Day 19 doesn't really go as I expected. It was labor day and my boss who was looking at getting me a place wasn't in. I am slowly starting to realize at this point that no one at this bar has a clue as to what is going on in general. They say a lot of shit and follow through on none of it. This sends a wave of panic through my spine...I need to find a place...soon.
I was able to crash at Lindsay's again but before it was time to sleep it was time to freak out and craigslist hunt for desperate roommates. After I found every craigslist add I could that wasn't a scam or an add for something else there was nothing else to do but try and forget my worries with Lindsay...so we went to sing at piano's.
Something this city has made me realize...I didn't know what living in the moment was till I moved here. I have the weight of the world on my shoulders when I get to Lindsay's and some how I am able to forget it entirely for an evening and join an entire bar in a chorus of "Bohemian Rhapsody".
I woke up on day 20 a man on a mission. I had a list of apartments to call and not a lot of time to do it in. The first place I call says I can see the place that day. It's all the way in Washington Heights which is about a thirty min subway ride from downtown and a bit longer if you are coming from brooklyn like I was so I high tailed it.
I show up to the building in a not so terrible neighborhood, the room is in an apartment owned by a very nice Mexican family who tell me that I can pay the deposit of 360 (2 weeks in advance) and move in the same day.
I'm on top of the world at that point, it is a small room in a clean apartment in a safe building in a relatively safe neighborhood...I couldn't have done better. I go into work which wasn't a bad day and than get hit in the face with yet another obstacle. Charlie, the co owner of the bar, pulls me aside and tells me not to come in tomorrow. He says to call him to find out if I work on Friday.
I ask Charlie, "do i still have a job?" He shrugs his shoulders and says "I'm trying some other guys out." I ask "Did I do something wrong?" "No kid I'm just trying some new guys out checking out my options."
...sound of breaking glass...you piece of shit...
How much money do I want to put down that says Charlie has a buddy who needs a job and Charlie is "creating a position"...I believe people from where he comes from would use the phrase "that rat bastard"
So I'm panicking again...
Upsides I have 2 weeks paid in a place and i found this job in 4 days of actual all day looking. Today is temp agency day...I need to find another job and I think I will i'm just stressing over it. This city has a way of working out but it also has a way of taking you through the ringer before it works out. This is my life now, everyone has ebbs and flows...but in this city the valleys drop quick and the mountain tops take your breath away.
wish me luck on this rollercoaster because I'm going to need it.
KH-
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