For the first 2 weeks after we arrived
we went apartment hunting, neighborhood hunting and furniture hunting…I guess
the one I hate the most is the furniture part, probably because it seems to be
never-ending! Probably also because it hurts to know that we HAVE furniture and
pots and pans and books and cups and bed sheets and all that in an attic in
Brussels instead of here with us and knowing that we have to buy all that stuff
that we already have because we can’t ship it really really sucks! Yes, it’s
fun to decorate and start all over again but not when your rent is so
ridiculously expensive…it really takes all the fun out of doing that stuff!
Honestly,
why oh why is New York so expensive???
Yes,
I love that I can go to the theather and the cinema, museums and gallery
openings, Broadway shows and great restaurants but damn does that stuff add up!
Since J is working already I get to spend my time (other than scouring the net for
jobs that is!) in coffee shops and furniture shops and simultaneously in coffee
shops looking at furniture shops (online) and most of the times I've been in
coffee shops I hear at least one person complain about how much rent they have
to pay and how much they have to sacrifice just to live in New York! Tell me
again why this is the greatest city on earth ‘cause my wallet begs to differ!
Yes,
I know, shouldn't complain, really shouldn't but I can’t help but grip that’s
all…
I
started attending these spouse workshops that are provided by J’s institution,
it’s been helpful but when I hear that some of them have been here for months
even years and they still don’t have a job, well, you can imagine what that
does to one’s nervous system!
Right so, now that we’re done with
apartment hunting, I need to get on the job hunting train! Until then, I guess
I’ll just keep looking at furniture…
