Takin a bite of the big apple

I'm here! After many months of anticipation I'm finally in New York. It's still feeling pretty surreal--I'm not sure when it's going to hit me that I live in one of coolest places in the world. Right now I'm exploring it bit by bit. Getting here was a little stressful, apparently I don't do red-eye flights; I value my sleep way too much. My room wasa little terrifying at first, but thanks to the local bed bath and beyond and TJ Maxx, I was able to make it feel a little less like a jail cell. (I really can't complain, I actually have one of the bigger rooms in the place; I wish I was kidding.)

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The walls still feel a little bare, but I'm planning on putting pictures of friends and family up; we'll see if I ever get around to printing them.

I miss all my Utah friends a lot, it's a little weird not having my "favorite spots" to go eat, hang out, and go dancing, but I'm really excited to find new ones. I'm loving the variety here, it's super refreshing to be surrounded by people that are so wonderfully different than I am. All the girls in my internship are no exception--I'm predicting that it's going to be a really fun year.

Some of the exciting things that have happened so far:

• I saw Harry Potter eating lunch. I know I already bragged about this on Facebook, but I thought it was pretty exciting. I didn't really have time to snap a picture, his bodyguard was really great at rushing him into his escalade. He was unfortunately a lot shorter than I expected.

• I started my internship! I took a picture to commemorate the occasion.

Yes, I have to wear lab coats every day. I've decided I feel the same way about lab coats as I feel about glasses--they're not always the cutest things, but I feel really smart in them. Honestly it's been a little boring so far, but apparently learning the ins and outs of a ridiculously humongous hospital takes some time.

• I've successfully navigated the subway, even with some construction and some of the lines being close. (Sure I may be constantly watching the map on my phone so I can count down how many stops I have before I have to get off, but I'm sure everyone around me thinks I'm just playing a really intense game of angry birds)

• I went to the Lion King with my mom. It was completely fantastic.

• Someone asked me for directions and I knew where to tell them where to go (I don't care if they were asking for the street right next to my building, I still thought it was impressive)

• I spent an entire day exploring the Metropolitan Museum; I'm pretty sure we only saw maybe 1/100th of everything there was to see. This was one of my favorites. The picture doesn't do it justice, all the mirrors really played with the light and skewed your perception.

That's all for now, more coming soonish!