We have arrived!

Hello everyone :) Well it's official, we live in New York City. How weird is that? Today was my third day here and people are asking for my blog to start, so... here goes nothing :)

Our journey here was tough. Timmy was smart and upgraded us to first class, in hopes that I would be less likely to bail. It worked I guess because I am here. He also sweetened the deal with tickets, for my birthday, to see The Addams Family on Broadway in a few weeks. He knows me too well. I'm sure the flight attendants thought I was a crazy person but I made sure to not wear mascara that morning so as not to frighten anyone. All of our luggage made it, which was a relief!

When we first walked into the apartment, my heart stopped a little. It looked SO SMALL! Boxes literally filled the apartment and I had no idea where everything would possibly fit. I thought we had gotten rid of so much, yet it seemed like an impossible task. Then I opened the boxes to find that each box contained an entire tree's worth of paper to pack two picture frames.

Our apt building is very nice. The view is wonderful from our rooftop. You can see the statue of liberty. You can see the Hudson River from our windows in our apartment so that is pretty cool also. I was afraid that there would be a ton of noise at all hours, but it is nice and quiet in our apartment. It did not come with blinds and I forgot to pack our curtains, so that is next on my agenda because we get a lot of natural light. We have decent closets (for NY) so that is also a very good thing. First thing we did.... ate pizza :) Oddly enough, we ate at a place that loves New Orleans so Timmy got a slice that had crawfish on it and tasted like gumbo. Different, but it kinda tasted like home... cajun style :)

We then ventured to Bed Bath and Beyond. HA! It's three stories and has a doorman. It made me dizzy.

Then to the grocery store. HA again! I miss HEB. Everything here is outrageously priced. They only have two kinds of ramen noodles and they are like 70 cents for one. Boooooooo. I'm not happy about this.

Our first full day, Timmy went to work, and I tackled the boxes, all 43 of them. I stayed up until 3:30 am but I got a huge chunk done! I did not venture out past the diner under our building. Nothing to write home about from there...so sad.

Today was day two. I got all boxes unpacked! It took a lot of effort, but it's done. I decided to venture out today...alone. I walked all the way to Macy's and didn't get lost. I almost got hit by a car, but at least I knew where I was going. Macy's was out of control. 9 stories and almost a whole block. Nuts. I was overwhelmed. They have a starbucks, an au bon pain, and a McDonalds INSIDE Macy's!!!!!! Haha, no one else there was as impressed as I was. Snobs...
Naturally when I got out, the rain was coming down, and I had no umbrella. Good excuse to cab it home instead of walking.

Well that's it for now! Once the house looks good I will post some pictures :) I'm venturing out further tomorrow so we will see how that goes. I'll check back in soon! I love you and miss you all terribly!!!!