NYC living!

We are official New Yorkers - well almost. The past few days have been crazy. On July 29th-30th Shane took the bar in Albany, NY. His flight from LaGuardia to Albany on the 28th was canceled so he had to get a rental car to drive up but he made it, took the test, and is now very glad to be done. On Thursday, (7/31) we met with our broker to look for places to live in NYC. We looked at 7 apartments before we found our dream spot- 360 Central Park West. Across the street from the park, on the upper West side of Manhattan, allows dogs, view of the park, large kitchen (in NYC terms) and... 3 closets! Plus, it is only 3 blocks from Sarah's work!! We wanted to sign the lease immediately. Unfortunately, so did another couple. So, along with Sarah's mom and our broker, we ran to a restaurant where we spent the next few hours calling references (it is truly harder to get an apartment than a job in NYC!) and getting the paperwork and deposit ready. At 4pm today we got a call saying we got the apartment. We were so excited. The only catch is they wanted to sign the lease next week and we leave for Asia on Sunday. So, after a few more stress filled phone calls they decided to email us an agreement and allow us to sign the lease when we return from Asia. So much for getting things done in a New York Minute!