things are looking up

just a couple days left til i head out west. i know i was worrying about missing out on some NY goodness (spring's arrival for the mostpart) and some pending work, but it seems as though all things are working out just fine.

by some sort of miracle, those 2 jobs i interviewed for a couple days ago went really really well. both interviewers loved me and my work (woo-hoo! nice little ego boost there). both had work starting next week, which is too bad that i'll miss out on... what are you gonna do? BUT, both need help when i get back too (one right when i get back, and one starting in the summer). so it looks as though i'll have some solid work to come home to. YES! this means i can be a little more stress-free about earning a steady paycheck after my month is cali. perfecto.

it's also STILL snowing here. we had to actually postpone the skating event for the kids tonight because the weather is too shitty (the party is still happening which is good though). needless to say, i'm stoked be out of this crap weather for a while. i just really really don't want to miss the arrival of greenery (but i have a feeling spring's gonna wait for me to get home). so it looks as though my timing of this trip, which i thought was gonna be horrible, is turning out a-ok. phew!

in other news, i must confess... i love the subway! i've been riding it a lot these past few days and i believe it's the most effecient transportation system ever (when it's running properly of course). it only took me 40 minutes to go from 96th street (top of manhattan) to brooklyn the other day! and it was pain-free. no stress behind the wheel. just me, my ipod, and my insatiable fascination with human beings. people are so interesting. sometimes there is a ridiculously cute boy i can't stop staring at and hope to make eye contact with. and sometimes there's a crazy woman talking to herself, rustling through her bag, and furiously rubbing lotion on her hands for the entire train ride. mostly, i like to look at the faces. what are they into? what are they thinking? what have they been through in their lives? what kind of day did they have? faces tell a lot. and to be in such close proximity with total strangers... it's an odd circumstance. but one of the main things i love about nyc.