Here.
I'm in Portland. I didn't have internet for a while and didn't feel like dragging my laptop to a coffee shop or other wifi place. I got here Saturday afternoon and moved all my stuff into my little apartment. It's pretty nice. I haven't had any horribly loud neighbors yet, even though I live on a pretty major street, so it's sort of noisey outside, but it's all good.
I had my "what the hell have I done?!" moment on Monday night in which I had to get up at like 2 AM and go throw up, but since then, I've been OK. I've been surprisingly calm considering how high strung I am and what a insane thing this was for me to do. I've applied for a few jobs. I told myself that I was going to take three weeks to look for a job I really WANTED and not just had to have and if I can't find anything in three weeks, I'll start looking for whatever I can find.
I've also been living off of bagels and peanut butter, orange juice, milk, and pasta since I got here. Seriously, I've eaten the same thing EVERY day. With all the money I've spent, I just can't bring myself to go to the grocery store and do the big shopping I know I need to do in order to start actually cooking some good meals for myself. You don't realize how much stuff you just kind of had around the house until you've got nothing. I mean, I need salt, pepper, olive oil, flour, sugar, baking soda, canola oil, spices, vinegar, and all that other basic stuff I always just had on hand. That first grocery bill is going to be PAINFUL. I'm not going to think about it. haha.
Anyways, I'm here. That's all I really wanted to say. Once I furnish my apartment, I'll take pictures and post them. I took some videos on my trip. Once I figure out how to upload them, I'll post them too.
I had my "what the hell have I done?!" moment on Monday night in which I had to get up at like 2 AM and go throw up, but since then, I've been OK. I've been surprisingly calm considering how high strung I am and what a insane thing this was for me to do. I've applied for a few jobs. I told myself that I was going to take three weeks to look for a job I really WANTED and not just had to have and if I can't find anything in three weeks, I'll start looking for whatever I can find.
I've also been living off of bagels and peanut butter, orange juice, milk, and pasta since I got here. Seriously, I've eaten the same thing EVERY day. With all the money I've spent, I just can't bring myself to go to the grocery store and do the big shopping I know I need to do in order to start actually cooking some good meals for myself. You don't realize how much stuff you just kind of had around the house until you've got nothing. I mean, I need salt, pepper, olive oil, flour, sugar, baking soda, canola oil, spices, vinegar, and all that other basic stuff I always just had on hand. That first grocery bill is going to be PAINFUL. I'm not going to think about it. haha.
Anyways, I'm here. That's all I really wanted to say. Once I furnish my apartment, I'll take pictures and post them. I took some videos on my trip. Once I figure out how to upload them, I'll post them too.