I have just booked my plane ticket to NYC. And so a chapter closes. And so a new dream begins.
I am excited, terrified, 100% sure of who I am and what I am meant to do. London has been good to me the past 10 years. I will miss my family and our Sunday get togethers. I will miss having my friends on the other end of the phone at any time. I will miss the friendly kebab shop owner down the street and eating the greasy takeaway when I'm feeling naughty. I will miss jogging in Hyde Park and watching the leaves turn brown. I will miss jogging in Hyde Park and watching the cherry blossoms bloom. I will miss the comfort of going to sleep at night next door to my sister. I will miss noodle dates. I will miss going to the cinema 5 minutes away from my flat. I will miss my flat. I will really really really miss my flat. I will miss sharing a day on High Street Kensington with my sister. I will miss the almost daily phonecalls from my parents. I will miss my huge Dopey Dwarf doll. I will miss my huge Mickey Mouse statue. I will miss walking past the Donmar Warehouse. I will miss walking along Embankment. I will miss Borough Market. I will miss Cafe Nero's Milano hot chocolate. I will miss M&S. I will miss H&M. I will miss Waitrose. I will miss spending an entire day cooking a Waitrose recipie for my family. I will really really really miss my family. I will miss sunbathing on my couch on a really sunny day. I will miss working at the bridal shop in Richmond. I will miss Richmond. I will miss the hour and a half walk from my flat to Piccadilly Circus. I will miss walking past Les Miserables and smiling because my best friend is in it. I will miss saying "I'll meet you at Charing Cross." I will miss meeting outside the tube station at Covent Garden. I will miss having a funny accent. I will miss driving to Italy via France and Switzerland. I will miss cocktails at The Hospital bar. I will miss being able to get discount tickets for almost any musical because I have friends in them. I will miss an English fry up. I will miss Guiness and black. I will miss Allsaints. I will miss being the only Jew. I will miss being around people that know me inside out. I will miss being around people that put up with me even though they know me inside out. I will miss you.
Friends forever. Sisters forever. Families forever. I am always here for you. Y'all better get SKYPE!!!! I'm off to do everything I need to do to become everything I know I can be...
Goodbye, good luck, and all good things.
"I am a part of all that I have met." -- Lord Alfred Tennyson
"Each forward step we take, we leave some Phantom of ourselves behind." -- John Lancaster Spalding
"No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place." -- Zen saying
"To know the height of a mountain, one must climb it." -- Julius Charles Hare
"A stumble may prevent a fall." -- English proverb
"My whole life is waiting for the questions to which I have prepared answers." Tom Stoppard
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