Woke up far too early considering the amount of sleep deprivation I had in the past few days, but the City is beckoning and it's a fine morning out there...

You'd think JFK airport can afford more than three immigration officers on duty at a time. Welcome to New York. The queue slowly winds, another officer takes a break. Fingerprints, picture, suspenseful wait, and I'm through...

The renovation works in my flat were due to start on Monday, but got delayed to today, which is just as well given the amount of stuff I still had to pack and put in storage. The past few days were a marathon of sorting, throwing away, remembering, putting my life in boxes...