Today I woke up pretty early, despite the sun not being up, despite the fact that I am in fact still very tired. My body, jet lagged and still running internally on Eastern Standard Time, thought it was time to wake up. So I did. I watched Great Expectations, a fitting tone for the start of a new journey. The apartment is cold but it is to be expected in November. I am excited for this new journey, even if I did struggle between my head (wanting to get up, get moving, explore the city) and my body (wanting to stay in bed, lounge around). So I compromised, I allowed myself the time to lounge and now I am ready to... do something. I am fortunate enough to have friends that are letting me stay with them for a few weeks. I am fortunate enough to have supportive friends and family. I am trying to stay positive.
At some point I will need to unpack, figure out what I actually have, what I'm lacking and start into the job hunt/apartment hunt. I will try to use this weekend wisely, job hunting the rest of the week (sending in resumes and cover letters, making a list of everywhere I've sent in something to and following up) and walking around, exploring. I have the entire weekend and I want to find something fun to do as well.
When I got in last night, Adam, Adam and Jami's friend, Hilda, and I went out to eat. We went to Herbivore - The Earthly Grill on Valencia. I had a very good sietan wrap, but I was very hungry so I'll have to try it again. It was pretty fairly priced, $7.50 for the wrap. Then we had ice cream at Xanath Ice Cream. They had a variety of non traditional flavors. I had the Saffron Ginger which was delicious, but after awhile a bit overwhelming in flavor and I only had one scoop. Not too badly priced for one scoop as well, I believe it was about 3 dollars. We came back to the apartment and I talked to Adam and Jami while they packed. They both left today, Adam to Alabama and New Orleans for a birthday celebration and Jami to Minnesota for a friend's wedding. I'm house sitting for them, which means I have the apartment to myself until Sunday evening. I think it'll be nice. I'll have the opportunity to get some alone time and concentrate on trying to find a job. It will be nice when they get back.
It feels as though I never really left, as though this is where I belong. I was having some pretty intense anxiety yesterday about the whole move, but now I'm glad I'm here. I just have to get a job! Or two, anything really.
I'm going to start updating regularly to chronicle this whole process: finding a job, finding a place, adjusting to life out here. I wish I had started back in Florida two weeks ago when I bought the plane ticket, but that would have just been filled with anxiety and I may have talked myself out of it. So here's to living in San Francisco!
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