it's been ONE WEEK since blah blahblahblah

remember that 'barenaked ladies' song? yeah... neither do i. oh, the '90s... anyway, i've been living here in nyc for a week now. what have i learned so far? umm, plenty! one, this city's big and there's lots to do, but it's easy to get bored because you don't know exactly what you WANT to DO. two, everything, i mean everything, is expensive. i'm doin' alright but i'm definitely learning that money's a rare commodity here.

in other news, working at the church is awesome. the staff folks are really cool and i'm starting to get a good idea of all i'll be doing when the mission groups start getting here. i think my day-to-day "job" will be a lot more fun when those folks do get here. my roommates are pretty cool so far, i hang out with one a lot more than the other. just how it goes i guess! we went to a bar in brooklyn to unwind yesterday after our respective jobs. it was really nice to get away from manhattan for a little while; you really can tell the difference from one borough to another.

i need to quit sleeping at the wrong times... it could mess up my internal clock EVEN MORE than it already is... i think i'm done for now! we walked around central park today; there will be lots more of that for me throughout the summer. i think we're gonna go to the nintendo store and goof around on the wiis.

TAG IT UP BABIES!!
~the albatross can't afford two dollar hot-dogs...