everybody knows they're in love by the way they dance happy one year to us!

rocking the to do list:

tire alignment/oil change

make appointment for movers

make appointment to sign lease

drop off dry cleaning

drop off goodwill donations

change address at post office

mail movers' deposit

sell cds/dvds

eat at bpb (best place in boston)

buy shoes

get cashiers check from bank

change name/address at bank

all by 3pm. we win.

still to do:

finish packing up

go back down to ny to sign lease

clean up

do laundry

eat fridge

move in

buy ikea furniture

find a church in queens

start a worship band

rock more interviews/get a job

NOTICE: hotel shincredible will be relocating from cambridge, ma to queens, ny effective september 1, 2005. thank you for your business. see you in QUEENS, baby.

i got soul but i'm not a soldier i'm taking the gre again this thursday. round one didn't go so well even tho i studied some 300+ vocab words. if you can believe it, NONE of them were on the test i took. i have the best luck ever. i guess i'm playing catch-up since i never studied for the sats.

so i'm all set to study with coffee in hand, pencil in the other, and...i decide to call home. i don't think i neglect my parents, but i definitely don't call home "everyday" like don does. there goes the saying that daughters will take care of you.

anyway, my mom and i talk about weddings and family and getting married and familial obligations in marriage. we're going to miami in a few weeks for my cousin's wedding (my mom's only niece). afterwards, we're gonna spend some family time hanging out for a few days. anyone know of any sights to see in florida?

i'll leave you with a conversation my mom had with her coworker. he's 30something, single, and an engineer. he works hard, saves money, (saves a LOT of money), but still can't buy a house in the silicon valley on one income.

gracie's mama: so why don't you get married? you can't buy a house around here on a single income anymore.
gracie's mama's coworker: do you have a daughter?
gm: she's already married.
gm cw: wow you must be old to have a daughter already married.

my mom walked away real fast after that. i'm guessing she's not ready to be "promoted" to gramma either. phew.

round here we're carving out our names finally settling down into a daily routine of trying not to eat "too much". the past couple weeks (the weekend that never ended) have been CRAZY, but definitely fun. what's not fun about never being hungry? went to jersey, had some good eats. got inducted into the white manna hall of fame. came back to boston with my sister and her friend for the boston pops on the fourth. went to lala, had ALL the good eats. don and i planned this extensively long eating itinerary for months. i'm proud to say we hit up a good 80% in a week-long period.

oh and sam got married and i got a sister in law. one more female for the shin clan! they're in korea now on their extra long extra honeymoon. hopefully with the videocam we got them. congrats to the new couple! and yes, yes, jay is next.

haven't really been inspired to post cuz i think wallowing in pity in boston grace has come back. don't want it to get out to everyone that i'm now jaded and pathetic. but now i'm thinking it might have something to do with finishing the sopranos, season five. man it's a depressing and violent show. but so good. except for the dream sequences. even i got it. tony has to do the job. but he's ready. he's done his homework. i get it.