New York Baptism

We landed at LaGuardia on Sunday in the midst of a big rainstorm making it the bumpiest landing I have ever encountered. We then started our apartment hunting on Monday which had even more rain then we continued on Tuesday... as did the rain...two more inches! It seems we caught the tail end of New York's rainiest March on record. We got pretty soaked getting in and out of cabs. I need to practice the slick motion of slipping into the seat while closing the umbrella. Oh, and it was gusty too. Umbrella skeletons littered the sidewalks.

All that and no apartment to show for it yet. The weather finally cleared today and the rest of the week will be sunny and warm. We have one viewing for Thursday and we are cautiously optimistic.

Prelude

I suppose it makes sense to start this story with our winding things down in Kansas City. We sold our house at Lake Quivira in the Spring of 2009 and sold or gave away all of our furnishings and larger items.

We have spent the last twelve months living in a rented fully furnished condo in the River Market and finding homes for the rest of our belongings and getting a feel for urban living after twenty-one years at the lake.

I have felt that the entire last year has been one long going away party but things really started ratcheting up about a month ago. Toni and I made last minute plans to see Bob Walkenhorst (formerly of the Rainmakers) and Jeff Porter play at RecordBar. They play there nearly every Wednesday evening and this is something we would do from time to time with various friends and family or like this night, just the two of us.

What followed really caught us off guard especially since we arrived a bit after they started playing and didn't even think we had been noticed sitting at the back of the room.

Hit the play button below to hear the streaming audio of a short segment from the show.

Needless to say we were quite touched. Thanks Bob.