Untethering

Where is my tether? I’m referring, of course, to the cord that attaches my Blackberry to my computer and allows me to have Internet access anywhere.  Once we turn in the cable boxes, we’ll need it.  I can’t find it. This is probably the 10th or 15th item I couldn’t find today.  On the phone, [...]

Getting a Move On …

Yikes — Lifelongnewyorker and Mr. NYer are moving this week! We’ve been trying to nail down a closing date all week and late yesterday–a Friday–we got the word that it’s either this Thursday or in three weeks.  For various reasons we decided that sooner is better than later. But.  Lifelongnewyorker is in Atlanta on business.  Mr. [...]

Rainy Day Saturday Woman

Mostly I’m blithely optimistic about the upcoming changes.   I remind myself occasionally that there will be days where doubts and sadness predominate, but so far there haven’t been many. Today was one of them. Things are moving fast and with certainty.  I leave — LEAVE — in just over a month.  The house went on [...]

The Weight

Ticking items off my to-do list I paused at “paperwork for New Job.”   The large FedEx box that arrived on Thursday was a lot heavier than the envelope I had expected.  Half the bulk was taken up by items explaining life in Montgomery, including the Alabama Driver’s Manual and a real estate magazine so thick that [...]

The things to do today

The weekend.  Forget going hiking or taking a bicycle ride.  There are things to do. The list so far: 1. Wait for the guys painting the living room to return to finish the work they began yesterday. 2. Rent a self-storage place (more on that later) 3.  Sign the paperwork with the realtor to put the [...]