The Big Apple

This is all the great stuff I got from the blood pressure screening I participated in at Target, a waterbottle, a waterbottle holder, a podometer, a cookbook (meatless mondays) a cool button, a fm radio (with headphones and batteries) and more pamphlets than I know what to do with!
Times Square
Pete this picture is for you, this is was Brian's dinner, granted he paid more than $10 for it ($11) but still better than your soup and salad. 
My dinner (less than $10)

This is where I will be doing my internship- you have to buzz to get in so not sure where exactly yet
Waiting for the subway
Our apartment
The street we live on (for the next two weeks)

We made it to NY.  First off I just have to say NY is a little different than Provo, people are a bit less understanding here, things are much dirtier, and everything is twice as expensive. With that being said I am interested to see how this trip turns out. We made it to our first apartment, which is much different from our provo apartment, took down all the pornography (I love that you think I am kidding) and settled in for the night. The guy that came to collect our rent turns out to love mormons, he played Brigham Young in several new movies produced by the church, after telling us how great mormons and provo were he recommended a great place to get a drink or a cup of coffee... hm... 

What else can I say about NY, last night on the plane we met someone that needed a tranquilizer dart, he yelled at everyone and then he yelled at the taxi dispatcher-sometimes you just shouldnt yell- the dispatcher wouldnt let the driver taken him anywhere. 

Today we headed out to buy a few things a target and guess what we found, a public health campaign! I wish I had some this is public health stickers to give people but sadly I didnt. We got our blood pressure taken and then were given a bag full of goodies. The program was aimed at reducing blood pressure through reducing sodium intake- pretty snazzy. 

We went into Manhattan tonight, on our way we saw something I thought Pete would enjoy, a rat (a huge rat, basically a small dog) in the station, it was disgusting. The NY subways are nowhere near as nice (or well marked) as the DC subways, and it turns out that on the weekend things are much different than the week days so that was... confusing to say the least. 

Since being in New York I have learned a few things (and I have been here less than 24 hours)

1. I am going to have to get over being fearful of germs- they are everywhere, everything is dirty, this is going to be a long summer if I dont learn that quickly

2. people are mean here, no one cares about rules- emergency exit doesnt actually mean emergency exit

3. eating at mcdonalds is okay, but the time I actually find it and make it home I would have worked off the calories (seriously there is a lot of walking) I consumed. 

4. rats live here, self explanatory, I have seen a few already and there are rat traps in our apartment

5. subway lines change on the weekend without warning