Hello again

"Wow.... he's not dead!" I hear you all saying. You may notice (for the potential 3 people who read this blog) that I have not posted in just over a year. I stopped posting at almost exactlty the same time as I got a JOB. So... why do anything now? Well I've got a week off work.
For those of you who are not in the loop. I now work at Phillips de Pury and company (www.phillipsdepury.com) as an art handler. It's an art auction house similar in operation to Christies or Sothebys. It's been an amazing year, not really sure where to start and I'm certainly not going to put a years worth of information up right now....... but in a nutshell..... I now live in Manhattan. It's my 3rd apartment in the last year and I'm loving living in the city. I moved shortly after my last post to another place in Williamsburg and moved in with Mike and Rick who very quickly became very close friends. It was great living with a couple of guys who were the same age and had been in New York for a few years. I now consider their circle of friends as my own and in fact ended up moving to Manhattan with Eric who I met through Rick (they went to culinary school together).
So much has happened!... I went back to Australia for a month over my birthday in August (next year is the big one....30!), I spent a month in London opening a new gallery for work and lived with Margie and Wes. (Might be back in Jan/Feb to do another one) Like every year it had its highs and lows. Plans change, goals are re-evaluated. My grandfather passed away a few months ago and I was unable to attend the funeral. I've definitely noticed the stress of living in this city on my health! But I stay positive in the knowledge that I'm here doing something I love, working in the only industry that makes sense to me, I've made great friends and plan on seeing this one through. I do want to return to Australia, however there are a few more things I need to accomplish in this city before I can go home.
I've never put as much of myself into a job as I have with this one. It seems that there is so much potential in this city and with this company. It sometimes feels like I gave so much up to come here that I think I need to make as much of a success of myself as I can to make it all worthwhile. So..... the quest continues.
I find myself in quite a happy space these days, so it seems alot more likely that I will continue to post updates. So pop on by again. It might not be every other day, but maybe each fortnight. :)