Live From New York.....

So, here I am in NYC on my very first business trip. I'll be here until Wednesday at a conference on electronic discovery. Facsinating, I know. So, I went to work today and left early to catch my plane. The flight was delayed and then we had to circle JFK for about 20 minutes before we could land -- too much air traffic. I'd never been to JFK before, and I must say I was not particularly impressed. Then I got a taxi to take me into Manhattan and it was the taxi ride from HELL. Not only did the dude drive like a total maniac, but he was on his cell phone the whole time, and driving like a total maniac!!!!! I plan to take the A to the air train for my return flight on Wednesday.

THEN....I got to my hotel. It's a comfort inn and it costs nealrly 800 for 2 nights. I couldn't go over 800 - that was my budget. So, like I said, it's a comfort inn, and it is the hotel room from hell. It's dirty and the bathroom is about the size of my closet. The room itself is about the same size as my bedroom at home. I took some pictures, maybe I'll be able to post them when I get back home.

Hopefully I'll be able to do some fun things during my stay, instead of just fancy lunches and conferences.

Holy Housewarming!

Today we're having a housewarming party. We're expecting about 40 people to show. And what am I doing? Sitting at the computer writing this post - not cooking, not cleaning. Actually, that's not completely true - I have some sweet & sour meatballs in the crock pot. I've got 5 hours before people descend upon my house. I'm nervous.

There's a fly stuck in my light

OK, so the title has nothing to do with the post, but, really, there is a fly stuck in the light on my ceiling fan. If Izzie (my cat) was in here, she'd be going nuts.

So, let's see. I'm 26! My birthday passed without mych fanfare. My parents came up and we had dinner and cake and a good time. This was the first time they were able to come and stay in the HOUSE. I couldn't think of what would be a good birthday present, so I asked Clay if we could get a new mattress, since the one we had was from our days in Buffalo and it was one of those fell-off-the-back-of-a-truck kind of deals. The old mattress sucked. The new one is heaven. And bankruptcy, but heaven nonetheless.

We're having a housewarming party next Saturday and so far 30 people have RSVPd that they're coming! I'm starting to get nervous that I'll have enough food to feed all these people.

OK - I must get something to eat before watching Desperate Houswives. My tummy will thank me.