unfinished journey

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Saturday January 2, 2010

Orlando Airport

Waiting to go to Brooklyn

How I miss my home!

Friday January 1, 2010

It is New Years Day

A decade begins with cheer

Project is Haiku

Monday, June 15, 2009

Packing and Moving

New Roomie on the left (Julie). Old roommates on the Right (Charlotte and Sarah.) Char and Sarah are moving to NC and Julie is from FL.

Moving into a mansion this weekend!!! Moving out of my 425 square foot apartment that I have been sharing with 2 friends and a dog and moving into a 1000 square foot apartment with 2 other friends. I have been counting down the months that I could move since August and now I can count down the days.

However, I am trying to kill all living stages of bed bugs. One way to do this is to fumigate everything I own (cost about $1200) or I can heat all my belongings. I am being very "ungreen" and putting everything in plastic bags and into my car.

Even though it is June, the temperature has been in the 60s and the sun has barely made an appearance. As I was traveling outside the city today for work, I cranked up the heat in my car. I was sweating. It was a sauna in my car. BUT I know that I am killing ANYTHING that might be hiding in my stuff. I am a bed bug killing machine.

BUT sadly, I am sneaking out of my current apartment. We want to be out of the apartment and away from our landlord when we let him know that we will not be renewing our lease. Knowing what he is capable of doing and seeing what he has done to previous tenants, it is in everyone's best interest to leave asap and silently.

Living in 425 square feet with 2 roommates and a dog has been an unbelievable learning experience. I have learned the art of organization, the importance of cleaning, patience, and knowing that I can live just about anywhere. Being in Ethiopia for 2 weeks also led me to realize that my current living situation will NEVER be as terrible as what millions of Ethiopians live in on a daily basis.

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Gone Fishing

Played on a coed soccer team--Urban Soccer League. We won 2 games the entire season, but we were crowned CHAMPS as we won the championship. Way to go Bootleggers. Out goaly had to be taken away by paramedics after being tackled. He broke his ankle in 2 places and required surgery....

Found a new apartment!!!! I call it The Mansion. WIll be moving 1/2 a mile down the road to Windsor Terrace (the WT)--5 blocks from Prospect Park and less than 1 block from the Greenwood Cemetery. Will be living with Julie (from Pensacola) and Alethea (from Charlotte). I am gradually packing up my belongings, as I will be sneaking out of my current apartment. We do not want my landlord to know when and where we are moving. I will be going from sharing a 425 square foot apartment with 2 people to a 1000 square foot apartment.

Saw a rheumatologist and a neurologist this past week and got about 10 viles of blood filled for testing and had a MRI of my brain done. After 3 years of having bladder issues, I finally saw a urologist and after having a urodynamics test performed--it was found that my bladder is not functioning appropriately. I was put on medication which has greatly changed my life!!! This is apparently abnormal and unusual for someone in her 20's, so multiple specialists are involved to determine if there is an underlying cause. If there is no underlying cause--I am going to be treated like a 60 year old woman. I asked the urologist what might happen when I am 60. Her response, "We will cross that road when we get there."

DEPENDS here we come :)

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Going to try and be more regular on here....

Recap of life:

Ran the Boston Marathon on April 21 in 3 hours and 26 min. I gained four minutes from my time at Scranton. It was an incredible race to run with people cheering the entire 26.2 miles. The last 4 miles were incredibly hard for me and I wanted someone to just come and carry me to the finish line. I kept the same pace for the first 21 miles. Overall, I was really happy with my time considering I didn't start running until January after nursing my ankle back to health and not being able to run for 2 weeks in February while in Ethiopia.
Took four friends from Brooklyn to the Catskills on May 2 and hiked up Mt. Wittenburg. They loved it!!!! It was a great opportunity to get out of the city and be in fresh air.
May 3, I rode in the 5 Borough Bike Tour in the rain. I rode with 36,000 riders starting by the world trade tours up to the bronx, back into manhattan , then to queens, then brooklyn, and then statin island. I had to cut off at the Brooklyn Bridge to go play a soccer game. That was the longest I have ridden a bicycle :)
May 8-10 I went to Alabama. I flew to Birmingham and Natalie met me there. We stayed with her brother and sister-n-law and visited Papa. Then went to Montgomery and stayed with Kaytie (friend from NYC) and watched her perform in Comedy of Errors at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival.

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Happy Passover and Maundy Thursday

Passover began at sundown last night and continued through today. I have never paid much attention to the holiday until living here in NYC. Being in NYC, so many people I have met running, climbing, and at work celebrate Passover. I have thought more about the holiday, but honestly, I used it as a time to get my chores done. Last night was a perfect night to go grocery shopping since many people were celebrating Passover and eating Matzah. Today, the trains were less crowded and several co-workers took today as a holiday.

Passover represents the time when God spared the Hebrews when he killed the first born of Egypt. Passover is also the seven day Feast of Unleavened Bread and God brought the Israelites from slavery.