If I take the bus tonight (11 pm); I should arrive sometime Friday morning, around 11 or so. I had planned on having the prospective roommates pick me up; but...well I don't like being a bother to anyone.

But it would ease the nerves.

And yes, it is painful. I never understood why she would never do anything about it. Whenever I brought it up she would only say that she would not throw anyone out on the street...

I'll be leaving in a few minutes to go pawn those things I was talking about last night. Let's hope I get enough back for it to be worth it.

I was unaware of that!

Now, now, play nice...

What chyou talkin' bout Willis?

Karmarose,

What part of town is your friends apartment?

Just a near intersection would tell me.

It's a dorm, she and her friends go to the Art Institute. Their lease is up in 11 weeks, like I said, so I have to last that long. They wanted to meet me before considering me for a roommate (which I think is reasonable...right?)

I'll be searching quite hard for a job, of course, in case they DON'T take me as a roommate. Odds are good, though, as the first friend met the second friend who is her roommate...ONLINE as well.

I'll be looking for a job close to a motel/whatever of course, since..yes, I have no license. I have no car, either, so I thought, what was the point. There will be time for that after I find a job and whatnot.

{{{{{{karma}}}}}},

Oh honey, I am so sorry/sad/excited/touched by your story. I have NO DOUBTS you will do just fine. Denver is an AMAZING city. I lived there for two years when I was a kid. I still have family there. I wrote my cousin an email looking for some advice for ya.....i will let ya know what she says when I get a reply.

But you are gonna change the world. Know why? Because you are taking control of your own destiny......Godspeed hon.......

Not2fun

I got one main piece of advice from this friend when looking for jobs or a place to stay.

To stay AWAY from Colfax. Apparently, she said, a lot of liquor stores are on that road, and, well...

The only thing that bothers me about your move is the predators that lurk around bus stations and cheap housing. The YWCA in Denver does not have housing for young women that I can tell, which is a real pity.

Be aware, be careful and don't have any hangups about screaming your lungs out if you feel threatened. It is my purpose to alert you to the need to be cautious, really, really cautious. Perhaps some mbers on here would volunteer to keep an eye out for you just in case.

Larry

I know where you are.

Colfax gets a bad rap. There are some pretty cool stores on it too.

The best book store in the state The Tattered Cover (a woman owned indy) is just a few blocks from you on Colfax. Our very best music store Twist and Shout (also an indy) is just across the street from the Tattered Cover.

I can lose a few hours in both of them.

You are only 2-blocks from Colfax (major bus route) and the Civic Center Park.

You are about 4-blocks from the Denver Art Museum, History Museum and the main Denver Public Library. They are all very good.

Downtown Denver would only be a 10-minute walk for you. The 16th Street Mall is pretty cool with pretty good shopping restaurants. The Mall free shuttle buses that run all the time.

That would put you just a few blocks from Coors Field and the Lo-Do area.

The Denver Botanical Gardens are just a few minutes away too.

This will be quite the adventure.

Let me know if you have any specific questions.

Write down my email in case you get overwhelmed. I don't live in Denver, but Oceanside, just north of San Diego. We usually have a room open.

karmasrose, you're 20. You'll be fine.

I was 17 when I went off into the world on my own. My father had been transferred overseas and I wanted to stay and finish high school. So I did.

Two months after they left, the home I was staying was burgled and the owner collapsed in a diabetic coma. His career was over so he went back to his family in Georgia.

Having no place to go, I conspired with three other recent post-grads to rent a crummy duplex in a run-down area of town. We were too young to sign a lease, so a girl and I faked being married (I wore a borrowed ring with the stone upside down to make it look like a wedding band) to get through a loophole and make it possible to sign a lease.

I got a job driving a flower delivery truck, and spent my days carting around town, dropping off arrangements at hospitals, funeral homes and residences. I was pretty good at it, too.

Anyway, life was pretty simple for us. We made brown rice homemade dinners, listened to a lot of rock 'n' roll music, indulged in lots of wine and "herbal remedies" and generally had a pretty good time.

It lasted a few years, until I realized that my life wasn't going anywhere (and due to overseas conflicts, was probably headed into a war zone --let's face it, driving a flower truck isn't vital to national security) and I went overseas to join my parents to sort things out, went back to college, and tried very hard to grow up.

I graduated college at 22, got married, and found I had put my "carefree" youth behind me...

You'll do just fine. Believe me on this.

I've got a lot to do in two hours. The Greyhound site says to get there an hour before the bus leaves, and the bus I want to get a ticket for leaves around 11:20.

I wonder if I CAN get a job as a waitress; when all I've ever done is cashier.

Well, waitressing tends to have high turnover so I imagine I can.

Anyway; the site says that I'll get in at 11:10 am Friday morning.