homeless

This morning as I was leaving our building two firefighters walked in demanding they get into our basement. I thought it was a little strange and then I walked out to the street and realized something was going on. There were dozens of firetrucks lining the streets and a huge hole in the middle of the street with smoke coming out of it. After living here a while I wasn't really surprised so I continued down the street thinking nothing of it.

Shortly after I arrived at work I received a phone call from Jason informing me that there was some type of explosion/fire in the manhole and all electricity to our building had been shut off. This normally wouldn't be that big of a deal but finals are approaching and Jason hates to study at the library, so he was pretty upset when he realized in order to study from his computer he was going to have to leave the building.

Then about an our ago Jason frantically called telling me that our entire building was being evacuated and that he needed to know what I wanted because he was going to run in there and grab his books. At this point I got a little worried ... what the heck is going on? Obviously it is more than a small fire or they wouldn't be evacuating the building. After giving Jason my limited number of items (apparently the books are more important then my make-up) he was on his way back to the library. He now just sent me an email from NYU informing us of the situation and letting us know that they are hoping to get backup generators for the building by 9pm tonight to restore the power to our building, but if they are unable to do so there will be cots and linens provided for us at Coles (the gym) for the night. Yeah right ... I'm not sleeping on a cot at the stinking gym. Let's hope ConEd gets their crap together or I may be sleeping in the park.

I'll keep you posted ...

sheena was a man

This is for all the book club girls.
Now remember - I haven't seen this video since high school and I guess I didn't completely understand what it was saying or notice the dancers ... so don't think I'm a bad person. Just skip ahead to the Sheena part.
My friend Melissa discovered this song and we used to get in my Jeep, roll down the windows and turn it up as loud as it could go while dragging main. We thought we were soooo cool.
You gotta love the 80's!

ElfYourself

Click here to see how Jason and I get ready for the holidays.

happy thanksgiving

I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving!! This year I will be hosting Thanksgiving in my tiny apartment and I'm so excited. It's always hard for me to be away from my family but this year I am so lucky to be having dinner with our new friends Brent and Holly and our old friends Eddie and Michelle who are driving all the way from Ohio to be with us.

I am so thankful to be living in this wonderful city with my amazing husband. He studies so hard and I can't wait for the day when he will be able to see all the benefits from all of his hard work. I am thankful for our tiny apartment. I know most would go crazy in a studio apartment but I love that I can cook and Jason can study all in the same room. Whenever I want to talk he's always right there to listen and whenever I get mad he's still right there waiting for me to talk.

I am so thankful for my family, it's fun to talk to them each week and here all about what Shae is doing now. I love that they miss me so much that they shipped a smoked turkey all the way across the country just so I wouldn't miss out on our family tradition. And I am so thankful for my faith and the guidance it has given me since moving to NY. I don't know where I would be without the church in my life. I have made so many wonderful friends in this city who I know will always be there for me. In the words of Josh Groban "I have so much to be thankful for".

tis the season

To help jump start the holidays out here in NY Jason and I went to The Grinch with some of our friends on Saturday. I loved it!! It was very short, no intermission, but the little Who costumes were amazing. The story was narrated by the older Max, the Grinch's dog, telling the story of the year the Grinch stole Christmas. My favorite was The Grinch, we brought along our trusty binoculars so we could get a better look, his costume and make-up were incredible, he looked almost identical to Jim Carey in the movie.

While Jason enjoyed the show, not nearly as much as I did, he confessed it would have been a lot more fun if we had kids. It looks like seeing The Grinch every year will not be added to our list of Holiday traditions.



After the show we all went backed to Kelli and Bryan's apartment and Megan and I were surprised with birthday balloons and a cake. Together we both blew out the candles and it was so fun to have a little party and be able to visit with friends, thank you Kimber and Kelli for arranging a lovely night!


To keep me in the holiday spirit I've added a list of my favorite Christmas songs for you to enjoy. So if your not ready for the holidays to begin I suggest you either turn down your volume or don't check this blog until you are.

happy halloween

Now that we've been in NY for over a year everything that we've done more that once starts to become a tradition and the first of many to come is our favorite ... the Greenwich Village Halloween Parade. Click here to read about our experience last year. I've posted a few pictures to make you feel like you didn't miss out on any of the fun.