January 1, 2011 will mark when I am officially done with college. It will be the start of a new year. It also represents the planned move day to make the cross country voyage from New York to Los Angeles. I do everything a little ahead of schedule. I graduated high school a year early. I’ll be graduating college two years early. I’ll be moving immediately after graduating. I’m excited and nervous all at the same time. I have been living in this city for three years now. I walk with a purpose. People never bother giving me brochures about city tours for visitors. I constantly get asked for directions. Maybe it’s just because I look approachable. However, I like to think it’s because I look like I know exactly where I’m going. I don’t really get lost anymore. In one word, I’m comfortable. I’m content. I’m adjusted. This is the town I grew up in. I was a baby when I moved here. Just 17 and I knew no one. Now I have exactly 157 days left in this city. Three huge things are going to happen in the matter of one month. I’m going to turn 21, I’m going to graduate college, and I’m going to make a cross country move. Each day I’m going to tell a story of what was special about that day. Because even the worst days in New York are unique in their own special way. Today is special because it’s July 26th, a day that is memorable because it’s my brother’s birthday. Also, because in exactly five months I’ll be turning 21. Somehow today just feels like the right day to begin.
