Please, Pay Your Fare

I’m sitting here in my new room, belly still full from my first home-cooked meal in my first apartment (tilapia, pasta with feta and black olives, followed by coffee ice cream and espresso), and I am pretty damned content if I do say so myself. It took about two days for me to get everything unpacked but now that it is I have to say it feels just like home.

You know, it’s funny but moving away from home to live 100 miles away in for college was harder than moving over 1,000 miles away. I suppose it’s because I know what it’s like now to live without my family close-by and I am living with a very good friend from college anyway. In a way, this kind of feels like college part 2 – only without any classes.

And no job.

That is driving me a little nuts. Today was the first day since I got here that both my roommates were up early for work and since I had no where to be I felt . . . a little sad. I went on a long walk, did some grocery shopping and ventured out on the buses and trains by myself for the first time.

Everything was successful.

The buses are slowly starting to intimidate me less. I was never uncomfortable with the trains but the buses are so confusing! Still, I know the buses that will get me home and that’s really all that matters. That and having my iPhone; that delicious little piece of technology is making it much easier to get used to my new surroundings.

Tomorrow, I’m heading off to a Planet Fitness that is about an 8 minute bus ride from my apartment (so excited there is one here!) to sign-up and enjoy a good workout and then it’s time for some hardcore job searching.

Wish me luck!