HOMELESS.

hmm... where to begin?? we arrive here in nyc at about 6 pm, wait in line for an HOUR to get a taxi and when we finally do get a taxi, it's one of the van taxi's which should be plenty big for 3 girls with 8, yes 8, pieces of luggage, right?? apparently WRONG! the taxi driver initially told us no because he didn't want to work that hard but eventually we squished us and the luggage into this van. as we're pulling up to our place where we're staying for the month, the taxi driver informs us that us girls need to be careful in this part of town, we are in harlem after all... ummm... HARLEM??? well it's actually not the scariest part of town, although we are most definitely the minority. so we get our luggage to the curb and heather knocks on the door annnnd nothing. finally the landlord lady comes out, apologizes because "she's got a lot going on," and opens the door telling us to put our luggage in the first room up the stairs. as we're lugging our stuff up the stairs, this guy comes in yelling "where you guys from?" "how long are you going to be here?" i'm just completely blown away, confused, where did this guy come from? etc.. finally the landlord says "a month, they're staying for a month." and heather says "ya, we're staying for a month". mr. loudmouth then says "oh, is that what she told you to say?" so heather says "we just got here, what is going on?" long story, shortish, this guy is a cop and it is now against the law in ny to rent out your place for less than one month (which we were there for ONE month) but because this lady had been renting it out for a day or 2 at a time, if the authorities could prove that, we would be evicted at any given time. well we can't have that happening so christi calls her friend and asks if we can come crash at her place. she says yes but by this time it's about 9 pm, a car service to take us over there would be $150 and so we just decide to stay at this place for the night. come morning, we pack up and head over to her friends place. we get here and it's absolutely adorable except for the fact that it's a studio apt. which now has 5 people, 8 bags of luggage and all of their own stuff! needless to say, it's CRAMPED. so day 2 of nyc we are HOUSE HUNTING!! who knew that house hunting could be so freakin hard!! well, really none of us have jobs yet, so i completely understand renters concerns but still, we're homeless people! by the end of the night, we had a place to sleep, a place to stay for the next 3 weeks, and another to stay until sept. i have never been more mentally and physically tired IN. MY. LIFE. so in the last 3 days, we've been homeless for 2 and moved 3 times.. i just want to stop living out of my suitcase :) come monday, we'll be more settled and the job hunting begins, wish me luck! man oh man, when i said i wanted an adventure of a lifetime, i never, EVER imagined it would be looking for a place to live and worrying about being homeless on the streets of nyc.