The Internets

          For the first time ever, I am writing this blog from our apartment!  Yes, we finally signed up for internet service.  Yes, we've been going without the internet for the past two and a half months.  We also don't have a TV.  Or a microwave.  Or cars.  And I guess thats not that much to live without.  A lot of people live with a lot less.  I thought I wouldn't miss TV, but it's been hard sitting around not knowing who the mother is on How I Met Your Mother, or what's going on on The Walking Dead, or what happened in the apparently amazing final season of Breaking Bad.

          As far as living without a microwave, that's been less hard.  I don't even think about it anymore.  If I need to heat up some leftovers, I just use a stove and a pan, like they did in the olden days.  We also don't have anything at all in our freezer ever, so no microwave burritos to warm up.  We wouldn't really have any room for a microwave on our counters anyways.  Living without a car has been something I've gotten used to sort of automatically.  It's pretty easy in New York, with the subways and buses.  And a lot of other people feel the same way only a quarter of the people who live in Manhattan own a car.  And even if I did have a car, I wouldn't want to use it with all the traffic and difficulties finding a parking spot.  I still think biking is the best way to get around, even though it's freezing outside now.  I actually made it home from work on my bike in half an hour on Sunday, which is a few minutes faster than it would have taken me on the subway, but that's only because it's like a half mile walk from my work to the nearest subway station.  I do miss driving sometimes.  I think about driving to Spokane or Pullman, with some gummy worms and an iced tea from the gas station and the music on, and man that sounds fun.  

          In other news, there is only like 5 weeks left in the semester, so I'm going to be writing a lot of papers.  Kyha got a raise at work, and now has a set of keys to be responsible for opening and closing!

          Ok, that's it for now.  If you need me, I'll be catching up on all of the Netflix time I've been missing.