Here's a quick summary of how it all went down...
I've been wanting to move abroad forever and all my pals at work know it. In a shining example of looking out for me, Karen, the Controller, and my friends in ZFININTL threw my name out to fill a maternity opening in Berlin. There would already be two other gals from the MTV NYC office in Berlin which made the deal even better. Things started to get real around Thanksgiving but they weren't finalized until much later. The plan was MTV would help me find a furnished place to live, some German lessons, and I'd have a work device to serve as my telephone. That's pretty much all anyone needs, right?
So I packed up my cardigans and heels and got ready to fly over. I sold all my "furniture" on the internet and gave everything else away on freecycle (great website for those with waste-guilt). My roommate knew someone to take my place at the apartment - RIP, 253 Elizabeth - and that's pretty much all it took to tie up my loose ends. I shipped three boxes of clothes and other random junk through fedex and brought the rest in my suitcases. Let it be known that I don't trust fedex to get the boxes to my apartment, the pickup operation was very haphazard.
The weeks leading up the the move were fun but a little crazy. I said all my goodbyes, gave A LOT of hugs, and finished all my PONY beers to become an All-American before my departure (I made it! Proof). My last night in the city was New Year's Eve...which worked out great because I hate planning parties. Happy New Year! Time to start my study abroad...
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