Jan
KatieVolunteer
Visit Raleigh for I think Dan and Justin's 30th birthdays. Continuing to sell unneded stuff on Ebay and pare down our stuff and bring stuff to The Burdi's house. Start looking at houses on LI too for investment (flip).
Feb
Archery outing with Flocabulary team. Visit indoor park in the lower east side. Valentines day fancy dinner at home and anniversary at Brick Cafe. Trip to Danna Gautner's cabin in Vermont. Continue to look for houses and pare down our stuff. Houses damaged during Sandy.
Start our nomadic life in Brooklyn, trying to find where to live next.
Mar
MovedBrooklyn, NY
Stay in Brooklyn at 299 Putnam Ave 3D Brooklyn NY 11216 until we head to Mexico for the first time for Shaheer's wedding. Stop in Puerto Morelos on the way to Playa del Carmen. We also check out Holbox, Merida, Bacalar, Chichen Itza, Cenotes and stay in a small palapa in the forest in Macario Gomez. We get food poisoning but have a good time and have to stay a few extra days due to a snowstorm. We come back to another AirBnB in Windsor Terrace. Katie has to leave soon after we get back since her grandfather is sick.
Apr
KatieBideawee
We tour a distillery in Greenpoint with Matt and Maddie. We rent a smart car (Car2Go) to move from one airbnb to another. We travel to Tampa and visit Sudha and Katie's aunt Mickey with Christine Topalian. We go to the big cat rescue and Homasassa Springs. I start looking for investment properties where we could maybe house hack at some point.
May
Flocabulary offsite upstate. Mom's bday on LI. Brooklyn Half. Philadelphia Trip (Chris Ho's bachelor party and a tough mudder or spartan race). We see The Pixies in Brooklyn. We visit PA.
Close on 9994 Indian Key Trail, Seminole FL
Jun
Staying in Carroll Gardens. See The Far East perform. See some Phi Sigs. Rock climbing in Brooklyn with Katie. Travel to Tampa and visit Kevin and close on the rental property.
Jul
Katherine and Joel Fox's wedding in PA. Staying in Fort Greene with the little dog whose tongue hung out of her mouth. Cody made FX shirts with my face on them "It's Tuesday." Teddy leaves Flocabulary, I move under Maddie.
Aug
MovedTravel
Stay in Hoboken with 2 cats. CHo and Mary wedding in Santa Rosa, CA. Visit London, Scotland (our first tiny house!), Northern Ireland (we stayed in a castle!), Dublin, Barcelona (met up with TMIRCE friends), Dresden, Berlin, Madrid. Ingrid leaves Flocabulary.
Sep
MovedFranklin Square, New York
Madrid. Return from Europe. Steve and Alexandra's wedding. Gulliver's gate after Katie's birthday. Stayed in Helene's apartment for a night or two. The Topalians adopt Roonie, Molly and Bugsy and Lily meets them. Avett Brothers movie.
Oct
My birthday @ Flocabulary with cake and a workout. Katie made peanut butter and chocolate cupcakes. Tough mudder with Katie on our first wedding anniversary. Kaie made me a paper mache globe. Hiking with TMIRCE friends. Chihuly exhibit with Christine & Katie.
First official race in over 2 years: Garden City Turkey Trot 5mi: 34:29
Nov
Move in with Vince and Sean in Bed Stuy. Cheer for the NYC marathon. I start freelancing on the side - still work at Flocabulary but not feeling great about it. Visit Topalians and Burdis for Thanksgiving. Manhattanhenge at Bryant Park with The Rise. Trapeze school.
Dec
KatieFreelance
TMIRCE 10 year anniversary in Boston. FX hats for winter. Celebrate Christmas with the Topalian's and post-Christmas with the Burdi's. Work on the refinance.