Ammon Brown

One of those weeks Wow. Where to begin? I am writing this from an internet cafe in Brooklyn. Why you might ask? Because the power has been out on the east coast and my internet connection is still down. Woohoo. NYC is pretty surreal during a crisis such as yesterday’s power outage. I was looking at an apartment on the upper east side when the power went out. I asked the guy if that happens a lot. As I left, I realized that the whole city was out, so rather than get in the subway, I hopped on the first bus I saw. I made it back to work, then took off with some coworkers to a restaurant that still had ice and their gas stove going. I then walked across the Manhattan Bridge back to Brooklyn, a long hike if you know NYC. According to Mapquest, it is about 4.5 miles. Who knew? So the power went out at 4 PM and I finally got home at about 9:30. It was actually rather pleasant. I had called Christine from the bus, so I knew the power was out in Ithaca, too. Good segue…

On Tuesday we moved Christine up to Ithaca NY to start her first year of Law school at Cornell. That was an experience. We had a uhaul full of our stuff, which I drove up there on zero sleep and 10 red bulls while she followed in her new Civic. When we got there, it was only us to unload, but while she was gewtting the keys to her new apartment, some guy wandered by and offered to help. How nice. He only wanted a few dollars for a repair to his flat tire. We got her moved in and then I took a 1 AM bus back to NYC, barely sleeping and then getting to work that morning a wreck, depressed that Christine was gone and more tired than I can ever remember being. Yow.

So this week at work has consisted of 1 and a half days for me. Monday and yesterday before the power went out. I am not in today as the Subways are still out, I was moving Christine to Ithaca on Tuesday, and I was worthless on Wednesday. And I get paid for this?? OK, you are up to date. Do post questions in the comments, if not just to let me know that people actually read this crap.