Home

It's officially, I am not going to be homeless.
But I will be moving to Brooklyn, living in a room 3 times the size for hundreds less, and adding the Brooklyn Bridge to part of my daily commute to work.  And Pumpkin will have a 5 minute walk to Prospect Park (approximately the size of Central Park and awesome).

I'm starting teacher training in three weeks and I'm timidly greeting this transitionary period of my life.
Nate has been gone for a week working for a less than desirable shipping company.  He doesn't like it and neither do I.  The last week has literally felt like a month.

I can't help but long for the idea of Home.  Home stopped being the little house in Coto de Caza about two years ago.  I think that at some point it was my current apartment, but never fully.  I'm now realizing that I'm probably not going to find Home for a while.  I'll let you know once I've found it.

I'm also planning a trip.  Somewhere, anywhere!  I don't know if it's the stress of real-estate in this city, or the constant 100+ degrees days but this city has become stifling.  I now understand why everyone and their dog has a home in the Hamptons.

I'm looking at everything from Newport to Block Island to the Jersey Shore to the Hamptons.  Basically everything is out of our price range.  If anything we'll go to Virginia to meet Nate's cute little grandma.  Anything to get out of the city for a weekend!

The Last Two Months

In the last two months I:

• Celebrated my 23rd birthday in Little Italy. 
• Took Restorative Yoga Teacher Training. 
• Went to the Yoga Journal Conference. 
• "Graduated" from college at Yankee Stadium.  
• My family visited and we had a lovely time.
• Nate's family visited, the nice ones as least, and we celebrated his graduation. 
• Cooked some ahhhmazing meals, I'm getting more and more domestic each day. 
• Nate and I went to California for almost a week! 
• My best friend Didi got married.  It was beautiful, she was beautiful.  I love her and wish her and her husband Kasey all the happiness in the world. 
• Nate and I visited with Lisal and Scott and lived the life of the rich and famous (well, sort of) in Glendale and ate excellent mexican food. 
• I bought Nate rainbows so he can become a true Californian 
• My good friend Aaron and his partner puppy-sat Pumpkin while we were gone and fell in love with her so much they decided to get a Cavalier of their own.  I gave them Pumpkin's breeder's info and they are taking home Pumpkin's real little sister in the next few months!
• Nate spent a few weeks as stay-at-home father to pumpkin while he looked for a job 
• Nate found a job, nothing good, nothing permanent and left 
• I looked for an apartment with my good friend Kathleen for a solid three weeks of stress and uncertainty 
• We CROSS OUR FINGERS found a place the other day and are waiting to be approved 
• It's been HOT, like dangerously hot. 
• I took Pumpkin to work with me, everyone loved her
• I got matched with my favorite and most adored teacher for the 300 hour teacher training which I start a month from yesterday 
• I had more than a few breakdowns 
• I realized the next few months are going to be rough but I'm going to hold on tight and keep chugging along. 

And here's all that in pictures: 

Birthday Weekend:

Graduation: 

Emily, Kathleen and I

Eating french fries while I graduate.

Clinton Street Bakery - totally worth the wait.



Nate's Graduation Weekend: 

June Ball

Teddy took took Pumpkin into the fountain at Washington Square

The Epic Meal I cooked: 

(It took 4.5 hours! Quite the endeavor) 

I had to remove the giblets, it was traumatic. 

Pear salad with fresh parmesan 

I made this!!! 

Rosemary potatoes 

Chardonnay Glazed Bundt Cake
(It was the best!)

4th of July in California 

Lisal and Scott's street in Glendale

Didi & Kasey

Gourmet Smores Bar 

And Pumpkin... 

At the office

As I write this.