LA to NYC

So first of all, I would like to once again reiterate the love and adoration for the people that I call my friends.  Shoo...where in life would we all be without an amazing support system of friends + family surrounding us?! 

I left LA today, + am currently en route back to New York for a few weeks to wrap up my East Coast work duties, kick butt at our first fashion trade show of the year in the city, + to meet and warmly welcome the lucky person that will get to take over my East Coast responsibilities!  I have been feeling a little blue that I am leaving LA, and I attribute it partially to those post-Christmas blues I always get once all the holiday hoopla has died down.  Partially though, I realized I was stressing a bit because I do not have a place to call home on the East Coast any longer.  I worried about imposing on my friends, etc., but while conversing with two of the dear sweet friends of mine that are welcoming me into their homes upon my return, I felt overwhelmingly better, and even have been feeling excitement over my last hoorah as a New Yorker!! 

I had totally planned to spend a super quiet evening at home this New Year's Eve: watching movies, curling up on the couch, reminiscing about the year that had just passed and all of the amazing changes that are occurring that will be leading into an even more amazing year ahead.  Being in New York City for New Year's pretty much means the antithesis of that sort of evening.  At first, I was hesitant.  But now, I'm saying, 'Bring it on.'  I get to spend the last night of an absolutely great year in one of the best cities in the world, where many people long to spend their New Year's Eve.  Who am I to be pouting about it?!  So I most certainly will be right there with my girlfriends, toasting them and a fabulous 2012 to come.  And I'm so excited about it.