Day # 2

While everyone else I know here from school (read: four people) had work today, I was left with a lot of free time on my hands. I had to go grocery shopping, so around 11 I finally convinced myself that food was worth leaving the air-conditioning and I shopped around. The grocery stores within a block of my apartment are mostly over-priced and all randomly run by Hispanics, including the fruit and veggie carts. But, ten blocks down, all are moderately priced and (randomly) run by Asians. I'm making no judgments, just noticing. Weird, right?

After an initial grocery run, on which I picked up sugar snap peas, apples, overly ripe grapes (The cart did me wrong, but now they are frozen and consequently delicious!), pasta--I know this is uninteresting but the list has a purpose--cereal, and roasted garlic humus. Many of my friends have suggested I try humus, that I'm the type who would like it. Not sure what that means, but it was under 4 dollars and was infused with roasted garlic so I figured it'd be OK. I was very wrong. It is AMAZING. A humus-obsession has taken over and it is essentially all I've eaten today, save the last of my family-sized bag of M&Ms and the aforementioned frozen grapes. Obsessed.

After consuming what is surely an unhealthy amount of garlic flavored humus and carrots, I decided that I should again leave the AC again (and the humus) because, although I pay a lot to have my room, the city is surely more interesting than my 5 x 5. So I figured I'd go to Urban Outfitters. It's about 20 blocks down, which was the perfect way to get to know the neighborhood. Tons of sushi, bars and thrift stores litter every street. And despite the fact that most of the dwellers around here seem to be young families, I think this neighborhood will suit me just fine. And I found the asian grocery stores that have basic needs for pretty decent prices.

When I got back I applied to about 20 part time jobs and internships, so fingers crossed I will hear back in the next few days (Do a Becky-needs-some-cash-flow-dance for me, puh-lease!). Momentarily, I'm picking out work outfits and listening to Savage Garden, Backstreet and El(l?)iot Smith. Quality. And not as bad of a mix as you might think.

One thing I miss about Athens: the stars. I knew I would though. I'm so glad Kelsey and I star-gazed before I left. I guess the city has too many other lights for it to be fair for us to get the stars too. Anyhoo, wrote out an itinerary for tomorrow so hopefully it's fun and not so depressingly hot.

I wanted to put up pics of my pathetically small space and of the bruises that come with having so much furniture crammed into a space lived in by a clumsy girl, but my camera is not getting along with my computer apparently. When they make up I'll post pictures.

Night all