enough, if I can get even half of those things done I will be happy!
I feel like a kid again, even thinking of visiting my childhood summer camp.

5 Years Later....

It has been five long years since my last post....so some updates are in order!
Ale - one of her dreams was to someday move far far away from ME!  Back in our high school days she tried a quiet little town in the middle of America, but she missed me so much that she just had to come back.  A few years later the itch was back and she moved to the West Coast.  We all knew she couldn't live without me, so a year or two later she was back again.  But then few years ago, I knew she would leave me for good.  She found a wonderful man who took her far away from me, across the Atlantic Ocean.  I knew she would be happy so I finally let her go for good.  Love you and miss you Ale!
Sexy Bomb - first my girl moves to New Jersey...all the way across the Hudson River (mind you at that time I was living on wall street...more on that later), might as well have been across the country!  About a year ago, she breaks the news that she's seeking warmer and sunnier days...Florida is now her new home.  Miss you and love you tons girl.  I will be coming to visit very soon!
Dulce - anyone see a trend forming??  Yes, seems like everyone is moving away from me.  Dulce is no exception, she also met a wonderful guy who dragged her kicking and screaming to a horrible place...Jersey! 
WallStr - in the last episode of Wallstr Blog, I had sold my apartment in the dreaded Jersey and moved back in with the folks.  Well, I also met a wonderful man and oh wait....that didn't happen yet, still single and still loving it:)
Back to the story... I was living with my folks and bought a house in Denver, unfortunately the moving trend stopped with me.  Instead of Denver, I settled for the actual Wall Street.  After 4 more years of being a Wall Street Diva, it was time to hang up my crown.  I quit my wall street job and gave up my wall street apartment to....anyone care to guess...that's right I'm back living with my parents.  Haha.  Though I prefer to think of it as my parents living with me;)
I will always be a Wall Street Diva at heart.  Only now I'm a WSD working at a private preschool and I'm loving the change.

I'm BAAAAACKKK!!!

It's been years since I've posted anything...

So it's time to start it up once again!

Even though I am no longer a Wall Street Diva physically, I'll always be one at heart.

Get Ready!

~WallStr

The craziest thing....

Last Wednesday, I get an email with just a short subject and nothing more...
'Is this *****'**?. The ******* being my full name. Now most ppl know me now as 'Wallstr', and no one calls me by my full given name. I mean, NO ONE. Not even my parents, and if they happen to slip and use my full name, hell ensues.... I just really really hate my full name. So when I got this email with a strange subject....I was puzzled. So I look at the email address, and OH MY GOSH............It looks like the name of my bestest friend from 1st grade. No, it couldn't be...How...huh...what...totally confused. So I quickly email this person back to ask....Could it really be 'Low'???? After an excruciating 2 minutes of waiting for a reply, it finally comes. IT IS LOW!!!!!!!!! I haven't seen Low since graduating from Junior High School. Low and I were best friends from 1st through 5th grade. Then in junior high school, we were friends, but we constantly fought over stupid s**t. We were sooo mean to each other. And after JHS, she went her way and I went mine....never to speak again...til 15 years later. Yes, that's right 15 years later. So we met up on friday night for drinks and dinner. Low hasn't changed that much, but I wouldn't have recognized her on the street. We had the best time reminiscing about old times and what we have done since JHS. She had even dug up some old pictures of us from elementary school. One was of us in the school talent show. I played the flute and I think she sang something. Must say that we didn't have much fashion sense back then!! haha.
Low has been looking for me for years she says. What a wonderful thing this internet thing is. I went on classmates.com to see who else is on that I know. I love that website, too bad you have to pay for it...that's crap!!

anyway, what a great surprise!

Ever want to just leave and start over

I've felt like that for the past couple of months. I was just sick and tired of the life I was leading and just want to start from scratch. Go somewhere where NO ONE KNOWS YOUR NAME! (Cheers reference in case you didn't catch it:)) Leave everything behind and start with a clean slate. That's what I've been craving for a while now. The scary part is that I am actually doing something about it. A few months ago I decided to sell my apartment. This was a huge step for me. I bought the place a couple of years ago and I loved it. It was my little corner of the world. But having that place made me feel stuck here. I couldn't really leave because I owned the place. I thought about renting it out but that wouldn't work. I couldn't have someone else living in my little corner of the world while I still owned it. And I pretty much worked to pay the mortgage on my place, mind you this is New York! So because I had a place, I had to keep a job that I really hate, and therefore i'm stuck here with no way out. But one day back in July, I decided to go for it, I put my place up for sale. I had one open house and multiple bidding going on. It was nuts, people are crazy, but I'll save that for another post! A week later i accepted an offer and that was it. Two months later, my little corner of the world was gone. It was a sad moment on one hand, but on another hand, i'm free. Free to leave this place and start completely over. There is no turning back now, and that scares me too. Now that I don't own anymore, I have to leave New York. I can't afford to live here, unless i'm living with my parents, and I can't do that for very long! I can no longer live in this great city, i'm now being forced out. Kind of like it's no longer my decision to make. Weird, isn't it. Be careful what you wish for...

The Boomerang Generation

Yep, that's right, I have joined the ranks of the wonderful boomerang generation, for the second time!! Oh gosh.
I'm sure most of you know what that is. When a young (yes, I still consider myself young!) adult moves back to mommy and daddy regardless of the reason.
I returned the first time while I was still in college. I got tired of the party life, so as a senior, I moved home and got a job. That was over 5 years ago. Then 3 years ago I decided that I needed to take control of my life, so I bought a condo and moved out on my own. What a great life that was. So why you ask do I again live at home?!?! Great questions...I haven't completely figured it out myself yet either. But I sold my condo and moved back home with mom and dad. There are so many pluses:
-no mortgage payment
-someone else does my laundry
-dinner is no longer the old frozen pizza that's in my freezer
-my bank account has never seen so much money
-umm....yeah, that's about it

There are many minuses, as I'm sure you can imagine.
-my dad asked me last week when I was leaving the house, "Don't come home too late." I looked at him and said "What?" I guess he realized what he had done and said he was sorry, but still. I'm not 16 and living at home, I'm 27 and living at home. I can come and go as I please, but I will always get the "Where are you going and when will you be home" from my parents. It's annoying. But then I think about all the pluses and owell...that's life:(

Lawyers and why I hate them...

I know that lawyers think that they are the shit and are the ONLY ones that have jobs and are super busy. We all have jobs and a busy schedule. I work 11 hour days on a regular basis, so I know all about being busy. So when they don't call me back for days, after I have called and left repeated messages, it gets annoying. I pay you to do your job, WTF!
I'm trying to sell my place, and I know they have other clients, but I would at least like to know what's going on with my closing.
If they have too many clients and can't handle it, STOP TAKING CLIENTS. Makes sense only to the common man, lawyers don't get it.

I didn't know selling a condo was this stressful, I haven't slept well in weeks. Hopefully I will sleep well after tuesday! Until then, I will be napping at work. haha

~sigh~