I hope that my stress level and anxiety will subside as I become more situated and settled in the city. I couldn't sleep on my red-eye last night, despite being SO tired and reading the most boring book ever (NOT Harry Potter like I wanted it to be), and I think a great part of it was because of how anxious and nervous I was about my arrival.
All in all though, my first day was painless. Arrived at 7AM, and Uncle Tim met me at Baggage Claim and waited with me until all the other passengers had already collected their bags (THEN they decided to throw mine on the conveyor. A usual occurance with me). We got our bags, walked outside for the first time, and was taken aback by how hot it was at 8AM (yes, it took me an hour to get my bags). I mean, I know it's hot in NYC in August, but it was 8AM and I started sweating. Nice.
Got into town after sitting in traffic going over the bridge (aw, rush hour. I miss LA), and Ryan met me downstairs to help me with my bags. It was pretty painless, and by painless I mean the worst three flights of stairs I've ever had to walk up. And I get to do it again getting them down soon. And then back up into my new apartment. I'll pray to the Elevator Gods tonight.
Took a nap in Ryan's air conditioned room, took a shower, ironed some clothes, and went to an interview at my temp agency. I'm not sure if I'll be able to start working with them until I find an apartment though, because I couldn't fill out the necessary NY tax forms without a permanent local address. We'll see how that pans out. So far I've been enjoying the air conditioning in the city: offices, apartments, subways. But the apartment hunt begins tomorrow, so it'll be adios comfort and hola sweat!
Alexa gets into town around 6AM. I failed in my objective to call and make appointments for places to look tomorrow, but I will compile a list tonight and make some calls first thing in the morning. Here's hoping we find a great place at a great value in great time!
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