Holiday in the City

      So, i've had a nice long weekend to relax and finish unpacking and getting settled into my room. Tanya left this morning, so I was able to move all of my things from the guest room/office into her room. A good majority of the weekend was spent either on the couch, or in bed. I slept and ate alot. I think I've been exhausted, so I'm finally fairly refreshed and all caught up on my sleep debt. 

The Ladder to the Roof

     Last night ended up being pretty fun, and we didn't even leave the apartment. At first it just Tanya, Sencia and I out on the balcony drinking and stuff. Then Sencia's friend and an old roommate Dimitria came. [Fun fact: Dimitria is from Naperville, IL, like 25 minutes from DeKalb, AND her sister was Shar on a past season of Bad Girls Club.] And a little later Eileen came home and joined us. So it was little party on the balcony. They're all really cool. Eileen is generally rather shy, but she was pretty tipsy last night, so she was more talkative than I've seen. And Sencia is just a riot. Her Jamaican accent still gets me everytime she opens her mouth. 

View from Rooftop

      I've realized, fairly quickly, that being 22 in New York City is like being a fetus! On a college campus, or atleast in a college down, once you turn 22, you're over the hill. But I am a baby around here. Not only in the apartment, as Eileen and Sencia are both 30, but everywhere I go, I've been the youngest person there--and by quite a bit. It's an interesting dynamic to get used to, but I'd much rather be the youngest around than the oldest. 

Rooftop Again

      Today for Memorial Day, Dimitria and Sencia invited me to go with them to the a barbecue and of course I was down for whatever. We took the G to Smith, which I guess is just a little further south and west in Brooklyn. From there, we walked a few blocks to a friends' house of Sencia. The food was delicious, and there was some guacamole there that was TO. DIE. FOR! I met some interesting characters there too, but the best part was this little rooftop area that people were hanging out on. We had to climb this sketchy little fort-like latter to get to it. I really felt like I was like 7 years old and climbing to like a fort on top of a bunkbed or something. But in the shade it was beautiful up there! We'd catch an amazing breeze every few minutes, and we could see parts of the skyline off in the distance. It was perfect. As more people started to come and it was beginning to get more crowded, I started to feel like I was in a budlight commercial or something. 
   Oh yeah, I'll add more/better pictures eventually. I realized yesterday that I left my camera in BSMO at Megan's House. #wahhh