I'm back!

OK so I have decided to try and update this on a regular basis, to keep everyone that cares up to date on my whereabouts :) The past nine months have gone by so quickly it's unreal! Moving to a big city from Baton Rouge, Louisiana is a complete culture shock let me tell you. I've had the opportunity to travel a little, and I embrace new ideas and ways of life, so it really wasn't difficult for me.Things are so different here, and I absolutely love that.

The minute I finally arrived in San Francisco, I knew I had found my home. I had no idea what to expect and no idea how difficult it would be. I guess you could say I'm a spontaneous person and a big flighty. If I make my mind up to do something I try my best not to annoy the hell out of everyone talking about it until I get it done. (but I do anyway :)

I basically threw away most of my belongings (wish I really really wish I had now), packed my dog into my NON AIRCONDITIONED CAR yuck, talked ryan into riding with me, and hauled ass here. Stayed with a wonderful girl that Carolyn introduced me to (lovely Lauren! ..who I had never met until arrived here) for a few months. Needless to say it took much much longer to find a job and a place to live than I expected. Living on a couch in a stranger's apartment (side note: they had 2 cats.. I have 1 dog.. I have severe allergies to cats.. yah) was ok at first, until I realized that I had outstayed my welcome. In the end I felt really bad that it took me so long to get out, but I thank them for their generosity (aka.. not kicking me out on the street)

I finally moved into my apartment in the beginning of October. Yeah OCTOBER.. 3 months later!! I found it on Craig's List by the grace of god! Rent here is absolutely ridiculous people! I pay $925 a month to live in a two bedroom, and that is very reasonably priced for San Francisco. The cost of living is very high here, but the minimum wage is also much higher.

The second week I moved here I began to run out of money. Yeah.. poor planning on my part, but luckily it all worked out. I worked at the melting pot for the last few years people, and as most of you know we didn't make squat! I tried getting restaurant jobs for a few days and was dismayed to discover you have to have a resume to get a restaurant job here!! No restaurant chains here!! San Francisco has some amazing restaurants, and because of them I put on 13 pounds since July (side note: as of April 3 I have lost 8 of those additional pounds!!!).

Anyway, I found a job at a restaurant called Tablespoon which soon after my employment changed to Bar Johnny (side note: I think the name is ridiculous). Johnny, the ever so cunning, restaurantier coined it a "drink kitchen" and it seems to do pretty well. The next week I found my current job at PHD as an Assistant Media Planner on the 24 Hour Fitness account. (thanks to 24 hour fitness I've lost those 8 pounds I mentioned earlier.. I get the $24 a month employee membership.. NICE) Thus from August until December i was working two jobs, which is about 60 hours a week= not fun. I was definitely enjoying the money though!

In December I decided I could no longer work so much and decided to quit, actually I decided not to show up to a shift one day (sorry Johnny!). I definitely miss the money.. I used to work my ass off at The Melting Pot only to make $40 a night.. a bad night at Bar Johnny was $80.. good night upwards of $200.. a few nights I made $300 or more.

Since December things have been REALLY tough for me financially, which I'm obviously used to at this point. Rent, phone, insurance, 4 credit cards ICK, and now we have student loans (all of the frivilous things you spend your loan money do eventually come back to bite you in the ass my friends LOL), and the IRS (f*ckers). So yes, I'm barely scraping by as we speak.


Ok so I know this was really long winded.. I've caught you up on my living/work situation somewhat. It really has been a struggle doing this on my own, but such a great learning experience. I promise not all of my posts will be this long! Next time I will catch you up to date on my new boytoy ;) its a good story.

Oh.. one more thing.. I'm going white water rafting then camping on Saturday and I'm sooo excited! Can't wait!!

LATER GATOR!!