Learning the ropes
Life is slowly finding a routine here, which is nice. I wake up most mornings at 6:30 am, though if I’ve gone to bed later or slept poorly, I let the maid in and go back to sleep. I hop on the bus whenever I get up and out the door, usually at 7:05, and reach my building by 7:40. Then it’s sit at my desk and write and work and read and research until 5:05, when I clock out to come home. My evening activities involve thrilling things like surfing the internet, watching TV, and cooking dinner for myself. My landlord is, I believe, very amused at my self-reliance in the culinary department. Then bed by 11:30 at the latest, rinse, recycle, and repeat.
I can honestly say, I never imagined myself doing this – if you’d told me a month ago I’d be waking up at 6:30 am most mornings, I’d have laughed at you. Still, this is my routine, and it seems to be working fairly well.
I really love my apartment, which is nice. It already feels like home, even if I haven’t decorated. There’s something very satisfying about cleaning up and tidying and making sure everything is put away – I’m excited about silly things like buying new curtains. There’s a sense of ownership over this apartment that was missing in Taiwan, maybe because I was sharing with other people. That was nice because there was always someone outside (or at least, usually), but my solitude is nice too.
I’ve begun working on speeches for Murthy, and sent off my first fully written piece to him this week, and am anxiously awaiting feedback on that. I ventured out on Wednesday night to the weekly CouchSurfing meet and met some interesting people, including a really nice girl who picked me up. Hopefully we’ll make good on her offer to introduce me to a local brunch hotspot! Other plans include joining a book club and finding out about a local choir.
So, that’s about it, really. Nothing terribly interesting, photos will come soon, I promise, as will more details about work and what I do, but until then, my potato is nearly done.
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