The Better Half … of the Bargain

Review time, everyone:  Lifelongnewyorker headed south to start her job two weeks ago and is living all by herself in a sterile apartment complex.  Mr. NYer is about six weeks behind, having stayed on Staten Island to wait for the closing on the house and generally wrap things up.  In the meantime, he’s still working, continuing to clear [...]

Sights from my Office

Some people have been clamoring for pictures.  Here are a handful take from or near my office.  Apologies for the haphazard layout — I haven’t figured this part out yet. I’m on the 4th floor of the SPLC building with windows on three sides of my work area.  The downtown is a mix of office [...]

Alarm in the Night

Short post tonight.  Lifelongnewyorker is writing as she’s listening to the State of the Union Address.  Right now, the Prez is entering the Chamber, greeting his way down the aisle. I’m settling into a bit of a routine and, now that the Great Mattress Switch is behind us, I’ve slept soundly.  In fact, I was in [...]

Adaptation

One adjusts quickly to new conditions. Case in point 1:  On the first day I wore a skirt, despite being told that I could dress much more casually.  That night, Lifelongnewyorker wrote that she would continue wearing skirts and dresses until they wore out.  I wore jeans the next day. I have not worn a skirt [...]

Sweet or Unsweet Tea

Montgomery has passed the iced tea test with flying colors.   No matter where you go, you can get freshly brewed, real iced tea.  Without sugar.  With lemon.  Oh, sure, you can also get that syrupy sweet stuff if that’s your poison, but it’s not mine. This is a real issue, and frankly one I didn’t [...]

The House Hunt Begins

My sister will be so disappointed.  Recently, she observed – enviously — that I was the only adult she knew who could still sleep late.  Not in Montgomery.  I’ve been going to bed earlier and getting up earlier.  Maybe it’s just the time change. This morning I woke before my alarm and headed out to meet Susan, my realtor, at 9 [...]

Week One

It’s good to start a new job on a four-day week.  Although I’m enjoying playing the rookie role at the office, I think I’ve had enough crammed into my brain for now. The stuff pouring out of my ears takes several forms.  Each day, I’ve engaged in a sort of one-on-one seminar in the history of [...]

Random observations on life in Montgomery so far

Some random observations on this, my fifth full day in Montgomery. – I do not miss 30-degree weather.  January-that-feels-like-April is fine with me. – One can adjust rapidly to a short commute.  – I need to figure out how to get my morning dose of news.  The commute is too short for NPR. – I like [...]

First Day on the Job

Who could sleep?  I certainly never was able to the night before school started (when I was a teacher — I don’t remember how I slept when I was IN school).  Last night I skidded through, moving to cooler parts of the bed, flipping around like a fish to get comfortable, and wondering just how a [...]

Montgomery on my Own

Today the sun came out and we enjoyed a bright beautiful Montgomery winter day with temperatures in the low 60s.  It felt like an early April day in New York.   Yesterday was a gloomy day, and it doesn’t help that my apartment complex sits off a major road that resembles Rt. 9 in New Jersey.  It’s a [...]