The Adjustment Period.

So, it's been a little while since I've blogged about life in the big city... I'm not going to lie, the last week and a half have been a little rough and not nearly as exciting as my first few weeks here but there have definitely been some good times.

• I got drinks with some old friends from high school that are living in the city. It was so good catching up with them!

• I got to babysit one of Kelsey's family friends 8 month old. He was just precious and their apartment was amazing! It's been a while since I've babysat a child that young but who doesn't love getting paid to put an adorable baby to bed and then watch tv?

• I spent more time in Central Park, walking all around the lower half of the park (everything below the Reservoir). Fall is definitely here. I brought Marcel along too. He quite enjoyed the fall foliage but is in need of a sweater....

the park is so lovely this time of year.

No big deal, just a an Egyptian Obelisk behind the Met...

• IT SNOWED!!! IN OCTOBER!!! Crazy right?! I was on the phone with my mama Saturday morning and glanced at the window to see snow flurrying down! It was so pretty :) Not quite as pretty to walk through though. It didn't stick at first so the ground was very slushy. But I survived my first snow in the city, now I just need some snow boots....

I wish I had taken more pictures with an actual camera but you can still see it on the rooftop of the church we live next to.

• That Saturday night Kelsey and I went to a Halloween party at her classmate Tristan's place up in Harlem. I dressed up as a bumblebee again and Kelsey went as a hipster (and stayed in character most of the night, it was hilarious!) Since it was snowing and we were going to Harlem we decided to cab it... good call on our part. It was a really fun party filled with beer pong and flip cup without the craziness of IV's Halloween craziness. We stayed there until 3 am, then decided to cab it back to Midtown, grab some pizza and spent the rest of our night watching The Shining (which we had started watching earlier that night). It was the perfect way to end a great night. 

Hipster Kelsey

Bumblebee and the Hipster

• The actual night of Halloween was pretty uneventful. I was really sad that we didn't get any trick-or-treaters but who wants to raise their kids in Midtown right next to Times Square? No one haha. Kelsey was in the Village Parade and was interviewed by NY1! My roomie's famous! I spent the evening watching the chaos of the parade on TV and watched Ghost Hunters live show. Here's a picture of Kelsey on TV:

• Kelsey's dad came to the city and took us out to dinner, which was awesome and delicious! We went to the Blue Water Grill in Union Square. Oh. My. Goodness! They had lobster mashed potatoes that were simply heaven. I want to find some lobster to recreate them!

• I FINALLY heard back from my new boss at the tiramisu shop. After weeks of back and forth emailing I finally start working this Sunday (Nov 13)!!! I have a quick training session and then start opening the shop Monday. They are just starting to do breakfast items (coffee and pastries) and I am so thankful I have so much experience doing just that! Thank you Anna's Bakery!!

• Last Friday Kelsey and I saw the second year's production of Execution of Justice at The New School. It was so good. They play is centered on the trial of Dan White, the man who killed Harvey Milk and the Mayor of San Francisco in the late 70s. There were some amazing performances and the show was just devastating, knowing the outcome going into the show and the fact that there's nothing you can do... Gah! It just rips your heart out.

I've definitely had more than one "What the hell am I doing here? Did I make the right decision moving out here? Maybe I should have stayed in SB for a bit longer... Do I really want to go into this profession? Why didn't I major in something useful?!?! WHAT AM I DOING WITH MY LIFE??" moments over the last few weeks. Those moments plus this cold I've been battling mixed with the fact that my grandfather is in the hospital and I'm 3000 miles away from my family resulted in quite the existential crisis. Thankfully, I live with my best friend. She is awesome and amazing and I really don't know what I would do without her sometimes. I'm not quite out of this funk, but I'm getting there. I'm trying to put more structure in my life, and I know once I start working regularly I'll bounce back to my hardworking self. I'm applying to a few theatre internships in the city, thinking about auditioning for grad schools sooner rather than later, and working on/looking for monologues and auditions. 

I'm starting to realize now what a bold move I made, one that not many people my age have the balls or gumption to do. And I'm glad I did. I'm living my voice project out, jumping off that platform in the dark knowing that if I fall flat on my face my friends and family will be there to help me pick myself off the floor. So here I go. I'm leaping, jumping, trusting it will all turn out for the best in the end.

The honeymoon phase is definitely over, the adjustment period is rough, but this is but a slight bump in the road that is my great love affair with New York.