April 14, 2007

• Last Hurrah

  Well Monday is my official first day at the new gig, dropped off my last bit of paperwork on Friday... I have to report to the midtown office for the first day cuz I need to meet a couple of people there I think.. but as far as I know of.. I will be heading down to 60 Wall every day...during the span of the last 6 years.. I have worked at 1 Wall St... 110 Wall St... and now 60 Wall St.... weird... it's been four plus years since I have worked downtown... and of course now that I am going to be working downtown again.. the wife's office is in midtown...wound up going to an interview up in Purchase, NY this Wednesday just to make sure I covered all my bases and because I was bored of sitting at home all week.. they made me an offer the same day and seemed pretty eager to get me, which was a nice ego stroke after looking for a job for two months... but in the end the amount that it would have taken to get me to commute up to Westchester everyday in my head was too much for them to justify... but at least I got out of the house for a few hours that day....

  the big news from last week is that the new baby nephew has arrived!!!... the little man tipped the scales at 8lbs plus last Friday.. and we got to spend Saturday on the night shift as back up to watch over the neice... as far as I can tell the little dude is made out of muscle... he was flopping around like a shark in my arms moving / thrashing his head and neck everywhere.. and he was just 1 day old at this point!!..I remember when the neice was just back from the hospital.. she would just sleep, drool and spit up....took her days to be able to move her head on her own....the little man less than 24 hours... the big question now is how the little niece is going to deal with this new invader to her domain...it should be interesting....I have already went out and got him a pair of baby Air Jordans... so sweet...and got him a boy size pair of Nike Dunk Lows with the year of the pig embroidered on the heel...super sweet

  the rents are due in later on this week, they are going to a college reunion in Taiwan... then they are coming into NY to file their taxes, think they are going to be around for two weeks or so and are staying in Queens with old friends, alas no room at the inn at our apt..... I just did our taxes this week since my old employer took their sweet ass time sending me my W-2... but the good news is we are getting a nice chunk of change back from the gub-ment...we'll prob spend it all on dresses/shoes/handbags for the wife and sneakers/toys for me, but ideally we can tuck a few bucks away into the savings account which has been getting lonelier and lonelier this past year....I am going through the same spending frenzy the wife went through before she went back to work.. think I will most likely be following her lead and spending like a crazy person as I try to justify to myself why I am back in an office, wearing shoes and a belt.... instead of hauling a 40lb pack around strange countries in shorts and trail runners..man.. it was a glorious year....

  Today is the first nice Saturday we have had in some time in NY... there is a street fair outside and I just inhaled a sausage with peppers and onions on a hero for lunch.. but the Mrs is nearing a closing and had to make her way to the office today... I thought about going to Dunkxchange NYC... which is pretty much a comic book show.. but for sneakers.. the idea of being stuck in a room with a bunch of  hipsters and 15 year old B&T kids with their moms wasn't doing it for me... I'll stick to getting my shoes the new fashioned way... on my laptop and away from the riff raff...

  now that the year of wandering the earth is over and done with.. next project... new digs... not sure yet if we are going to keep looking for an apt in the UWS.. or gulp.. maybe a house in Jersey....stay tuned

  yeah.. there are more sneakers

   

  Ohhh.. NB 574 Japan Edition

  

  Air Max 90 Premium.. silver, black and purple...I managed to cop them for 40 bucks cheaper than retail...nice

  

  Nike Insurgent Premium Redwood Editions... small air window in the back of the heel...yikes

  

  Nike Legend... not super exclusive or pricey.. just a solid everyday shoe that I won't be afraid to wear

  

  Asics Onitsuka Tiger Limber Ups, so lightweight, comfortable, and cheap....

   

  Baby Jordans!!!... I have never had a pair of AJ's.. but the little man will be breaking necks with these

  

   a pair of sneakers not for me... these Boys size 6 are for the newborn nephew... these are Asia exclusives.. Year of the Pig Dunks.... so sweet.. when the little man is old enough to rock these.. he is going to be uber retro...

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