Greetings from New Jersey!

I'm back in the Garden State. I had a great visit in Manhattan as you will see from my previous blog. I met two former consultants that live in NYC. I met one for brunch down in Chelsea and another one for coffee close to NYU. Matt Grennan is the former consultant I met at NYU. He is currently in the Economics PhD program there. He went to Iowa State for undergrad and then to Minnesota for his Master's degree. He was my Recruitment Advisor when I was the Recruitment Chair at Minnesota. Its so funny how life turns out. I would have never guess 3 years ago that I would one day meet him for coffee in lower Manhattan! I got to see the apartment (closet) that he and his wife live in. GET THIS!...the place is very small...its like a cubby hole and he and his wife pay $2500 a month. I was shocked. But my friend shares a 3 bedroom apt in Brooklyn and only pays $550. Price definitely depends on where you are located. He also lives about a block down from Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick. And about 3 blocks from the Hudson River. It is a beautiful area.

I have my first meeting with the Stevens chapter in an hour. Only 2 days until I get to drive home to Oxford. Yey! Everything is going great. It is a busy week--so it is going by fast.

-T