Chicago, Day 1

[seiberwing]

Oh my, Chicago.

What I've seen of downtown, Navy Pier, and the Hyde Park area seem very cozy. There's a lake you can't see the other end of, which is almost as good as an ocean, and green stuff to walk on, and it doesn't feel as noisy or dizzying as New York. Unfortunately my camera ran out of charge so I don't have a picture of the big giant metal bean or all the other weirdness at Millennium Park, but I might go back and get some.

International House, my current lodgings, is not so cool. It's older and makes me pine for South Ridge, as South Ridge had actual carpet and didn't make you pay seven dollars a day for access to your electronic security blanket, but as a temporary place to stay it's not bad.

It's a done deal that I'm coming here, of course, I'm just trying to force myself to get used to the idea. It's not that Chicago itself is a bad place, it's just that big open unfamiliar spaces tend to make me...scared. I'm still very twitchy on my own, every time someone makes a noise in the hallway it's "aaagh there are people in this student housing facility make them go away someone give me a hug" and walking down the street's a slight strain even with Mikki there. I think I'm getting better, it's just a huge change from going everywhere in my protective car bubble. It'll be liveable eventually.

The whole moving thing did not seem as big a deal when I was back in Knoxville. Unsurprising, I suppose.

Comments

[flight-wo-wings.livejournal.com]

(hugs) You're doing great, really you are. It's always nervewracking, moving to a new city, but you'll be okay. Good luck finding a better place. ♥

[cutiebirdgal.livejournal.com]

Wow, you moved already? That was fast. Remember, if anything gets too stressful we're two hours south :P

[faithinfire.livejournal.com]

*snuggles* I'm sure Chicago will get used to you and take care of you soon enough! But even if it's weird/scary now, just keep reminding yourself that you're being brave and kickass by tackling it all anyway, okay? *smiles and hugs* Good luck sis!

[antepathy.livejournal.com]

I've hated every place I've ever moved...for the first 3 weeks. Because it was different. Here, I can hear people and cars and trains, where in my old house in NC, it was...beautifully silent. I got used to it. I like it now (except the screaming kids in the summer because I always associate that sound with like, you know, actual injury). You'll grow to love it faster than you think. It's just the unfamiliarity that's a hurdle. Once you know where the essentials are (comic shop, grocery store, cool pub, etc) you'll love it!

[flight-wo-wings.livejournal.com]

Man, seconding this. The first couple of weeks are so awkward. You don't know where everything is, it's all strange and new, you don't know anyone...But it'll pass. Trust us on this. ♥

Man, somebody needs to hurry up and give me a job already so I can start taking care of the important stuff, like getting a library card, finding the comic book shop, buying food that isn't peanut butter...

[seiberwing.livejournal.com]

Heh, I didn't move. I'm visiting the college.

[seiberwing.livejournal.com]

I've already made a couple of new friends and I'm not even registered yet, so it seems to be working well. ^_^

[seiberwing.livejournal.com]

From you that's very comforting. ^_^

[seiberwing.livejournal.com]

I'm a woman of routine, so a huge break in that routine is very unsettling. But the university takes care of you in a lot of ways, like helping with housing and funding, and I've lived in a smaller city before.

[cutiebirdgal.livejournal.com]

I realized that when I went back and read your last entry, so I felt silly very soon after commenting :P