Kristi and I accepted Neovest's offer to move out to NYC and take a position in account management. It was the 3rd try by Neovest to get us out here, and finally it was the right deal. The timing was right, and it's tough to turn down an offer to double your salary, even if it is to move to NYC. Too bad I'm going to have to get a New Jersey driver's license - ugh! Not many things I can think of that I'd rather do less than stand in a DMV line in New Jersey.

The dirve out here was pretty uneventful, with one minor exception. To start, it was a 24' Ryder truck with the Passat on a trailer behind it. So that took some getting used to. And it was understandably gutless. But once we got out on the road, it went pretty smoothly. In a truck stop in eastern Illinois a friendly trucker pointed out that we were leaking axle oil on our rear passenger tire, and that we shouldn't really go too far like that. We kept on until Terre Haute, Indiana where we called Ryder to report the problem. They sent out a mechanic, and after about an hour and a half or so, we were on our way again.

Family and friends saved the day on that drive. Kristi's friends Leslie and Bobby offered to let us stay with them in Denver. Dave and Pam put us up in Kansas City. (Actually, it was just Pam, since Dave was still in Hawaii ... jerk.) And then we stayed in Columbus with Kristi's cousin Jennifer, and her husband Chad. Everyone was extremely gracious, and even provided us with snacks and lunches for our day's adventures. Thank you all so much!

Todd and Brandon helped us unload the truck in JC. Amazingly, everything made it here in great shape - nothing broken. There was an incident of a broken table during the move in, but it turns out we wouldn't have had room for it anyways, and it only cost 30 bucks to begin with. Let's hear it for Ikea! We are mostly moved in now - it actually looks like home at this point. Tomorrow will be our Ikea run to get the last few items we need to totally utilize our space. We have to be pretty creative since we are in a much smaller space with fewer storage options.

Work has been slow for us, though for different reasons. I simply don't have much to do yet. Kristi is tied to our VPN connection which has been MISERABLY slow, so it just takes her forever to get things done. We've got some ideas on how to solve it, but they are dependent on 2 or 3 different IT staffs, so we might be in trouble ;-)

Tonight will be our first attempt at relaxation. We're only going out to catch a flick, but hey, at least we're not rifling through boxes and hoping to find some unexplored nook or crannie of our apartment where we can hide that one last item.