2I- New Haven Experience

Every freshman who attempts to go into Downtown New Haven has their own traumatic experience at some point.  This is a common thing to happen when entering a foreign territory.  The schedules are strenuous to figure out.  This was my experience with downtown.

My new piercing

On Thursday, September 5th I decided to venture downtown to make a very big decision.  One of my closest friends agreed to get her nose pierced with me.  The most reliable place that we could find was on State Street.  We scheduled an appointment for that night at 7:30.  It was now time to find our way down there.  We checked all of the bus schedules and looked on our maps to try and find the most efficient way to get to the destination.  We found a bus that left from the bus stop at 6:44.  We arrived at the bus stop and waited for what seemed to be forever.  We were later informed that we found the wrong schedule and the bus did not arrive until approximately 7:20.  We called the piercing studio to tell them that they were running late. They informed us that the studio was closing at 8 and that if we wanted to get our piercings, that we had to arrive before that time.

We stepped off the bus near the green by 7:40.  We had twenty minutes to get to the studio.  We figured that this would be enough time to get there.  That was if we could get the GPS to lead us to the correct place.  We were left walking around in circles for what must have been fifteen minutes.  We asked anyone we could find how we could get there, and no one was of any help.  We had no hope left.  I called my close friend who lived nearby to pick us up.  We had completely given up on this search.  When my ride arrived, he rushed us to the door of the studio.  There we found a closed sign.  We called in hopes to reschedule and try again the next day.  Upon telling them that we were outside, the owners invited us inside and to our relief, we got our piercings.  This was the longest expedition I ever imagined I would have to go through in order to get something so simple done.  After this we got back in my friends car and were driven home.  Our disaster night was over and we had some new jewelry to prove it.  This was by far the most interesting night since getting here.