Settling in, although alone

Dragon has by now arrived in San Fransisco, and will be away for the next two nights. I don't like being alone, never really have, but I'm feeling fine about it this time.

Before he left, we walked down Denman to our hotel and checked out. I really liked our little apartment there, but now going in there to double check that we didn't leave anything was really depressing. We lived there for five weeks, and while most of that time I was perfectly satisfied, those couple of dark, terrible days were the first thing on my mind when I entered the flat. Sad that bad vibes were the topmost thing on my mind - but makes me even more glad that I decided to go on medication as now all my associations of our new home are happy ones.

Walking back home was kind of my first exploration trip to our new neighbourhood - Denman Street is a lively street filled with restaurants (we counted at least 12 different nationalities, so there shouldn't be a lack of choice!) and little boutiques, and we even found a candy store that sold salmiakki - albeit Dutch so the texture was a bit funny, but taste was authentic enough. Every block seems to have an ice cream parlour, which is not a huge surprise as we are a stone throw away from the beach. Really nice neighbourhood, affluent and clean, but still characterful not too fancy to make one feel unconfortable.

I think I'm going to love it here.

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