The Catch Up

Hey all. Got some stuff to talk about so here we go:

We've decided to adopt. Right now we have no idea about anything except that we've made the decision. We'll be better informed after we go to an orientation meeting at Spence-Chapin later this month. More than likely our future son or daughter will be from eastern Europe (Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria et al). Basically we want a healthy kid - maybe even siblings. We figure siblings might be the best way to go. Something like a one year old and a three year old maybe?Like I said - we have no details except for the fact that we've decided to move ahead with this. It's way to early to say anything other than that and that we are jazzed and eager to get the process going.

That said we're probably going to look to switch jobs and re-locate to a more kid friendly environment. Where that might be is up in the air as well, but I'm pretty positive it won't anywhere like, oh, Bedford Hills or Scarsdale or Chappaqua. The idea is to move and take the cash from this place and get a bigger one somewhere outside of the raised ranch for $650,000 range. We'll see.

Other than that things are going pretty well. New Years was spent with some friends in Hyde Park - other than a death defying drive through a blizzard on the trip up AND to pick up some pizzas later that night it was pretty calm. We hung out, played guitar a bit and noodled around with our "nephew" Zack. With the guitar, I'm still at the point where I just know a handful of material but I do know lot of variations on the 12 bar blues and that's always a blast.

Let's see, what else is up - a quick recap:

Last weekend, my parents came down for dinner to celebrate my birthday. I cooked up some chicken marsala a la Tyler Florence. I've decided to take Black and White Photography II at the School of Visual Arts. Work continues to not be very satisfying and eating into way too much of my time. In the meantime I'm thinking about what I would really like to do and where I would really like to be. I also bought a PSP. The commute goes MUCH faster now that I have Burnout Legends and Virtua Tennis to occupy my time. I also bought Bob Dylan's autobiography, Chronicles. So far it's an enjoyable read and interesting to hear Bob talk about himself and his influences. One things for sure, I had no idea he was so well read. I'm not surprised, but I had no idea that Bob Dylan would ever tell me he thought Balzac was hilarious.