Now I'm completely trashed. But rest is in sight. My friend here in Houston, Michael, was a real life-saver. He was the one who found the apartment in the first place and recommended it to me. Now I'm in place at the apartment. I got back from NYC about 1:30 this afternoon. I caught a bus, trasferred in downtown, and got to the apartment office 4-4:30. I signed the lease and got my key, and dropped my bags. Then I want on my first shopping trip, getting paper products and some silver and disposable cups, and stuff for sandwiches. Then i went out for dinner at a local spot call "Cafe Artiste", which seemed full of students. It has an Internet hot spot, so everyone had laptops. Sadly, they permit smoking inside the place. Too bad. I sat ouside and had chicken fajitas. Then I got back to the apartment, and Michael came over lend me an inflatable mattress and some sheets, blankets, towels, and pillows. So I won't have to sleep on the floor tonight! Yahoo! Tomorrow he'll drop me off a folding chair. There is a built-in desk in the bedroom, so I already have that; having a chair will make the whole thing look pretty good. I'm still going to look for a futon, and Michael tells me that a futon store is pretty close. Tomorrow I'll down to Sears and see if I can buy some towels, a shower curtain, and a few other domestic things. I can't believe that I have tomorrow "off". I'll probably have to wait until I can get to the Internet at work to really start researching DSL vs. Cable for the apartment.
I'm sitting down here in one of the several patios in the apartment complex. There is a bench and a table and it is fairly quiet. There are palm trees and some ornamental bushes and it is very nice here. I just might start to relax soon.
Posted by David Cymbala at May 8, 2004 10:00 PM