Just getting started....

Well, I was hoping to do this a little everyday but these first three days have been interesting. So let me catch you up.....

Monday started off pretty early at 4am when Crystal and I ventured off to the airport. Let's just say she is a delight at that time of the morning. LOL. The flight to Chicago wasn't bad, but the 4 hour layover was horrible. I was tired from not being able to sleep and stuck in an airport. I found a spot to eat that had a bar in it. Who knew 9am was a good time for a drink?? One lady sat down beside me and had 3 vodka tonics (ew those are never good at any hour), and then a gentleman sat down and had 3 vodka sodas. I felt out of place with my coke but hey I guess normally I am the one making people feel out of place. But right about that moment I turned and saw a gentleman walking down the terminal like he was making his way down the runway. As he approached, I noticed that his t-shirt and jeans were accompanied by a great pair of stilettos. Once he was close enough I looked at him and said "Great shoes girl," to which I received the biggest wink. When I turned back to the bar where I was sitting the bartender replied "well that was a first for me, but you made that situation less awkward." We chatted for a bit, but I was totally hoping the heels would reappear.

Kitchen and living area with a view of Chase's room

Finding my place was easy. Well easy because I had a black car pick me up and take me. Thank God, because I am sure I would have been lost. Our apartment is super cute. I attached a picture. As soon as my stuff arrives I will update with better pictures.

Interior of Dear Bushwick

 My roommate Chase was great and got me to all the places I needed to go. Target, which by the way is no where close to our place but was a lot of fun. It was a two-story store and when you want to go upstairs, your cart has its own escalator. AMAZING! This was the cheapest trip to Target I have ever had. But with the worlds longest trip to NYC (12 hours) my eating schedule was off and it was time for some food. Chase attempted to get me to Roberta's Pizza but the wait was 1.5 hours and I would have eaten another guest if we waited that long. So off to Dear Bushwick, which ended up being the best choice. You walk into this little quaint restaurant that on normal days has a patio that can seat a number of people, but with the rain this day, it only had a few tables inside. We were 2 of about 10 people. After getting the run down of the menu and the changes, Chase and I both decided on the pork chop with brussel sprouts. We were told it would take 20 mins to cook and the timer started. Now, being from a not so wealthy family, I was thinking pork chop....you know like you get at HEB that is cut slightly thin. After about 30 minutes our chops were on the table and at first I thought we bit off more then we could chew. These chops were bigger than the Friday lunch special at Perry's Steakhouse. (for those that don't know, those are bigger than your head) At first bite we both fell in love with these perfectly made pork chops. When we were done all that was left was the bone. I don't know what they did to make these things so good, but I would pay good money to have another. (and I just might)

The next day started off normal. I got up, met the other roommate John and then headed out to see if I could figure out the subway system. I picked a location and started to make my way there. I chose Times Square because my adopted sister Denise Miller Green wanted some pictures of NYC and I figured that would be ones she would recognize. As I headed there I remembered one of my interns from Equality Texas lived here, so I shot him a text and found out he was heading in the same direction. Getting to Times Square was easy, but I got there quite a bit earlier than Brandon (my old intern) McDaniel. So I walked around and thought I would grab a coke at McDonald's. As I was walking away from the counter I almost got run over by a man on the phone who was explaining to a friend "it is the most glorious coke ever, it's beautiful, but it is $60 an ounce." I might have chuckled a little and he turned to me and said, "oh sorry dude" and I said "no worries." As I was walking away, he turned and said, "but we do have it and it's great!!" I just pointed and said..."I believe you," and got the hell away from him. I didn't want to be panhandled by him.

As I headed to find Brandon, I was approached by so many people, all of whom had something new to say. Hey Mr. Good hair, hey dude like that box necklace, hey guy with the swagger...I mean if they had one more I might have just bought something.

After a cute little lunch with Brandon, I headed home and hung out with the roommates. We decided to make a trip to the store and  got back home to cook dinner and watch a movie. Sounds safe right? Well after the trip to the store we were walking back to the apartment and saw a gentleman kicking his trash cans. Now in my head I knew what he was doing, but then my ER background kicked in and said no maybe he is a bit unstable and is mad at the trashcans. But about that time he kicked the last one and picked up the whole can and two rats, no two big rats, no no two rats that could have kicked a dogs ass ran out from under that last can. I don't think I thought about anything other than pushing everyone down on my way out of that burning movie theatre. When I turned around, Chase and John were hot on my heels. Hun, I can do a lot of things but being a rats next victim is not one of them.  Luckily, we all made it home safe. I washed the day down with a great bottle (yes I said bottle) of wine.

Today was a very easy day, hung my new curtains, met up with one of my favorite New Yorkers Logan Hart and ventured through my hood and found some dinner. New York is new to me, but is not going to get me down. Tomorrow, keep working on conquering the job hunt! Oh and all my belongings arrive!!!!