I'm Gonna Make It After All...

In the fall, a few weeks from now really, I am going to be living in New York and serving a community for a year in AmeriCorps.  I have never been to New York and I only know a handfull of people who live there, only one intimately-and he is upstate.  Here are a few things I hope do and don't happen while I am in New York...


Do:
Find a reasonable apartment/furnishing/roomies

Enjoy my job

Explore the city

Discover a new hobby

Visit places I have seen only in movies and tv shows (like the diner from Seinfield)


Don't:
Get bitten by a rat

Get pushed off the busy sidewalks into traffic

Get mugged/robbed/raped(against my will)/murdered/etc

Get so lost that I have to call the cops to help me find my way home

Lose my money/bus fair/subway tokens/etc and have to walk 20 blocks in heels or something

Lose myself in the people and attitude of New York and come out on the other side of this service year jaded, hardened, and further away from the woman I hope to be

Pick up smoking

Become a loose woman with loose morals

Daniel Fast for 2011

Starting on Monday January 3rd I will be fasting with friends and loved ones to prepare for the year ahead.  I have situations in my life that I would like to pray closely about and I am excited to get them on the altar and leave them there.  The Daniel Fast essentially is a more restrictive vegan diet.  Thankfully, my roommate is going to join me so I will have support in my apartment!  I also have friends in San Antonio, Houston, and all over the place joining me.  I will do my best to update the blog on my goings on and at the end of the fast I am thinking of having a celebratory meal.  The fast will end on Sunday January 23rd.

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