Wow, is New York quite this morning! No horns, no helicopters, no construction. Just light traffic. I had a good nights sleep. I finally have developed a normal sleep pattern. I go to sleep around midnight, and I wake up about seven hours later. Then I might take a nap in the afternoon if there is nothing going on. I don't need much sleep as long as it is good, uninterrupted sleep. I am not perpetually sleep deprived like I was before.
It costs me $9 to do a load of laundry. Thankfully me generous host covers the cost for that as well. Every little thing here is so expensive, and that goes together with huge costs like rent and parking. Most people who live here don't own cars because of the expenses to keep them, and also because they simply don't need them. Everything can be reached by taxi or walking. The subway is the best way to get around.
In New York City, there is a different meaning to "privacy". For example, people leave their blinds up at night. No one finds it weird that there are about forty apartments across the street that also have their blinds up, and we can see each other. The only time they put the blinds down is to keep the morning sun from shining in and waking them up. There could be a creep with binoculars watching me type this right now. GUY WITH BINOCULARS, IF YOU CAN READ THIS, GO BUY A TELEVISION! When I sit and watch tv, I just have to turn my gaze out the window and see across the street at least three other families watching tv, who could be looking at me. For some reason, if just one guy could see me, I'd be uncomfortable, but if forty families can see me, I don't even notice.
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