We wanted to live it up before we needed to be responsible and find jobs. Los Angeles really lives up to all its stereotypes. Perfect weather, pretty people, a wide variety of things to do, and great food. It totally seemed like moving to this new city was going to be great!
Quickly we realized that it was also very dog friendly, almost everyone has a dog in L.A. The apartment complex we moved to was full of them! There were dogs at the mall, dogs at the airport, awesome specialty dog stores, just everywhere you looked dogs! My boyfriend and I were super excited about this because our dogs are like our children. So we followed the trend and brought them along everywhere. If you aren’t a dog person L.A. may not be the place for you.
The beaches in L.A. were to die for and only a short drive away from our apartment. There was definitely no pining for Galveston beaches! We also found a couple of cool spots to go hiking. We lived a half hour away from Universal Studios, not too far from Disneyland, walking distance to malls, restaurants, and gyms. So we thought location-wise we picked a great place to live. We didn’t think finding a temporary job would be difficult.
This was the first time that my boyfriend and I lived with our significant other. We were super happy and super in love and super optimistic about this life decision we made. All we had was each other and we were so happy to start life in a place with a clean slate.
We were pretty eager to furnish our apartment so that was the first thing we did. With the help of my boyfriend’s mom we purchased a couch and we were feeling really “adult-y” and mature. Saving money and managing a budget never really crossed my mind. I really thought finding a place to work while we were here “testing the waters” would be as easy as the job hunt in Texas was for a part time job.