Tuesday, January 5th

What a productive day! My body is slowly adjusting to the time change, but I'm still not waking up as early as I'd like. Hopefully by next week things will be right on track. Anyway, I met with a realitor company today called Bond Realitors. They showed me things that I didn't know were possible... like finding apartments in our price range on the upper east side of Manhattan. Hello NEW YORK CITY!

A girl named Safiyah helped me. She was funny, told me to call her sophiah to make it easy. I told her I can handle the pronunciation. Also I'd say she probably had the best eyebrows that I've ever seen in my life. But anyway, I got to check out a slew of 2 bedroom apartments with her on the east side, all walking distance from one another. Just walking around I got the best feeling. So many people were out walking their dogs, smiling, busy. The energy here is unreal and something that I've never felt anywhere else. I learned a lot about NY apartments today. I love that every building has buzzers to let in visitors because it reminds me of Sex and the City and Friends. Also I learned that I definitely do not want to live in what's known as a "railroad apartment" because if you don't already know what it is - it's that you have to go through one bedroom to get to the next one. Can you beleive that? exnay on the RR. haha, but anyway... Trent gets in thursday for a job interview and then Saturday we are going back to the realitor's office to check out apartments together. I saw a couple places that I loved today so hopefully we will hit the jackpot this weekend and fall in love with something that we both like.

I've gotten a lot of phone calls today from people back home. It made me miss everyone even more. Also my mother is becoming my personal stalker... 3 calls a day REALLY isn't neccesary mom! but I love you. Hmm what else did I do today. Oh yes, I went to this amazing bookstore called "strand" recommended by Nichole. It's incredible. Better than any Boarders or Barnes and Noble and its totally jam packed with good looking European men. (<--my fav) I didn't buy any books though. Maybe tomorrow.

Now I'm back at home in the BK. I'm going to go to bed early tonight so I can get an early start on my day tomorrow. I'm planning on heading into SoHo to apply at Club Monaco, Crate and Barrel, and a few other stores that are hiring for Visuals. Once my room is clean I'll add a few pictures of my apartment too :)

Until we meet again,
Meg