I did it!! I found a fantastic huge 2-bedroom, 2-bathroom apartment in Bloomfield, NJ right near a train station, a grocery store, a post office, a drug store, a dry cleaner.....all the important stuff you need in walking distance. There is parking for my car, a laundry in the building, a lovely garden, and a balcony!! I moved in yesterday and now will spend the next week unpacking!
I won't have a bed until next weekend, but that is ok - my friend has a blow-up bed I will use. There is also no cable, but I can "borrow" internet and watch on my phone....not that I'll have time with everything that needs to be done. Oh, and did I mention the four huge double closets?
There is a place for everything. I am keeping a very small storage locker because I want to have the second bedroom available for guests or, perhaps in the future, a roommate. With 2 bathrooms it makes it easy to have a roommate if needed. There is also a place for my piano and I'm going to start playing again. It has been WAY too long.
Opera season is underway - AIDA is this weekend - one I always love. We saw Nathan Lane in "Front Page" two weeks ago, and "Les Dangerous Liaisons" before that with Janet McTeer and Liev Schreiber. The reviews were mixed, but I loved the show and thought the characters did a nice "slithery" job, which is what they are supposed to do!
Well, it's back to unpacking and figuring out how to get to work tomorrow on the train. The adventures continue.
All my love
Grandma Nici
