Today was a good day. I love being able to say that with such authority. I walked around Sunnyside today, watching all the families walk around together after church. Lots of young men were carrying large bouquets of flowers for their mothers. It was a great day for a walk.This afternoon, I went back to 59 E 59 (the theatre where I'm helping out backstage for the next couple weekends). I help iron costumes, get everything in the right dressing rooms, and do s...

I finally am starting to feel settled here. I went grocery shopping by myself for quite possibly the first time ever. It was kinda fun and made me feel like a grown-up. haha (Funny how I still need to add "feel like," even though I'm 21 and living hundreds of miles away from my family).  My internship has finally officially started, even though I've already met everyone several times because of my housing problems. That actually helped to make the t...

After packing up our suitcases and cramming them into the car once again, we headed to Dunkin Donuts to eat and try to figure out where we were going to stay for the rest of the week (Alaina and Jesse), and for the rest of the month (me). It must have been pretty entertaining for the workers to see the three of us on our cell phones, calling everyone we know in the city, eyes bugging out and knuckles turning whiter by the minute. Finally, a ray of hope: my conta...

My first experiences in New York will undoubtedly be ones I will not be able to forget. For about a day and a half, I was homeless (along with Alaina and Jesse, of course). I was so happy that I was able to drive through Manhattan to get to Queens without any real problems, but this high was quickly squandered when we realized we had no where to go once we got to Queens. I had made an arrangement with a woman on Craig's List that I would rent her spare room ...