Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Next chapter: MFA program and New York

It's getting late and I need to be up early to get to the "optional" dance class tomorrow morning as part of orientation. So here is my update in list form:

1) I now live near the intersection of Seaman and Cumming. The 12 year old me is laughing her face off.
Actually the 31 year old me is laughing, too. I had to ask a gentleman at the grocery store which direction Seaman was in. Anywhere else, I would have gotten a much different answer.

2) New York humidity isn't killing me, but it has completely transformed my skin.
In Seattle, even in the summer, my skin is so dry that after I shower my skin need several hours of lotioning and calming down, otherwise it'll flake off and blow away. Here, my skin is dewy and glowing. And covered with the occasional GIANT zit.

3) I still can't believe it.
This applies to so many things: not having a job, being in school again, living in New York...
It still feels like a wacky vacation. I have to keep focused on one day at a time not to freak out.