Last night, as I hurriedly swiped my metro card through the 135th street metro station in Harlem, the ‘warning’ that my card expires on March 18, 2017 arose. Oushhhh. March 18th. A day that has held such an important meaning to me for the last three years. Each year it finds a way of exposing itself to me, just to make certain I notice it.
In a lot of ways, March 18th changed my life. For better or worse.
Normally, a wave of bitterness might overcome me. I may feel obligated to over-analyze my life choices. Or worse, open a bottle of wine and try to ignore the ripple effects that day has caused.
But today, everything is different.
It’s March 18th.
But my life is about to become so full of joy I may not be able to contain it.
My best friend of over 20+ years arrives on my door step within a matter of hours, broken suitcase in hand. To have her in my new city, even for a long weekend, is a game changer {Kelly can you handle this, Michelle can you handle this, Beyonce can you handle this? I don’t think you can handle this}.
Things at work are rapidly shifting and by the end of the week I will have an entirely different position at my company, or elsewhere.
The eve of me turning 26 is approaching and with it brings another extremely important person in my life joining me for bottomless brunch and the transition from ‘You’re young, you have all the time in the world’ to ‘When are you going to start getting serious about a career, settling down, and giving up all the freedoms you’ve enjoyed thus far given your lifestyle’.
The news has just surfaced that my Sarah {and yes I’ve typed that correctly} was just accepted to spend her next semester in New York City, meaning I get her back in my life starting in May! {CAN’T CONTAIN EXCITEMENT} From London, to Paris, to New York, we’ll have made our mark in each metropolis, side by side.
And finally, the ever-changing future has been leading me down a path I never thought I would follow. One including TEFL courses, extreme culture shock, and a ticket to South Korea. C’est la vie. Watch this space.
This year, March 18 could very well be described as the best day I’ve had all year.
Life throws you curves, but you learn to swerve.
We can all thank Rascal Flatts for those lyrics. And great life advice.
I never thought I would get to this point in my life. On a day as heavy as this one has been in the past. I feel light, optimistic, and free. Three adjectives that could only describe someone that is moving forward, and moving on.