Saturday the 15th- Scott Pilgrim vs. The World Day! As was expected, Scott Pilgrim was absolutely awesome. Highly entertaining, and a whole lot like the comics. Okay, technically a number of things were different, but since the screenplay was written before the final book came out, that's something you can just accept and move on from. I definitely have to go see it again, but I've been busy this week, so it hasn't happened yet. Soon!
Sunday the 16th- A pretty big day. I went with some friends (from the summer camp I volunteer at) to a church in Danville to see our campers put on their end-of-summer service to share with the congregation what all their help in funding the camp meant to them. It was a really moving experience, and I'm glad I went. Those kids are pretty amazing, and what they do with the youth program at that church is inspiring. [For instance, they just a new youth room. What is it? It's a room with some couches, a table, some chairs, cabinets and a sink. What does our new youth room have? A big tv, an X-Box, and a DVD player. Something's wrong here.]
After the service, my friend Tyler [girl] and I went with the kids to a service project they had that day. They were going to an interfaith housing complex that provides permanent housing for formerly homeless families so that their kids can be in school, even if the parents aren't in a place [physically, mentally, what-have-you] to hold down a job. The Danville group went out and entertained the kids with games and put together a big BBQ, after which we headed out for the drive home (missing most of the clean-up, oops!).
Monday the 17th- I found an apartment in San Francisco! 10th and Kirkham in the Inner Sunset neighborhood, and it was fantastic! Everything was settled, I met the landlady and she gave me her blessing. I made it home and started packing up in order to move in later in the week.
Wednesday the 18th- No response as to when I can move in.
Thursday the 19th- Email saying unfortunately I can't move in until Sunday the 22nd. Not a problem, just a few more days to get ready. A few hours later? Phonecall saying the landlady had changed her mind, wasn't renting the place out and ::BAM:: that's that. I went back up to SF and looked at two places from Craigslist, both of which turned out to be basement/garages which had [very very minimally] been turned into bedrooms. Dungeon bedroom? No thank you.
Friday the 20th- One more early AM house call, in the Inner Sunset again, only this one was nice! Told the woman showing the room that I'd give her a call in a couple hours. Two hours and one breakfast later I was drawing up paperwork with the owner, sitting in a cafe on Irving Street.
Saturday the 21st- Moving day! Made four trips from the San Mateo coastside up to San Francisco took the whole day, but with the help of my brother's past Christmas-tree-farm-roof-tying skills, mattresses and box springs [the most biggest items] were strapped to the roof of the '92 Lincoln Town Car that used to belong to my eighty-year-old grandmother. We certainly looked a sight driving up the highway like that. It was a rather large undertaking, but I made it! I live in San Francisco now, and that's something I've wanted to say since I decided city living was for me back while studying in London in 2006. It's exciting and nerve-racking, and a ton of things that I didn't want to think about which will be covered in a later post.
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