Sunday, June 01, 2008

Catching up and moving in

My apologies for not writing for so long. As we learned firsthand, an interstate move is quite the learning experience. And starting a new job can also be quite intensive.

First things first -- everybody's doing well, the new place is great, the new job is fine. Lots of nice people abound. The only truly negative part of the past month was when I tried to get phone service (Verizon is such a horrible company). But we're getting phone service when our cable and internet gets hooked up, hopefully this Wednesday, so we'll be more in touch and posting more entries.

Before we left, we had a great going away party at An Beal Bocht, the local Irish pub in Riverdale (highly recommended). Family, friends, and a few of CJ's playground buddies came over to give us a proper send us off. Here's CJ with Emma having a good frolic.



The moving company packed most of our stuff -- CJ did most of the supervising. When she wasn't reliving Halloween, that is.



Under CJ's watchful eye, the movers packed everything with the greatest of care.



Our old apartment was loaded onto the truck on a Friday, and our stuff was delivered to the new apartment on the following Monday. In between, we spent the weekend with Uncle Frank, Aunt Susan, and cousins Jay and Grace. Here's Jay leading everyone through some impromptu martial arts exercises.



Jay is quite the skateboard fiend these days.



While I was busy wrapping up loose ends at the old place, everyone else went out to Long Island to celebrate cousin Bobby's graduation. Here's a gaggle of cousins posing for the camera.



We drove down to Maryland on Sunday with Nai Nai, and stayed at a bed a nearby bed and breakfast. At the B&B, the innkeeper looked after her granddaughter in the mornings, and CJ happily pitched in.



On Monday morning, we went to our new home when our stuff was delivered. Here's CJ and Nai Nai, supervising as the movers unload the truck.



CJ really likes the new apartment, although she was a little lost among the boxes at first.



But now we're mostly unpacked, and celebrating Mommy's birthday today.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Congrats on getting the books in the shelves. Welcome to your new home... and.... Happy Birthday Meg!

Dan- I loved your post about Van Cortland Park. Hoping you find something comparable soon.

oxox