Over two weeks in NYC now and it doesn’t feel like we’re any closer to finding a place to live. Spent last weekend looking though it seems slow going possibly more so because we’re short of time and there doesn’t seem to be a huge number of suitable places available at the moment (we’ve been told Labour day and school going back…).

Getting a little anxious and tiring of high rise living. Don’t quite understand the process, what with so many real estate brokers in the ways it’s seeming more complicated than it should be. It’s been nice that most of the viewings have been undertaken on foot giving us another chance to wander round and have facts and things pointed out to us.

Social Security Numbers have been applied for though still to come. Bank account seems to have been setup though cards went AWOL, got cancelled and then mysteriously turned up today so of no use. Hoping to get paid soon, I believe my first will be by check (cheque for anyone outside the US) hopefully that actually gets to me.

Being so close to the office, we’ve used what would be my commute time to wander around Manhattan. We take off usually downtown and wander down side streets and stuff through Chelsea, Greenwich and East Village. It’s a chance to get out from my cubicle and air conditioning, gawp at dodgy fashion on the streets (so many short shorts) and take note of bars and restaurants we’d like to visit.

It’ll start feeling more like a move once our things are offloaded from the shipping container and into something we can call home for a while. In the meantime it’s back to wandering the streets.