Fei Li and Chris

Fei Li and I had a very eventful weekend. Friday evening we raced to the craft store to get envelopes to finish off the last few save-the-dates. It was pouring rain, and we almost got there in time. Well, actually we did get there in time, but the store employee’s disagreed, and had already locked up. So we bought ice cream and then went to the bookstore instead and had a fun time looking at books that our apartment surely does not need. I confess, I bought one book, but hopefully I can find some space for it when I’m done reading it. On Saturday, we spent the full day (and some of the night) moving our good friends Andy and Michelle from an apartment in our building (in the Bronx) to Brooklyn. With two other couples there, for a total of eight, we had an impressive amount of manpower (and womanpower). Massive pieces of furniture and mountains of boxes were no match for our numbers. Perhaps I exaggerate, but it was rather spectacular. The weather was not very cooperative, it rained off and on all day, but it could have been sweltering heat, and I was thankful that it was at least rather cool. By the end of the move, we were tired and sore. In fact, my muscles are still sore now, on Monday. But it was good. We arrived home just shy of midnight, where we picked up a late night meal of pizza, wings, calamari and beer. On Sunday we slept in as long as we could manage until the phone let us sleep no longer. Then it was off to brunch and a movie with a few friends who are also Fei Li’s colleagues from lab (and a husband of one - who joined us for the brunch but was unable to attend the movie). We ate at our favorite Indian restaurant in New Rochelle, and then saw the Da Vinci Code. I was the only one of the four who had not read the book the entire book. All we satisfied with the film, save for one scene that seemed entirely pointless (did we really have to see how they got from the airplane to the car?) All in all, a good weekend was had by all. I think.

Chris