Finally. We chose a lovely and tiny apartment and signed the lease March 15, Eric moved the furniture (about a seventh of the total number of pieces we have in our three storage units) last weekend, and Maya and I arrived late this evening to piles of boxes and packing materials covering almost every inch of what seemed to be a lovely apartment when we saw it a few weeks ago.
I had looked for apartments in January when in Baltimore for a working week in January. I found lovely places but did not really know what I wanted, and in retrospect saw a duplex in the East Village which was perfect for us, but did not realize it until much later. Maya, Eric and I looked again for a weekend in late February and saw this lovely light and airy place in Chelsea, after a couple more days of searching, Maya and I decided this was the place, and without looking again, insisted that we sign the lease. To see it for the first time since our initial exposure was surprising; it was both smaller and bigger than I remembered, but mostly it is awfully small, and we will have to learn to live with less of everything.
Belina and Marius have joined us for our adventure. It is their school break and their parents, Daphne and Julien, will join them Monday. Eric bought a blowup queen size bed which covers the entire floor in Maya's bedroom, but all three children are able to sleep there. Our kingsize monstrosity fits in the other bedroom, which is not usual for New York apartments. It covers almost every inch of the floor, with just enough space to walk around the sides of the bed.
We have delivered our cats to the apartment. They have been left alone in our big house in Baltimore for six weeks, with an automatic feeder and litter box, and have become feral again. There is no room for them here, but we will all adjust.
This is our great Manhattan adventure.
I had looked for apartments in January when in Baltimore for a working week in January. I found lovely places but did not really know what I wanted, and in retrospect saw a duplex in the East Village which was perfect for us, but did not realize it until much later. Maya, Eric and I looked again for a weekend in late February and saw this lovely light and airy place in Chelsea, after a couple more days of searching, Maya and I decided this was the place, and without looking again, insisted that we sign the lease. To see it for the first time since our initial exposure was surprising; it was both smaller and bigger than I remembered, but mostly it is awfully small, and we will have to learn to live with less of everything.
Belina and Marius have joined us for our adventure. It is their school break and their parents, Daphne and Julien, will join them Monday. Eric bought a blowup queen size bed which covers the entire floor in Maya's bedroom, but all three children are able to sleep there. Our kingsize monstrosity fits in the other bedroom, which is not usual for New York apartments. It covers almost every inch of the floor, with just enough space to walk around the sides of the bed.
We have delivered our cats to the apartment. They have been left alone in our big house in Baltimore for six weeks, with an automatic feeder and litter box, and have become feral again. There is no room for them here, but we will all adjust.
This is our great Manhattan adventure.
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