Small Town Girl in a Big City
My name is Kelsey but everybody calls me either Kels or Kelpy, so take your pick. I’m 18 years old and I moved to New York City two months ago from St. Louis, Missouri. If you’ve ever talked to me, you’ll realize that I say ya’ll in about every other sentence; it’s a Missouri thing. I just don’t understand why people would say two words (you all) when you could save your breath and combine the words into one (ya’ll). Everybody asks me how I ended up at Baruch since I grew up in the Midwest. Well…I chose New York City. After I chose to go to school in New York City then I started researching colleges and Baruch seemed to match what I thought would be my major.
I love sweatpants. I think it might be a Missouri thing because I’ve noticed everybody always looks so nice in New York City. I’m not much of a follower so that doesn’t stop me from being comfortable. However, just walking the streets of New York City has given me a lot of fashion advice.
I grew up on a lake, as an only child, and my friends became my family. I always grew up with dogs, Standard Poodles to be exact, and they were like my siblings too. It sounds silly but in my household I wasn’t allowed to say the word “dogs”. Our “dogs” either had to be referred to as Poodles or Four Legged Family Members.
I value trust more than you can imagine. No trust, no friendship. I’m extremely sarcastic and probably one of the weirdest people you will every meet. I am a firm believer that everything eaten with a fork tastes better. I don’t like nice restaurants; I tried getting my friends to go to Taco Bell for dinner before Prom. I’m a horrible driver. I am an awful singer, but that doesn’t stop me. I’m deathly afraid of ghosts and refuse to watch ghosts movies. Paranormal Activity sent me into insomnia. I think I’m the funniest person on the planet and I laugh at my own jokes, even if nobody else does. I love scary movies. Megan off of Bridesmaids is my role model. I’m addicted to diet soda and Red Bull. I wish whipped cream were its own food group. Very few people have every seen me cry or show emotion. Nevertheless, I love my life and everybody in it.
Moving to New York City has been both a blessing and a curse. I love the city, all the fun activities there are and the people in it. However, where I grew up country music is a religion, boating is a way of life, riding horses western style is a past time activity and sitting around a bonfire in the fall makes you feel like there is no better place on Earth. I know New York City will provide all of the opportunities I could ever imagine in my life but there are too many precious in Missouri things I left behind. New York City might be for me and it might not but my time here and my time with the people at Baruch will always be great memories.
