Vagabondage! A Nomadic Adventure

Part 1: SynchroniCity


"Even in the Eternal City, says the silent Augusteum, one must always be prepared for riotous and endless waves of transformation."
                                                         
                                  - Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat Pray Love


Even with all the traveling, walking, hustling and bustling, I am oddly relaxed.  The interview/conversation went great at Irving Farm today, and I got the job right off the bat!  A couple of trainings next week and some real shifts the following week, with the possibility to pick up as well.  She had actually already put me on the schedule because she had a good feeling about me.


After shopping in SoHo but not buying anything, I decided to walk through Chinatown and find somewhere to eat.  I knew I would need to find a hardware store later to make keys.  Lo and behold, one appeared before me when I wasn't even looking.  Job, check.  Keys, check.  Oh, and the job's gonna be paid weekly, in cash.  How perfect!


Halfway through Chinatown, I decide I'd rather eat in Little Italy, because I'm still reading about Italy in Eat Pray Love and would like to sit and leisurely enjoy some Italian meat and carbs.  I was a little confused by my map and thought I would have to backtrack, so I gave up on the Italian idea.  Suddenly I spotted Vincent's, established 1906. The servers all speak Italian.  Check.  I had also been listening to my new summer mix while walking, and as I sat down at Vincent's, one of the songs from my mix came on the radio.  I looked out the window and read backwards the sign I had missed coming in: Welcome to Little Italy.


I can't get over how these little nudges from the universe keep happening.  Perhaps because I am remaining open to whatever may come.  After the sheer stress, anxiety and exhaustion of the last few weeks, I feel like I'm finally able to breathe.  It's funny and ironic that I'm finding sanctuary in the city that never sleeps.  But here I am, eating lunch at Vincent's, alone, and happy.