Friday, September 02, 2005
What a wonderful town
Well, I'm here! I arrrived safely last night, after getting up at 3:30 a.m. to catch my flight--I flew from Calgary to Dallas/Fort Worth (yes, I know how ridiculous it seems to go to New York via Texas!), and then from there to JFK. I landed at about 5, so by the time I got my luggage, found an ATM, grabbed something to eat (neither flight served meals), and caught a cab, I got to Alexandra's at around 7.She was actually moving into her house yesterday, so the moving truck was still outside--Lorenzo was staying with a friend, so I actually haven't even met him yet. The house is a 100-year-old brick rowhouse that's being restored, so there are still renovations going on. It's beautiful--exactly the kind of old-school New York house that you'd picture. Once all the renovations are done (in about a month), it'll be gorgeous. You can see it in the architecture and everything, even the parts that aren't finished yet, so I'm definitely excited to live there.
I've had the afternoon to walk around the neighborhood and kind of familiarize myself with it. It's a predominantly Carribean neighborhood, so I'll get to experience (for the first time in my life) being a minority. I think it'll be fine, though--people seem friendly enough; it's just a very different culture. I'll be spending enough of my time in Manhattan, too, that it should be quite a balance of everything.
Lorenzo starts school next Thursday, so until then, a lot of my duties will include entertaining him so that Alexandra can unpack and deal with the workmen in the house. There's a great playroom upstairs (the house is quite big--it's one of those houses that has servants' entrances and stairs, and in its previous incarnations, the sections of the house were quite separate from each other!) in the attic, so we'll hang out up there. Which will be fantastic for my back, since I can't quite stand up straight! :o) Ah well... I need to find a chiropractor anyways!
I still feel like a houseguest, and my relationship with Alexandra will definitely be more clearly defined as the days go on, but she's very nice, and it seems like we'll be able to get along well. It'll be interesting living in renovations for a while, but not unmanageable. Right now, we're sleeping in the basement, which is 3 floors removed from the bedrooms, because that's where the functioning bathroom is! Hopefully the upstairs bathroom will be finished soon, and then there can be at least some semblance of normality!
Anyways, my internet time is quickly coming to an end (wow, this feels like all those internet cafes I frequented all over Europe last summer!), so I should post this before I lose it or something! :o)
3 Comments:
Glad to hear you arrived safe and sound, Alida! I look forward to hearing about your NY adventures and I shall live vicariously through you! Hehe. I think working with Alexandra is going to be great -- i have a good feeling about it. :) xo
oh, that was from me....linds! :P
I'm too, am glad you arrived safely. Do send pictures of the finished house. I can't say I've ever really seen a real New York abode!
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