Gone to America

I’ve got a number of weekends to catch up on before getting to St. Patrick’s Day, but I’ve had a post with this title every year since I started and I don’t see any need to monkey with tradition now. I’ve been getting a lot of complaints recently about my infrequent posting – or rather, the normal complaints have intensified. To which I say – suck it! I know my readership has gone down along with my posting frequency and I’ve made my peace with that. If you really get irritated checking back here to see that nothing has changed then you can sign up for email notifications. I’m a slow writer and I can only do this on weekends. Deal!

My last few weekends have been fairly busy, in a good way. Two weekends ago I went with Eli, Ian, Jackie and Elizabeth up to Jackie’s parent’s house in Rhinebeck in upstate New York. It was nice to get out of the city, although generally the countryside doesn’t do much for me. The house was beautiful. We went into the town, had some great meals, bought some books, drank, watched movies, walked up a mountain. All in all a very pleasant, relaxing time was had.

The following weekend Zaini and Sagel were in town so I hung out with them. This year it will be ten years since myself and Zaini left college. Ivan is coming over next month – maybe I can have my own very slow reunion in NYC. That was a good way to spend a weekend too – just some uncomplicated eating and drinking.

I also saw a great apartment that Sunday – an open house. I put a bid in on Monday, we agreed on a price on Wednesday and now here I go again. Their minimum was my maximum. Even when I was looking at much cheaper apartments I always somehow knew that I would end up spending the absolute most I had decided I could afford. Not to jump the gun. After my previous experience I won’t be convinced the whole thing is going smoothly until I’ve been living there for six months.

Yesterday was St. Patrick’s Day, but I more or less ignored that I was at a bachelor party. Good times, good times. No details. Well, ok – we started off bowling. The bachelor party was for Jeremy, Ian’s cousin. The wedding will be in Tucson, Arizona. A whole new part of the States to spend a weekend in!