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Hi, blog. Here's a few random things in no particular order, because my brain isn't doing order right now:

Mike turned in his work laptop when he resigned last week which means that there's a big giant game of laptop tug-of-war going on in the Whiting household. Let's hope our marriage remains intact before we move to Texas. This being said, Mike & Quinn are off to Soho to buy an iPad, because that's cheaper than a divorce attorney. 

I think I've cried about a dozen times this week because of the generous kindness of internet friends that I do not know. Happy tears! Mostly. The sad tears are in the morning when I wake up & look out our window out at the city. But the happy ones - I feel like Texas has reached all the way across the country & given my cold & calloused New York City heart a big, giant hug. I feel really blessed, & I'm so very grateful. Thank you, friends. I'm overwhelmed. And my real-life friends, of course: I love you, too. It's been really nice getting the phone calls & texts from you, especially those that I haven't heard from in such a long time (the reaction is typically the same - What?!?!), & especially fun to see that everyone knows someone in Texas.

We're flying down to Houston this weekend for the biggest shopping trip of our lives. I love to shop! I've just never shopped for anything with so many numbers, & it makes me feel funny (i.e. old).  Home shopping + car shopping is maybe the most adult thing we've had to do in our married life. It seems more complicated than even having a baby. It's all just crazy.

I'm stressed. Maybe that's an understatement. 

But last night! It was so fun. I went with friends Amy & Kristi Lynn to see How to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying. It was really, really wonderful - the best show I've seen in a long time, & so perfectly Broadway. It was so happy, & so much fun! I think I now understand how it feels to be Quinn, because afterwards, my cheeks hurt from smiling so much. Danielle Radcliffe - besides having a somewhat mediocre voice - was fabulous. Loved him so very much. 

What else? Oh yeah. Remember how we went to St. Thomas a few weeks ago? I haven't really even sorted through all of the photos yet (!!). And friend Erin was here last weekend & we had a really, really perfect time, & I haven't gone through any of those photos either. And my computer keeps yelling at me because I have like 25,000+ photos in my iPhoto, & I need to do some serious clearing out. I have friends to call back, my pile of laundry keeps getting bigger & bigger & I'm just kind of feeling behind on life right now. But this is temporary! And everything will be wonderful. In about 6 months, I just know that everything is going to be (more-or-less) okay. And I'll have a garbage disposal, a washer & dryer, & a great big closet (or 5)! Deep breaths!

Oh! Quinn has a tooth. Kind of. He's 9 months old today, & it just start poking through yesterday (which explains why he was such a cranky pants). A tooth! In celebration, we fed him spaghetti & pasta today. Q eats spaghetti! What?!