The (pirated) internet connection is weak, but I just wanted to throw a note up to say we arrived safe and sound. There were many small miracles yesterday, not the least of which was the empty seat between SMS and me on the flight. This gave us much needed room to take care of Henry who was slightly freaked out by the whole thing. The stewardess let us take him out of his carrier and he slept on my lap for a few hours wrapped in a blanket. That certainly calmed him down. Mae could not have cared less about the whole thing. Given that her favorite place in the old apartment was under the couch, she felt right at home on the floor of the plane.
Shout outs to Lauren & Eric and Robin for lending us the Sherpas; Ari for driving us around Manhattan on Monday, lifting lots of heavy stuff, and taking us to the airport on Wednesday; Aaron and Lauren for the much needed duffel bag, Yvonne & Eric and Erica & Mike & Maisie for the homeopathic cat remedies; My New Friend Stephanie who helped me on my first (of many) Housing Works runs to donate some of the mass of junk we have accumulated over the past 10 years; Karen for our first piece of personal mail in the new place; and everyone else in New York who has made the last 10 years an amazing 1/3 of my life (so far!) and anyone who helped with the move that I can’t remember right now, because sleep is not something I have been friends with lately.
Also, to KMAY and Matt who have done everything in their power on this end to make this move as easy as possible.
And most of all to SMS who lifted heavy, heavy things for many, many weeks leading up to this move and who was a trooper yesterday, allowing me all my silly idiosyncrasies and smiling through most of it.
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