Review: Where Did Alex Go and Who Does Joe Even Know in SF?

Most of you know what happened with Alex Moore and San Francisco but some of you don't. I just wanted to talk briefly about what happened for the blog's completeness and to clear up the record.

TIMES WERE TOUGH IN THE SLUMS OF BERKELEY!!!

Alex and I weren't able to find any sort of employment (part-time, temporary or even full-time). This fact put a damper on our motivation and spirits.

Adding onto that was his financial situation. We both had expected to find some sort of job and be able to, at least partly, finance our living out here. Unfortunately that wasn't the case. Money was tight and Alex wasn't in any position to obtain money from his parents. 

Adding onto that was the fact that Alex and I weren't going to be able to find a sublet together in the city. A two bedroom sublet is pretty rare and hard to come by. If Alex had stayed we would be living in two different sublets in random areas of the city. 

Summing all of these conditions together was the reason that Alex left. He could have hypothetically stayed out here for another month (thanks to the generous donation of his stepmom) but he decided it would be better to head back home to live rent free and save up money. 

It was a pretty huge shock that he was leaving. The dream of both of us starting our young professional lives in San Francisco was shattered.  Then the reality of being completely alone in SF set in. I am not gonna lie....the first week or so was pretty rough without Alex.

Luckily, I knew a couple of BU people that live and had moved to San Francisco. My friend of four years, Hanna Mark, has been AMAZING in introducing me to her posse of high school and home friends that live in the city. She has also been great in helping me deal with the all the emotional and job issues I have been dealing with. Hillary Thompson is my other friend out here who lived on my floor freshman year. She has also been GREAT at helping me get acquainted with SF and introducing me to her group of friends.

It's really sad that Alex has left and I do miss him but its really comforting knowing that I have some BU faces out here. I know now that I am not COMPLETELY alone out here.