After six years of living dorm-style in Mount Sinai student housing I was finally able to pack up and move out. I was able to get new housing through Sinai as a postdoc and my new apartment is a one bedroom only a block away from my old place (preserving the 2 minute walk to work). My new apartment is small, which is not uncommon for apartments in Manhattan, but it still gives me enough space to live comfortably.

Some of the perks to the new place are that 1) I am living alone, 2) I have ample closet space, 3) I have ample fridge space, 4) I can have an air conditioner that doesn’t decimate the environment and my wallet, 5) I have a bathroom with a standing shower (no tub to scrub), and 6) the apartment was completely renovated before I moved in.

Since I was only moving a block away and since I didn’t have much in the way of major furniture (no bed or desk), I decided to pack everything and move it myself with a hand truck instead of paying over $1000 for movers. I had two days to do it, which I figured would do the trick, but in retrospect that was a little tight. Amazingly it wasn’t the 6 flight walkup that was a problem, it was the fact that I could only wheel so much stuff on a hand cart. Fortunately Triple G volunteered (nay, insisted) to help me on Tuesday night and that was much appreciated. With his help I was able to shave off 4 hours of moving and be finished with the move as intended by late afternoon Wednesday. I’m still in the process of getting furniture and putting away stuff, but when that’s all done I will post again with furnished apartment pictures.