Day 3 (Thrs., June 2)

Sorry, there are no photos for you to view today. Today was pretty much lazy day. I did get a lot of stuff done, however. First, I woke up early and went on a hunt for an iron. I forgot my iron and I needed one since I had orientation at the newspaper today at 9 a.m. So, at 8:10 a.m. I headed out to find an iron. I haven't met a single neighbor, so I couldn't just ask to borrow one. Cool thing about this town is that there is not traffic, unlike Southern California. So, driving from one side of town to the other in 10 minutes seemed incredible. I couldn't believe it.

I got my iron, took a shower, ironed and headed out the door in 40 minutes. There is no way I could do that in Los Angeles. I could get spoiled living in a place like this. Work is 1.5 miles away and I get there in three minutes. Not bad, compared to a 45 minute drive to do a 20-mile drive in L.A.

I did a lot of paperwork at the paper today. First, I went to sign some papers and headed out to a drug test screening. At the hospital, I met Jose, who took care of the whole process. While talking with him, it turned out he is from Thousand Oaks, which is just outside of the San Fernando Valley. What a small world. He gave me the rundown on the town and it seemed a little scary. I hope he wasn't too serious, but I have all summer to make my own opinions about the place. Anyways, it was nice to see another Californian. Later I headed back to the office for more paperwork. That's where I met three other interns. Elizabeth is from California, too. San Jose, to be exact. Cool. I don't feel like the only one around anymore.

Besides going to do the stuff at the office, I met two of my photo co-workers. They seemed cool. I start tomorrow, so it was cool to get in there a day early and introduce myself. Besides that, all I did was relax at the apartment. I got a phone line, which is good because the Starbucks internet service signal was driving me nuts. One second I had reception on my laptop. Next, I had to restart my web pages in order to answer a simple email. What a waste of time.

A funny thing happened today. I had a little break in between going to the drug test and going back for more orientation (or the Oriental place, as George Lopez says on his stand-up CD "Team Leader"). That's when I came home and made a great cup of coffee. It smelled great and I was ready to start enjoying my cup of joe, when I realized I didn't have any sugar. That's the trouble of moving to a new place, you're always missing something. As earlier in the day, I still have not made any friends at the apartments, this place seems pretty lonely, so I couldn't ask anyone for a cup of sugar. Dang, it would have been a good way to talk to a cute neighbor, huh? Oh well, lost my chance. But I think the situation would have been creepy being that the convenience store is 100 yards away from my door. I don't think I am ever going to be at a need for anything with the store that close to me. Later on, I did a little bit of grocery shopping and I cooked me some quick dinner.

Other than that, I just relaxed at the place and talked on the phone. I didn't have any energy as the road trip really took a lot out of me. It also doesn't help that the week before I took the trip I had three major finals and spend as much time enjoying the SoCal beaches before coming out here. I was pretty tired, but I think I am now caught up on my rest. You can tell I was so tired just by looking around the apartment this morning. When I am tired and/or anxious, I sleep walk. Last nite I did plenty of that. I don't remember any of it, but the evidence was all there. The door to the closet in the living room was wide open. My pillow made it from my bed to the living room floor. The kitchen light was on. I drank three bottles of water, or at least I think I drank them. I didn't see any wet spots anywhere. So, I know I did that last nite.

Tomorrow I start work. So, I am excited.

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