So lucky

By that I mean you, readers. It was a very tough decision, and I was bitter for a while, but I stayed in today.

Gasp.

I know, I know, it's New York City, I'm a fool to let a day go by without spending an hour or two pounding pavement, pretending I'm the only one on the street, hoping I'm heading in the direction I think I'm going in (at one point, I meant to go to washington street park, but ended up at the Brooklyn Bridge. Apparently my west is everyone else's east).

I'm trying to make up for not leaving the apartment by watching the City University New York channel while I frantically try and get prepared for college tomorrow.

I don't even have a notebook yet. But I know how to get to Williamsburg from Park Slope!

This has been a great week. For all my grousing (aka justifications for having to stay in to work out college kinks), I don't regret a single day. Seeing the Nica buddies was excellent, although the only pictures I have to remember our reunion are rather blurry...

Anyway, I had a convo with David (who has graciously lent me his couch for the duration of my stay here) about whether or not I could live in New York. He'll probably live here for the rest of his life, but I have reservations. There's nothing to write that doesn't fall into the city/country cliche-o-rama, so you can just imagine how it went without me rolling out all the tiresome "yes, but"s all over again.

And now...Coe. I think it's a good sign that I work on my thesis even without realizing it. Today, I found a free range, grass fed, organic meat farm right in Cedar Rapids! I channeled my mom's shopper energies and bought FRGFO ground beef, bacon, hot dogs, bratwurst, and a chicken.

I will need lessons on how to carve up the chicken. But I have found a meat source I ethically support. And all it took was a few minutes with Google.

I will say this: my hometown has almost nothing nearby except berry picking farms and beekeepers. New York City has considerably larger selection. In fact, I just made a stir fry from veggies I bought at a Farmer's Market down the street!

The rice, ginger, and soy sauce were from a mysterious corporate source. You can't have everything.