New York City and I are celebrating our 6 year anniversary today. I can not believe it’s been six years since I first came to NYC! 6 years!
In a way it feels like I have been married to Jim for like ten years already, so 6 years of living here shouldn’t feel that strange, but it really does. Hannah and I landed on Newark on December 28th, 2010. My plan was to stay here for six months and then I would explore Europe. When I came back to Sweden I actually did plan on moving to Vienna, but when I was about to book my flight I somehow ended up buying a ticket to New York instead and soon I was here again. My guts told me that I wasn’t finished here, and well, I guess it was right.
I came to New York because I was curious of how dance and art was in America and in this big city where all the the Broadway shows are, where all the big dance companies perform and where all the great dancers live. I was hoping to be wrong about the idea I had of American dance. I was hoping to find out that it wasn’t what they show on So You Think You Can Dance. Unfortunately I got disappointed almost directly. But I still loved all the classes I took, because I was only gonna be here for 6 months and to dance is always fun and that was all I did here. I quickly forgot my original idea of why I came here. NYC is part of Modern Dance history which excited me. Have I seen Martha Graham Company perform? Nope. And I haven’t seen a Cunningham piece either. My curiosity of all this got lost along the way for some reason. I recently found that curiosity again so hopefully I can go see a performance 
For the past few years I have kinda just been thinking that I don’t have to rush anything, because I’m gonna live in New York for at least five more years or so. Ha!! Things changed and now I’m running out of time.
This is my last anniversary in this city.