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I'm all settled down in Washington, DC now. Oh my god is my landlady the nicest person ever. I was super worried the day of my bus trip down here (I took Bolt Bus -- highly recommend) that I'd fail at life and everything would suck and Big New Scary DC would be Big and Scary and that commuting to work would be horrible (I found out recently that a shuttle I thought stopped in DC only stops in Virginia). But my landlady is just the nicest person ever, and she makes me feel much better about this whole endeavor.
When I got in at midnight last night I peaced out to good ol' D Stern's, who I hadn't seen in too long. He's only in town for another month and a half, which is a shame, but at least I can see him til then. :o) It was great to see a familiar face after my weepy 'BIG! NEW! SCARY!' episodes earlier that day. I've known him since eighth grade.
So we chilled til like 2pm today, when my landlady came and picked me up. Yes. She came and picked me up from his house in a minivan. I said she was the nicest person ever and that is because she is. She came and got me in a minivan so I wouldn't have to ride public transportation with luggage (and a bike).
And then she drove me around the neighborhood a little to show me the highlights. There's an HSBC here, and two supermarkets within walking distance, and lots of nifty little restaurants. And she drove me through what my bike commute may look like and recommended different routes to me. And she took me on a tour of the house and offered to drive me to and from Safeway (one of the supermarkets). I opted to walk instead so I could find my way around the neighborhood a little bit.
And when I finally got to the house and unpacked my stuff, I hopped into Sam's Dwarf Fortress game! More familiar voices to acclimate me to my scary new surroundings. <3 That was definitely the best welcome I could have gotten.
My landlady has been helping me put dishes and suchlike away down here (it's a basement apartment) and she's lending me a pan, sheets, towels and a pillow so I don't have to buy any of that stuff down here. Nicest. Person. Ever.
Tomorrow, I will get up early and bike around my plausible commute area to see what's what and scope out possible bike lock-up locations.
I really don't like new things, but I think this will turn out okay.
When I got in at midnight last night I peaced out to good ol' D Stern's, who I hadn't seen in too long. He's only in town for another month and a half, which is a shame, but at least I can see him til then. :o) It was great to see a familiar face after my weepy 'BIG! NEW! SCARY!' episodes earlier that day. I've known him since eighth grade.
So we chilled til like 2pm today, when my landlady came and picked me up. Yes. She came and picked me up from his house in a minivan. I said she was the nicest person ever and that is because she is. She came and got me in a minivan so I wouldn't have to ride public transportation with luggage (and a bike).
And then she drove me around the neighborhood a little to show me the highlights. There's an HSBC here, and two supermarkets within walking distance, and lots of nifty little restaurants. And she drove me through what my bike commute may look like and recommended different routes to me. And she took me on a tour of the house and offered to drive me to and from Safeway (one of the supermarkets). I opted to walk instead so I could find my way around the neighborhood a little bit.
And when I finally got to the house and unpacked my stuff, I hopped into Sam's Dwarf Fortress game! More familiar voices to acclimate me to my scary new surroundings. <3 That was definitely the best welcome I could have gotten.
My landlady has been helping me put dishes and suchlike away down here (it's a basement apartment) and she's lending me a pan, sheets, towels and a pillow so I don't have to buy any of that stuff down here. Nicest. Person. Ever.
Tomorrow, I will get up early and bike around my plausible commute area to see what's what and scope out possible bike lock-up locations.
I really don't like new things, but I think this will turn out okay.