oh! BTW. I took matters into my own hands (as I do on occasion with broken things.) I took my watch apart (and in doing so probably voiding any other warranty it had on it) and fixed those stupid buttons. I can once again read the news and check the weather while I’m waiting for the next train to come on the subway. hurrah! i love my watch. it works great in new york. check it out: Suunto n3i
We went and visited our new place again today (we’re still staying with friendss ’cause the carpet is getting torn out and new wood floors put in along with a fresh coat of paint.) It was pretty depressing because it still looks pretty dumpy (they just started tearing the carpet out.) One thing I don’t like about ‘the city’ is everything is old… like the buildings. I know.. I know.. most people love them. It gives the city character . blah. blah. I just think they stink and the architechs were on drugs when they designed them–you wouldn’t believe some of the designs of some of the buildings here. they aren’t practical at all. Anyway. Now I’m ranting.
One thing that’s frustrating is that we are stuck in a lot of catch-22 situations. Like for instance, to get a NY driver’s license–we have to bring our old ones in, bring our SSN cards, a credit card, passport AND our mariage certificate (for security reasons.) Some of the jobs I’m applying for require a valid NY driver’s license, and in order to sign up for simple things like a library card, you need an ID with your current address… like a NY driver’s license, but wait.. we can’t even get mail at our new address yet because the carpet is still being done. See what I mean? I hope I’m not being to depressing here.. we’re actually doing quite well. I just hate not having a job. 🙁 and like Candice mentioned before, the humidity makes you want to curl up in a ball and fall off the face of the planet–it just gets under your skin. Today it was like 85% humidity and high of 91 degrees. Try walking around all day in that. sheez.
holy crap. i heel like i’m in a sauna when i start to walk anywhere outside. i sweat *so* much….it’s weird…
well, yesterday was fun, eventhough eric got ripped off. we went to h&m and got some clothes. as much as eric complained about the loud music in the store he still spent like 45 minutes trying clothes on and he still bought more things than i did. 🙂 i think he secretly loves to go clothes shopping for himself. 😉 as for me, i love h&m because the clothes all fit so good and they’re super cute and they’re cheap!
today we visited jabba again. we have a schedule. noon and 8, every day. we miss him alot and want to get our place so we can get him back!
we’re going to our apartment today to measure windows and doors (not sure why, but eric wants to). as soon as our landlord gives us a definitive date, we’ll order a sofa, bed, matress, table and chairs from ikea, and possibly a rug or two. i have to order by phone because the individual stores always run out of the matress we want. same with the couch.
omg…we went to the mercado today and totally loaded up on fruit and veggies, since i’m on the raw foods thing. i got everything i wanted, figs, tomatoes, plums, grapes, peaches, avacadoes, and *lots* of other stuff and it only came to $19! it would have cost *at least* 30 at safeway….it was so cheap! 🙂
oh yeah, the raw foods thing is going great. i really like it so far. i don’t feel lathargic or anything and i’m getting all my food groups and vitamins, too.
toodle-loo…
Weellll.. I have a bone to pick with compusa. my stupid watch.. correction. my stupid $200 watch has two faulty buttons on it. OK. it’s not that bad right? I bought the extended warranty from compusa. I can take it back and exchange it for a new one. right? hah. unfortunately for me… their entire stock for the whole US apparently is sold out because the normal price for this watch is $300 and they we’re selling it for $200. so, they told me I’m basically up a creek as far as their warranty goes. So that means I’m basically stuck with the manufacturers warranty and will probably have to send it in somewhere to get it repaired. greeeeaaattt.
Well, on another note. Candice and I forgot our dress clothes in Cali… (they’re in a box somewhere.) So, we went to this department store in manhattan called h&m to buy some clothes for interviews, etc. Not much new info about our apartment… the landlord is still taking bids for the paint/new wood floors, so it’s just more delays for us before we can move into our new place. 🙁
geez…eric sounded like he needs prozac in his last post. things aren’t really all that bad by a long shot. we’re just waiting for the construction to be started/finished on our apartment and there’s not a whole lot we can do about it in the mean time. no big deal. jabba plays all day long at Lorrie’s place. there’s not much we can do ’till we move in so we’re just in limbo for a while, which isn’t too bad…at least we found an apartment, have a place to stay, and our puppy is happy. 🙂
today is day 2.5 of my raw foods diet. i like it so far. to be honest, it’s too hot here to eat anyway so i don’t feel like i’m sacrificing much. i can eat as much as i want so i don’t get hungry too often. last night i had these pesto stuffed mushrooms that were SO good!
anyhoo…i think we’re going to go into compusa today and h&m. we don’t have any interviewing clothes since all our boxes are still 3k miles away.
toodles!
Unfortunately, even though I’ve been sleeping a lot, I still don’t feel that rested. And today we didn’t get as much accomplished as I had hoped to–and still no jobs.. 🙁
Candice is trying out this ‘raw food’ diet thing that our friends here have been doing for a couple weeks. I’m sure she’ll write more about that later, but basically you can eat anything (and as much as you want) as long as it’s fresh and not cooked. Surprisingly, there are quite a few things you can make, and with some good recipes you can make some pretty tasty foods–from Hors d’oeuveres to soups to sauces to ice cream. Anyway.. I’m not trying it ’cause if I did after 4 weeks I would end up only weighing about 80 pounds or so.
well, here’s some pics of jabba and his friends at lorrie’s house. he’s been having lots of fun while we are busy getting situated.
jabba chowing down
frieda the little monkey
eric and frankie
cute lola
[sorry for the poor quality pics…no tengo photoshop anymore]
eric failed to mention the cuteness of the apartment. it has white crown molding throughout. the windows are the tall old-fashioned ones. there’s the old-fashioned radiators for heat, too. they’re also installing a new dishwasher for us. the bathroom is really kitchy. it’s green tiles! 🙂 i also got to pick out nice colors for everything and we’re getting wood floors. so, if everything works out like planned, we’ll have a great place. the cielings are also really high, like 10 ft. the rooms are huge, especially the bedroom. like i said, if everything ends up being as planned, it will be WAY better than we *ever* thought we could get, even at the upper end of our rent budget. oh, almost all the handles are the old-fashioned glass door knobs. 🙂 i’m trying to reign in my excitement in case something doesn’t go as planned, but it’s really hard.
in other news…i’m seriously contemplating going on the raw food diet. matt and samantha are on it and feel great. the food looks really good, too. it’s not heavy which is great for me in the summer.
anyhoo…toodle-loo!