After a record apartment search (eight apartments in about eight hours) Meghan and I have found our new home in Harrison, NY. It’s a nice two bedroom apartment on the third floor of a multi-family house, and met my requirement of having a washer and dryer, and Meghan’s requirement of being close to the train. There’s also a batty Italian landlord, who hopefully has a clandestine connection to shady dealings of some sort.
With checks cut for the security deposit and outrageous realtor’s fees (I wish I could get $2400 for 3 hours work) we are slated to move in on the 1st of April. This of course raises the specter of that ultimate evil: packing. Those of my family and friends who have endured one of my many moves around the eastern seaboard can attest to the fact that I will not be winning “Most Organized Packer” anytime in the foreseeable future. Try as I may to get organized early, invariably there is some cabinet accidentally left unpacked, or various knickknacks without boxes that end up being jammed into a bag and thrown into the moving truck at the last minute. While businesses are celebrated for Just In Time inventory management, the accolades for my Just In Time Packing system have yet to arrive. Meghan remains convinced we can fully pack and move by the 1st, so I am putting my faith in her superior organizational abilities.
A further consequence of the move is that I’ll need to dismantle the tangle of wires and battered hardware that keeps PatandMeg.com up and running. I hope we’ll keep the downtime to under a week, but we will be at the mercy of utility provides installing high-speed internet access at our new digs. Don’t worry, we’ll be back as soon as I complete that other most unpleasant of duties: unpacking.