New York City is indescribable. We all know I'm in a bubble in Sioux Center, IA. I've never seen so many gays, transvestites, different races, poor, wealthy, emo, gothic, chic, gangster, and anything you can think of in all my life...and i've seen it all in just 5 days. Well, maybe I haven't seen it all quite yet.
I know it's creepy for me to say, but I've done a lot of people observing. In New York City its unacceptable to make eye contact, but luckily it's been sunny and I've been able to wear sunglasses haha! New York City has made me truly realize how big the world really is, and how many unique people are in it. God has SO many people under his watch, its insane!? It blows my mind how each person in this world is individually and wonderfully made. God is amazing! Anyways, after that deep thought, here is what I've been doing the past few days.
I've had two days full of nannying. 7am-7pm. Sabine and Gabriel are absolutely wonderful kids. Yes, Gabriel has his outrages and cries, but overall he is happy, outgoing, and insanely crazy. Sabine reminds me of Anika and Marissa Driesen, because she's so good and kind at heart. She's patient with Gabriel, and I never have to worry about what she's doing. The past two days I've played a million different games, and walked over 10 miles to different playgrounds in central park. Sabine and Gabriel's school had a picnic there that was catered by Kristen herself! I've realized she is supermom. She bought and made food for over 300 people, with only 1 other person to help! It was held at the beautiful great lawn.
This morning I went downtown and checked out ground zero, the Brooklyn Bridge, South Seaport, Wall Street, and a few historic churches. I also looked through some stores and spent 45 minutes waiting in a tkts line for discount Broadway tickets to find out that I still couldn't afford it! I'll have to wait till my mom visits to see a Broadway show. :)
Later tonight I explored Soho, which is full of expensive boutiques, the cheap and trashy, and other popular stores. I'm proud to say I only spent $20. I've been pretty tight with my budget so far, and hopefully I stay that way this summer. I wish I had someone else here with me so I could eat at all these cool places I've seen! The food in Little Italy looked delicious. I hope exploring on my own doesn't get old, because I'll be doing a lot of it!
Tomorrow I have another day off, so I plan to go to church at the famous St. John the Divine, which is one of the largest churches in the world. I heard it has the 2nd largest organ too. In that direction is the Seinfeld "Restaurant", and also a few other spots I'd like to see. At night I'm invited by the Bieler's to a dinner party they're hosting. It is with four of their close friends, two of which are an event planner and a marketer; my two job interests! Maybe they'll like me and hire me for a job after graduation.
So far I love New York City, but don't worry folks; I don't think this is somewhere I could live forever. Stay tuned!
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When you said you wished you could have someone with you to eat at all the cool places...That gave me a great idea. I should visit you. Or even have Jeremy come with so he can visit his sister too. Now wouldn't that be cool?
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