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Made it to NJ

by steve, on May 20th, 2009 (New Jersey)

We’ve now arrived in NJ. After closing the final sea cocks this morning we headed ashore just before 4am where we were picked up by Mike who we only met last Saturday on the local Hash. He dropped us off at the airport where we whiled the time until take off lining up in a number of queues to deal with checking in, airport taxes, various security arrangements, etc.

The flight was uneventful. Movie was boring. The light refreshment amounted to a bag of crisps.

At JFK we picked up a hire car for the week and drove to NJ shocked at the price of the bridge toll (now $10). Oh well – it’s different economics.

With a stop off to complete our taxes we’ve finally made it to a motel near New Brunswick where we’re cleaning up and soon to meet Ben, Sam & Jesse. Looking forward to it.

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Moving in

by steve, on August 2nd, 2008 (New Jersey)

Today was Sam’s moving in day. We filled the van with furniture and his electric piano and set off for New Brunswick. He was supposed to have emailed us his address and meet us at 11:30am but we received no message nor answer on his phone when we called. We decided to go to where Ben was staying and found them both fast asleep having been out the night (morning) before. Sam’s place is only a mile away from Ben’s which is great as this will allow Ben to keep and eye on Sam. Ben fled the nest 3 years ago so is somewhat independent – at least as far as a 20 year old male can be.

When we saw the place Sam chose we were quite surprised. His room is a converted attic. Not too many places you can stand up in but the floor area is huge. We put the van load of furniture plus another van load of stuff from Ben’s basement and the place still looked big. Even with all that in there and his bed laid out he has more space than Ben has in his entire room. I suspect Ben will be spending a lot of time round Sam’s.

This has worked out very well. Sam has a great place where he can hopefully settle into his studies. He has his brother nearby for support and (again hopefully) positive influence. He’s been given an old computer onto which we’ve set up Skype with a camera. That way we can stay in touch when we’re apart. Need to do the same with Ben. We’re quite relieved he has a place that suits him so well.

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Another detail to attend to

by steve, on July 30th, 2008 (New Jersey)

I got a phone call from Sam this afternoon.  He had been rear ended while waiting for a gap in traffic at a junction.  The main news was that he and his passengers are ok.  The rear of his car is all smashed in and he can’t open the boot/trunk.  Fortunately all the lights work so he can still drive the car.  So now we’ve got another track to follow.  Timing is a bit tight as we need to wait five days for the police report before we can engage our insurance company to open up a claim with the other drivers insurance company.  We’re keeping our fingers crossed that the other driver, who appeared not to speak a word of English, was in fact insured.

In the meantime, to keep our readers as entertained as we are, here are a few pics I took with my phone when I saw the car a little later.

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