Went to New York last Saturday. Would have went on Friday night but it was snowing up here again. This snow is getting old. Both figuratively and literally. I can’t imagine it will ever melt. I hate people talking about the weather, but this weather is going on for a while. Tonight snow was melting and sliding off the roof with a pretty satisfyingly loud thud. Anyhow, another FEAST in Brooklyn. Food and drink served, art funded, floors mopped.

Everyone kept asking me the same questions over and over. How is it up there? Do you like your job? I replied that I still like it up here and like my job, don’t feel isolated, and still wish I had more productive free time. I keep reminding myself the job is pretty much whatever I want it to be, so I need to make it great. Lately I feel like I just answer emails and do little things here and there all day. So I’ve been turning my email off.

My main social event is trivia night at the Polish Nat’l Alliance in the next town over every Wednesday night. It’s pretty fun. We never win, but pitchers of beer are $7 and it’s bring your own snacks, so you really can’t lose. My two main friends are Cein and Kim. They both work in art fabrication at the museum and none of us know each other all that well.

Esha was up here for the last two weeks while she was in between jobs and studying for the GREs. I really got used to her company and miss her not being here after just a few hours of being in the house alone. We did a lot of cooking, sitting under blankets, looking out the window on to the land, and some of the local activities. She didn’t seem to hate it, even though she was kind of trapped in my rental house outside of town.

I hope to buy some new shoes this week.