First Day in Pittsburgh

Hello everyone!

Greetings from Pitttsburgh. Here's a re-cap of my first 24 hours here...

Flight:
I had a direct flight from SFO to PIT (4 hours and 30 minutes total for those of you interested in coming out here some day), but it was delayed an hour an a half. So instead of arriving at 12 am, I arrived at 1:30 am. The flight was decent, nothing special except for the fact that I had the whole aisle to myself, so couldn't really complain there. Once I picked up my bags at baggage claim, I took a taxi to Janice's house (I will be staying with her this summer and found her through airbnb) The taximan was very friendly (like most Pittsburghers I've met so far) and gave me all kinds of booklets, flyers, and guides for first-time visitors and of course a copy of the Sunday paper. The taxi was a bit more expensive than my first choice of super shuttle, but it was so late in the evening (or early in the morning should I say), that I had absolutely no energy to figure out public transit nor did I have the patience to go through various stops with super shuttle.

Settling in
I was greeted by one of Janice's super friendly cats named Quincy. He's grey with bright green eyes and loves fusses. Then, I called my parents (with 5% of my phone battery left) and Nick to let them know I got home okay and finally fell asleep around 4 am with the A/C going full blast.. Since I met Quincy a few hours ago, he's greeted me at the foot of the stairs (my room is on the second floor) every time I come in and he follows me everywhere. As cute as he may be though, I find myself sneezing an awful lot around him (I'm allergic to cats). But as long as I wash my hands after I pet him, then I'm good to go. 


First morning in Pitt
I woke up around 11 am, so a decent 7 hours sleep even though I need between 8 and 9 to function properly. I unpacked and sorted my clothes, medicine, bags and what not. Then I showered and headed off to the nearest grocery store, Giant Eagle,  because I had absolutely no food (asides from the food my mom packed for me on the plane). But I really needed ingredients so I could start preparing my lunch for work and cooking dinners. After an hour and a half in the grocery store, I came out with a bill of $90 and that didn't even cover everything I originally wanted. I didn't realize until I saw the 10 grocery bags that it would be a struggle to walk uphill with the groceries. Let's just say I had to take a few breaks to manage the load. 


I tried taking some pictures but I'm having issues with my camera. It says "lens issues", which makes me really sad because as you all know I love taking tons and tons of pictures and posting them to my blog. I'm going to recharge the battery and see if that works, but if not I have to send it to a Nikon repair center :( 


Tomorrow's my first day of work, so check back for a post on that. 


For dinner, I plan on having cooked lentils, chopped tomatoes, and tuna with a drizzle of olive oil, red wine vinegar and a bit of sea salt...a dish from Spain :)