Moving Part II.

My makeshift change of address card...Which I emailed. 

Below is the email I sent Mike mid-day on Wednesday (I was at home packing, he was at work):

I just found maggots (??) crawling around in one of our spice jars.

And a few dozen cans of expired things (from 2007).

And I cut my leg open on a box (so much for having pretty legs on our trip).

And then I stabbed myself in the finger with a knife & almost said a bad word but didn't.

Our bandaids are all packed.

FUN!!

Moving is generally just a disaster. It's really stressful, & always exhausting - especially this time. But we're done (almost)! Safe & sound in our new apartment, with sore backs & feet, but loving every inch of our new space - not to mention the view outside of our bedroom window when we go to bed at night - the Chrysler Building, The Empire State Building, Citicorp Center, Columbus Circle... It's beautiful.

Interesting discoveries made while packing / moving:

We have 3 jars of (unexpired) cumin

We do not own a broom (?) - I guess we are swiffer / vacuum people 

We have an unusually large supply of hot chocolate + baking cocoa - William Sonoma, Ghiradelli, Cadbury, Hersheys, take your pick - especially for people who don't often bake (that's what my friend Jill is for)

We won't be entirely settled until after our trip next week, when some ordered furniture arrives & we're able to unpack the rest of the (9) boxes sitting in our living room + hang photos & frames. But that's okay. The kitchen is unpacked, my spices are alphabetized (are there people who don't do that?!), my bed is made, clothes are put away & the cable + internet is hooked up (although we're just without a TV until we buy one tomorrow - our first official television purchase as a married couple). I still have to find a place to put all of my shoes, which is a bit of a predicament. The Container Store is on my agenda for the day. I really love that place.