The called in MANhattan, but man these gringas are empowered. Last Thanskgiving I moved a 25 minute commute away including subway and walk. I start that walk just before 8am average. I leave the office usually around 930 at night, just enough time not to have to run to one of my gyms (chain) and not have to get kicked out at 11... and then i go home and maybe read my mail.
Then I catch up on the jdaters that I'm behind on calling and maybe catch up on the tivo for House, Numbers (ok, i deserve what I'm about to get for that show), Entourage, any my one dying love, 24. I'll leave sportcenter or ESPN news on in the background until the end of Bloomberg Asia and the beginning of Bloomberg Europe Countdown comes on. I have "light hours" for investment banking... I often have two laptops open at this hour, one refreshing on a recent CRT poll, the other churing out data or crafting a presentation, or twice a week on average joining a confernce call taking place in Asia. That's usually when I post. I read at work during meals at my desk, which I eat 15 of Monday through Friday.
In order, the sites I check outside of work are NYTimes, Bloomberg, CRT, and the Kayak/Orbitz/Vayama combo, trying to find the perfect multi-ctiy flight with amazing fares, flight times, and future trip reports in mind.
I write my reports in my 4th floor walkup in a room that is 13x11 in an apartment that's probably not 600 square feet, but the best used 600 squared I can imagine. My 9x9 cube at work has some heavy hitters, I mean Wall Street Heavy Hitters, names you see quoted on the front of the WSJ, walking by... I'm scared either 1) They see it, google it, and my brick house turns to cards, or 2... he's a VIP and I'm on the fast track
I have exposed brick, yeah real cool, but it just dates how old half of my apartment is... I walk outside my office and it's the most amazing parade of beautiful women I could imagine in New York, then I finish my cigarrette and go back inside...
No ferns, no grass, I can walk to central park in 10 minutes... I've read CRT from my iPhone, I will on Saturday from the park, it will be 93 degrees and humid like Orlando.
I don't work from home, I don't know what my weekend will be like until it's mostly over...
My working conditions couldn't be tolerated by most. I feel greatful that I have my opportunity and hope I can be one of the free as a bird types many years from now.
Every day I can't help but make a mental list of the next corner I can turn, what city will I reach next, how can I pave the way further for the "international division" of CRT... I can't wait...