My arrival in New York, after checking in at the hostel, led to making some new international friends and heading together to a nearby pub. I introduced the American sport of beerpong to some Irish and Polish and they introduced me to winning. I met lots of all kinds of people and had a great time. It was a good intro to the city.
The next morning it was incredibly rainy and dreary and I had a hard time getting myself motivated to leave my Upper West Side lair and go out job searching. A phone call to my brother Gus got me inspired and on my way downtown. I had two restaurant interviews, neither of which led to jobs, but I did set up a few more interviews.
The following day I got my first job - as a hostess at a restaurant in SoHo (called Spring Street Natural Restaurant.) I liked the looks of it and went in and applied. The manager immediately hired me and I started training last Friday. Midweek I also picked up another part-time job as a barista at a cafe called The Bean at its new location on Broadway and 12th Street.
Since then I haven't had a single day off, either working or training. It's been crazy but good. My coworkers at the restaurant are really cool friendly people. A couple of them have taken me under their wing and I also have a chance to use a lot of Spanish for the first time in a long time. Plus something exciting is always happening there. (Yesterday we had to close the seating out front because there was a French comedy being filmed on the street.) The cafe on the other hand is a much smaller operation but just as fast-paced. At its location near Union Square it's a refuge for many NYU students, for the creative, the pretentious, the ambitious, the important, the just plain strange...
That's the word for now. Not sure when my next day off will be, but I'd like to use it for apartment searching! Hugs to everyone.
You have inspired Maya. She has decided that if Katy can "save her money and have her dream come true" then she can too. Interesting that she has figured out that she needs the dream and the cash flow. :-) She is dreaming of living in Paris. She and I will be visiting there next fall. We've never traveled overseas so we will need lots of tips from you and your family. Keep exploring, discovering and enjoying!
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