Crazy Fingers

As promised, here’s a picture of our new building in Chelsea. Brian and I are still psyched about moving in. It’ll be nice to have real space and a real kitchen again.

Brian still has trepidation about this whole thing. He thinks it’ll be ok (I’m sure it will be great) but he’s never done anything like this before. His mom can’t believe we signed a two-year lease.

We walked by and met one of the building staff, who was outside washing his car. We’re still planning to go back on Monday to meet the super, Miguel, to give him his Christmas bribe gift.

We did a lot of running around today.

• Last minute gifts (in fact, all the gifts we are both giving are all last minute, except for a trinket Brian got for his brother two weekends ago). We got my parents 2 picture frames, which they seemed to like, and we paid for dinner. We’re going in on all of that with my brother and sister-in-law. We got his mother a digital camera, which we’re going in on with his brother. I went to Best Buy to pick it up this morning (we ordered it online last night); that was not such a good experience.
• Starbucks and the dry cleaner.
• Showed my apartment to a potential sublettor.
• Went to the gym. New York Sports Club closed at 3, so we called Kevin (who’s in Massachusetts visiting his family) and grovelled and he let us work out at David Barton today and tomorrow. Brian and I met at David Barton, but we don’t go there anymore. In exchange for working out there today and tomorrow, I’m not allowed to refer to New York Sports Club as a real gym, or mention that they have VersaClimbers, which David Barton doesn’t. One day I will have a picture of Kevin.
• Drove to New Jersey and had dinner with my parents, my brother and sister-in-law, and one of their daughters. We have an adorable picture of Brian and I with my brother’s baby daughter, but we’ve been asked not to share it here.
• Came back to Brian’s, where we’re waiting to go out with his friend Nikki, her friend Frieda, and her brother Adam.

Tomorrow we’re going to his mother’s to celebrate Chanukkah.