Roasting meats, fresh rain, and a little pee

New York has a lot of smells. I was thinking it mostly just smells like cakes (as evidenced by my NUTS FOR NUTS story) and trash (comes with the territory when you live by a trash pile). But in the past few days I've noticed that there really are different smells every time you turn a corner. Mostly they are of the roasted meat variety- sausages, chickens, hot dogs, you name it, it's probably roasting on a New York street corner...But sometimes you stumble across a little patch of Manhattan that smells just like pee. Sick.

I had my first New York interview today! It went well, but I'm not sure it's the job for me- it doesn't sound like they're going to actually be hiring a person until November or December, and the plan is probably to have a job before then...yeah...that would be good. So I guess we'll see about that, but I also guess it's kind of back to the drawing board/waiting game...

I either looked like an idiot or as sad as I felt as I walked home from my interview- I was wearing my very favorite gold high heels (I had to look really cute- it was Parson's School of DESIGN- people are cool there) but I guess I overestimated their comfort level for nice long New York walks. They were cutting my feet and the stupid straps wouldn't stay on so I was stopping evey 2 seconds to put them back on my feet so that I could get home without walking on the (possibly covered in pee) streets. I was pretty close to just calling it quits and sitting down and calling Eric to bring me some different shoes. Yeah, I was sad. Oh wait- then I dropped my almost full Jamba Juice in the street. Oh yeah- THEN I was sad. So I just dragged my poor feet home without my Jamba Juice treat. Boo Hoo.

I did accomplish everything I wanted to today- this is a first. I actually did every bit of homework and research that I planned to do today! Yay! I didn't go running as I so optimistically intended, but that's neither here nor there.... :)

When I left my apartment and was finally able to see it, the sky was really blue today. Almost like Colorado.