That’s Stella

Well… I’m in New York! I must admit that after travelling with two buddies for a month, I was a little anxious about separating from them and heading to the big apple on my own. I don’t know why considering I’ve travelled around the world twice and lived on my own in NY solo, but I suppose you get used to always having someone around.

LA was amazing. On our first night, GirlTravelBuddy and I were harassed on Fairfax and that kinda put a damper on our trip. It actually shook me up quite a bit and all I wanted to do was call Bstein and get him to look after me. BoyTravelBuddy was back at our hostel sleeping when it happened and felt pretty bad not being there to be a man. He has been growing a beard in hopes it will fend off nasties. Haha! Anyway despite that incident, I grew to really love LA. Perhaps the fact that Bstein and I caught up (after 3 years!!) and he drove me around and took me out and it was just like old times might have helped the LA Love cause. He looked different - hotter! And at first I was worried that we would have to start all over again and things would be weird and we’d be shy, but we picked up just where we left it. When it came to leaving LA, I was sad to say goodbye to him, but it was no where near as hard as it was last time when I came back to Australia, because not only was I saying goodbye to him, but I was leaving New York.

After LA, we headed to Portland… then Long Beach… then Bellingham… then Seattle and Denver. Between Bellingham and Seattle we actually went on this random last minute trip to Vancouver, British Columbia which is awesome because I’ve always wanted to go!!! Ever since I was an X File nerd and found out they filmed there! I had high expectations and was a bit disappointed.

I was keen to get out of Denver and head to New York, but now that I’m here, well… I am having a hell of a time finding an apartment. I am bed-hopping and not in a good way where you wake up in the morning feeling a little seedy. I honestly have not had such a hard time in the past trying to find an apartment here, but it has been a nightmare. PLEASE if anyone knows anyone in New York looking for a house mate, let me know! I will tell you the whole ordeal once its over (fingers crossed it’s soon) because right now I can’t even laugh about the scary old men, un-fabulous gay men, dodgy students and ridiculous living spaces I’ve come across in the last week.

BUT - it is fantastic to be back! It is awesome to be so familiar with a place you haven’t seen in years and it’s even better to see friends again.

I just so desperately need a home right now