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November 13, 2004
The early days
I've gone through all my files on my old computer and have started going through my old e-mails to see if there are any ones I want to save. My old computer has e-mails dating back over four years, which is when Adam and I first started dating. It's almost hard to believe there was a time when we were still dating and not living together and I'd have to go to his apartment or vice versa. Before we moved in together, Adam lived in an apartment that would be difficult for me to imagine spending a significant amount of time in now. He had a tiny bedroom--it was a closet of a bedroom with only enough room to accomodate his computer, bed, and stereo and a sliver of space to walk up and down. His roommate had two cats--two cats that I miss now, but she kept their litter box in the bathroom and there was litter sprinkled all over the floor which made taking a shower a less than desirable experience.
Not that he probably found my apartment that much more enjoyable. My apartment was fine, except for the fact that my room was probably the messiest bedroom in all of Greenpoint. It was a large bedroom but I kept all my things inside the room and I have a lot of things. Also, between graduate school and spending most of my weekends with Adam, I was having a difficult time keeping up with the New York Times which I let accumulate in embarrassingly large piles.
Not that I've gotten that much better, but my clutter is not as expansive since we live together and I can utilize the whole apartment, I am no longer in school, and my piles of unread New York Times are not as out-of-control. Adam and I, of course, are married and have been together longer now. I'm a little more mature (I think) and well-settled into my job. This past week was pretty crazy at work between a presentation on one of my larger projects and a grant application that I had to start and complete by yesterday. Until recently, I've never so much as opened Powerpoint and this and next week will be all about the Powerpoint (not my choice really). But, hopefully Adam and I will embark on a new (and a good new) chapter in our life with the co-op and moving out of casa numero uno. Like I said, overall, casa uno's treated us well but we both feel like it's time to move on and hopefully the moving will be good.
Posted by Jennifer at November 13, 2004 08:38 PM
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Amen!
Posted by: Adamo el Guapo at November 14, 2004 08:50 PM