Super dad

So this weekend I headed down to DC after a long drought of not seeing the family. It had been 3 weekend since I saw Sharine & the kids. We were all pretty strung out. I took the Vamoose bus again. It’s been nothing but great to me so far, but this time we hit traffic. They closed the New Jersey turnpike and our HUGE bus had to take a 4 mile detour through winding NJ side streets, twas quite the site.

So I arrived home late to discover that my loverly wife had arranged to rent our house: lease, renters, meetings, all taken care of! Not to mention my plan for the weekend. I took Hunter and Kylie riding along the Potomac, I went to Bruce’s 50th (good grief half a century) and rock climbing with Kylie on Sunday. Yes, rock climbing. About a year ago Kylie had been enthralled with the climbing wall at Dicks Sporting Goods in Rockvile. It’s about 60 feet high and she was certain she could climb all the way up. Dick’s provides harnesses, shoes, and a belay person to make sure its safe to we went looking to see if Kylie could go. Last year she was an inch too short. This year, she was an inch above the line that says “you must be taller than this line to climb the wall”. So away we went! She started scampering up the wall like a little monkey, made it a good 35′ off the ground before her poor wee arms gave out. Then she sailed down on the belayed harness, like she was flying! She was soooo pumped, she loved it!

So Monday rolls around, St Patricks Day and all and I then discover that Sharine has organized movers to come in, and move our house at the end of April. It is all starting to come together. We have our house leased, movers organized, now we just need to sign the lease on a place in Scarsdale and the family will be back together again all in one place, all by June!

This weekend promises to be a hoot with the family coming up to NYC and the annual New York pillow fight scheduled for Saturday. i think I’ll at least go and watch! See you all there!

Oh and some design humor that tickled my funny bone.

Filed under: house hunting, kids , dad, dc, house hunting, kids, nyc, scarsdale

piggyback rides and jewish schoolgirls

I forgot to mention the silliest and most fun thing that happened last night, I ended up carrying 2 laptops, and piggybacking Jayse 5 blocks on a dare … giggling all the way … way too much gin!

I just met a nice girl who grew up in Scarsdale. She overheard me chatting to Sharine about rentals while house hunting and recognized my NZ(isd) accent. She then spent a great 15 mins giving me the low down on living in Scarsdale and raising kids. Her advice was that Fox Meadow and Greenacres are the bebest of the schools, rest are two “pretentious”. This from a girl who lives in Manhattan, but doesn’t pay her own rent or groceries … daddy does! Anyway, Cybil was nice and gave me some great advice

Filed under: house hunting, nyc, scarsdale

Horsesh!t

… that’s what central park smelt like today when I went out for a run. I have been running every 2-3 days now for 2 weeks, and today I think I finally pushed through the barrier … felt like I was flying!

It is snowing as I train up to look at rentals in Scarsdale. We are getting very nervous about selling in Maryland, time to make sure the family has a place to live after school finishes!

I had another of those “relive my 20s” nights last night: Organic beer bash, Zipper Factory with Sapient alums, then a “party” at a vague acquaintances apartment. Jayse bailed and left me out dancing early with someone i’d just met … it was fun, and I haven’t shaken my $$$ maker like that in a LONG TIME.

tonight is carnival night @ the brookln museum … gonna be interesting I hope!

Filed under: dancing, house hunting, party, running