Day 2

April 24

This morning was much like the last: trying to resist another panic attack.

Today would be different though. I was going to walk down to the bank and see about a loan for the apartment I’d found the previous evening. It would be perfect: a one room apartment for one complete with kitchen and washer/dryer.

The walk down to the store was ok. I winded up munching on a Fiber One bar, which sorta settled my anxious stomach. I used MapMyWalk to see how far it was. Just a little over 2 miles. Perfect.

Heading in I went to use the rest rooms first. That was when I got the call. The lady on the other end said she was looking for someone more long term.

That was the end of my little one room apartment dream. Ditching the idea of going into the bank I turned my footsteps back to the house I was currently living in.

I didn’t want to think of anything else so I hid away upstairs and went into serious nostalgic mode.

I binged on the original dubbed Sailor Moon.

It. Was. Glorious.

About 15 episodes later (I’d skipped number 1, seen it too many times) I headed down to Walmart for a snack or two. More watching. Then around 7:30 I decided to get ready for a fun night.

That was when my dear friend (whom many women have and quite often loathe) decided to meet up with me. I took some medication to combat the unwanted guest and soon found myself heading up the road to some interaction and much needed fun.

We had a group of about 10 people. It was dusk so we played a new game called, “Zombies”. Almost like hide and seek, but if you’re “tagged” by the zombie, you become one too. The game ends when all the players have been zombiefied. The last person found is the new zombie. The way you knew who were zombies was that they zombies had to say, “om nom nom.” It was fun, terrifying and full of exercise.

The last thing we did was play sardines.

It took all of us almost an hour to find the first person who was hiding. He was under a bridge. He’s actually burrowed down to hide beneath it.

I got back home around 11 and decided to watch more SM, until 12:30.

It was a better day than the first, though not on the housing front. It seemed to me that the entire city was out to ensure I had no place to say the four months I’d be here. They all wanted either five month renters (the entire summer) or else long-term and year leases.