also!

i just made delicious egg-less egg salad for lunch this week. mmmmm!

and, since i’ve been here, i’ve been going to bed by midnight and waking up around 8:30. it feels really good.

the bay

well hello. i know the world has been awaiting my post with bated breath. but, honestly, i’ve been putting this off. there’s just so much to say that i don’t know where to start, and it’s tiring to think about writing it all down. but i’ll start at the beginning.

the flight was long, but crit crit was an angel. she slept for most of the time. when we arrived, zach and shelley kindly met us at the airport and, upon arriving in the mission, we dropped off crit crit and got some delicious vegan foods. we spent the weekend exploring the Mission and the Castro a bit, them showing me around, and eating great food. i stayed with them for the next week, sleeping in their kitchen, and it was great to be with people i know and like. since i started my internship right off that monday, we had really similar schedules. when they came home we would generally get food and watch a movie, dr. who, play with crit, etc. i spent the week replying to a million craigslist ads and going to see places. the two i initially liked most, one in the Mission and one in North Beach, decided to pick someone else. even though i was sad to be rejected, it was okay because they were both too expensive and i was only lukewarm about them. i’ve spoken to so many people about housing that i’m over the hunt at this point. i’ve been offered a room in Inner Sunset, two blocks from Golden Gate Park, that is a bit cheaper and seems great. i also went and saw a realllly cheap room in the Mission today that i doubt i’ll get. either way, i’m excited to get settled. really excited.

after the week with them, i moved into a two week sublet in a radical house in Berkeley, which is where i’ve been for a week. it’s a neat collective house, with 8 roommates, that reminds me of the Trumbullplex. i’m staying in a sun room on the second floor that is neat but absolutely freezing. i keep meaning to take pictures, but i don’t want to seem like a creepy weirdo. my two weeks are being cut short though, since i’m going to Powershift on thursday. i’ll get to see a bunch of Orlando friends!! yay.

aside from that, the city is beautiful, public transportation is great, the food is phenomenal (read: breaking the bank), and i can feel the pull of my growth. but i have yet to cry, which is unusual for me. i just feel kind of numb, though sometimes on the verge of tears. i think once i settle and get set up (and look at my going away cards, which i haven’t read yet), it’ll sink in. i still feel like i’m on a vacation right now.

sorry this was a rushed update, the next will be more pensive and insightful. photos to come.