radish times

It has been a long time since the last update. Many things have happened and many people have been busy.

We just moved, about (actually, exactly) one month ago. We are now in Brooklyn in a two normal size plus two tiny-size room apartment with a kitchen and free washer and dryer in the basement. It has been a long time coming together since there were/are so many renovations being done that it is not possible to put everything where it ought to be yet.

Also, September is Peter’s busiest time at work as his company, campusfood.com, is selling to college students who all return to school and establish their eating and food ordering habits in September. He has been doing a lot of interesting things during this time - all of it in high demand from everyone working with him.

I started school. I am taking Czech (since I got a scholarship which covers the whole year’s tuition plus a giant living stipend expressly to study Czech), statistics, and two classes on Central Asia - one contemporary and the other history.

And, with all of this going on, we found a way to spend today completely (or mostly) relaxing in our new and wonderful Brooklyn neighborhood. It seems that the last weekend of September is “stoop sale,” “garage sale,” “street sale,” “street fair” day in Cobble Hill (our neighborhood). We wondered the streets and must have stopped at 10 or 12 stoop sales (a stoop is the stairs going up to an apartment building, usually about 10 stairs). We bought two CDs, one lamp, and one triple hanging basket set to hold onions and such in the kitchen and spent $10. There was also a mile long street fair (with lots and lots of people, food, and things for sale) on Atlantic Avenue. We had a great time walking around, seeing the neighborhood, buying things and relaxing.

That is all for now. Sleep is calling.