I have an address!

I have an address..but of course i will not put it all here in case there is a stacker in training out there.

Rua Santa Alexandrina
Rio Comprido
Rio de Janeiro

I mapquested it. It is a little in the north. West of flamengo and Laraneiros. Toni says its a 15 minute taxi drive to Copacabana. Well it sounds exciting!

10 days left...( Goodbye Etro )

Today was my last day of work. It was sad but at least there was cheese cake. I worked a pretty normal day. I had one good sales and I did a little visual / display work. Everyone gave me a card and we had a nice cake. It was not to emotional because I will see everyone one last time in a week for a little party / dinner in the evening.

It is a little sobering...after 15 years of retail...and 10 years of Madison avenue retail ...it has all come to an end.

Tomorrow i have off. I have to do a lot of laundry. I have to go to the post office for one last ebay shipment. The Russian that won my Miu Miu ankle boots finally paid up. I have to drop off my cable boxes to RCN cable.I have to drop my last two Etro uniform suits to the dry cleaners and I still have a bunch of things to do around my house. Well at least staying busy keeps me from getting to worried. It all kind of seems like I am just going on another vacation. Except for the lack of things in my house. Well Toni is on MSN messenger to video chat so I will write more later.

13 days left....

Today I have off of work. I went to the post office and mailed what was left to go out for ebay. So now ebay is done with. It was fun for awhile.

The women that said she wanted the Murphy bed canceled this morning. What is it with all the flakes on Craig's list. Well I emailed a couple more people but time is running out. I only have a few more days left in this apartment. After two and a half years I am back with living here with all these boxes. It will be a relief when my father and sister come to help me finish. I am not looking forward to the 9 hour car ride back to Ohio though.

Today I am going to take some "me" time and have lunch at my favorite Indian restaurant, Jackson diner. This will be my last time eating there for awhile. For a very long time I have been going there for lunches on Tuesday. The buffet is probably one of the worst things for me when it comes to loosing weight...but i love it. I am just not the same with out a weekly dose of sag and tandoori chicken.

14 days left....

Tomorrow is the one year anniversary to when me and Toni met. That's right...last year at this time I was at Rio on my first trip. Now I am planning on going there for good. Today I worked all day. Some of my work friends are reading this blog...so we will not be to detailed....( John and Brenda ) We will just say I worked very hard today.

A lady contacted me about buying my Murphy bed on Thursday. I hope it works out. I also have some man coming to see my sofa tomorrow. We will see if anything comes of that.

Tomorrow my main goals are to go to my new bank, HSBC, and try and set up a new IRA account to transfer my 401K when i leave my job Wednesday. I have to cancel two credit cards and will probably throw out more things. Oh and my friend Nisha is suppose to stop buy and pick of a few kitchen items, even thought there is not much left.

My house is looking more empty and more sad every night. Toni says I will love the new apartment. I really hope he is right.

15 days left....

Today I worked. I was a little hung over. When I got home I spent an hour taking my murphy bed apart. Now i am hoping someone actually comes and buys it tomorrow. Tonight my Saturday night doesn't look terrible exciting. I am opening a bottle of wine and watching the Greys' anatomy that I missed last thursday. I was hoping to talk to Toni but he is going to Marco, his roommates, sisters' birthday party ( Festa ). I will hopefully talk to him tomorrow. I am also boxing up the last of my ebay things to ship out.

Well i should do some Rossette Stone Portugues lesson. I am going to be there before I know it.

16 days left...

I am told by my only reader now that my spelling is atrocious. The only thing I can say is I feel let down by spell check...and I wasn't raised this way. I am an avid reader and enjoy words. Unfortunately as my mind learns more Spanish and Portuguese it begins to forget the English, this is my though anyway. Either that or I am slowly incorporating my other grammar rules into English. Eventually this blog will be in Portuguese. Even then my American friends will not be happy. Se Deus quere...

Tonight I saw my last Broadway play with my friend Yeidy. It was called Memphis and it played at the Shubert theater. It was good but I did not love it. It was about music and race relations. I think Hairspray tackled the same ideas in a better way.

People at work are throwing me a party the Friday before I leave. That's nice....go ETRO !. Yes the store I work at is ETRO and hopefully I get paid for this endorsement. Or at least they donate clothes for my wedding.

Well I have to wake up early tomorrow for an early work meeting. Only three days of work left so i wouldn't want to ruin my perfect attendance record. Well each days goes quicker...sigh.

17 days left...

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Today. I worked....again. It was ok. I only have 4 days left. It was a little slow. I finished wiring the money to Brazil. Which would be easy but HSBC seems a little crazy. I left work early to meet yeidy to go to the lawyers' office...which was good because even though we came a half hour early to the appointment he had forgotten about us and was on his way out. But Yeidy signed the power of attorney papers so if for some reason i can't get back for my apartment closing it will still happen. After we went to El pequeno resturante which has very good Colombian food in Jackson Heights, NY. We ate a lot and then both drank too much sangria. Fun times. Tomorrow we are going to see a play on Broadway. This may be my last play for awhile...sigh.