I just got to NYC yesterday afternoon and I’m having a great time already. Everything started out with me getting settled into my summer apartment, which i was able to get through a hookup from my girl Maya. I’m renting the room in her uncle’s place that she uses during the school year at Columbia Business School and I’m getting a fantastic deal on this spot (I won’t go into details, but it’s half of what i thought i’d be paying). The apartment is in a great location on the Upper West Side and my room is hue and has both a bed and a futon, so I’ll be able to have a place for my peoples to crash if they come into NYC to kick it. Best of all, it is located only 4 or 5 subway stops away from my office, so the commute should be a breeze once work starts. I also had a chance to grab dinner with one of my friends from Princeton who just finished her first year at Yale Law School and then get some drinks with one of my friends who just finished her first year at Tuck Business School. I don’t know what I did to be able to surround myself with such dope friends, but I swear that most, if not all, of my peoples will be ballers one day. I just hope they remember the little people like me when they make it big.

Speaking of work, my internship starts on Monday with a day-long orientation in one of Accenture’s NJ offices. I did some checking earlier this morning and I’m going to have to get up at 5am that day to get myself ready and catch the 6:20am train in order to make it to the session on time. That is goign to make for a long first day of work, but I’m excited to see what the company is all about. Following the office orientation, I’ll be flying out to Chicago on Tuesday for the intern orientation, which will run from Wednesday to Friday. i’m not sure what we’ll be covering during those sessions, but it’ll at least give all of the interns a chance to meet each other and kick it. I’m a little concerned about meeting these other kids because people tell me that I tend to be sort of off the chain socially and I’m afraid that I might be a little too much for them. No worries though because, if I shock these kids a little, tht just lets me know that it’ll be my mission to get them to lighten up before we all go our separate ways on Friday As you can probably tell, I’m excited about starting this job, but I’d be lying if I claimed to not be worried at all. i’ve learned a ton in my three quarters at the GSB, but I can’t help but wonder if I will be on point enough for the job. Did I do a good enough job of internalizing all of the lessons from my classes? Am I going to be poised enough for a Consulting environment (the software industry is MUCH more laid back than Consulting and it fit me very well)? Most important of all, will I come out of this summer with a job offer? There are a lot of questions and the answers to them will come out soon enough…

One last thing…I’d like to give a congratulations shout out to my girl Shani (Princeton undergrad and currently a Stanford Law student) on her upcoming wedding on Saturday morning. I’m going to be attending it along with my roomie Detavio and a bunch of folks I was cool with back in the day at Princeton. It should be a mixture of the old and new for me and, with an open bar full of top shelf “libations”, I’m sure that it will be a good time for everyone there. I wish Shani and her soon-to-be husband all of the best as they make this move together.