Reasons I am queasy with excitement: the short version.

1. I am going to Amsterdam.

1a. With Melissa!

1b. And my dad! (Who is not going for free, so no angry letters about WHY ARE OLD MEN WITHOUT BLOGS BEING PAID TO TRAVEL)

2. We are selling our place.

3. We are moving to New Jersey.

4. We will no longer live in Brooklyn. We are doing what we said we wouldn't do.

5. We will live in a house. A nice house. We will live near our friends. We will have a yard and a good school for Henry.

6. But still! We will not live near our other friends! Why do we have to have friends! And also we won't be in Brooklyn!

7. I'm okay. I'm okay. I WILL BE OKAY.

So as you can see: I am not pregnant, nor am I rolling in money from any book deal. Yet.

Comments

[annlee]

ROCK ON, Alice!!!

Jersey, aye...yummy!

[Arabella]

Jersey just got much cooler.

[MomVee]

I guess it would be dumb to say where in New Jersey, exactly. But I just wanted to say we live in New Jersey, in fact I grew up in New Jersey, and not one member of my family has died for this reason (as far as I know).

[Sarah]

congratulations! maybe i will buy your place in brooklyn! e-mail me and tell me how much...

[JulieO]

OK, you just wait . . . now that you're moving to a bigger place with a yard, you'll get pregnant just like that [snaps fingers]. It happened to me.

Congratulations on all! I look forward to reading about your adventures in Amsterdam.

[Moxie]

Insert obligatory Henry's-new-state-song-is-"Born-to-Run"/"it's a death trap, it's a suicide rap" joke here.

[Newlywifed]

I find that living in Jersey is pretty good for the most part. Although, I still get a frog in my throat every time someone asks where I live and I have to say Jersey.

I have rectified this by saying "I live in the Greater Philadelphia Suburbs"

You will love Jersey. AquaNet is half price here!

[ESL]

congrats on the move! is that appropriate to say in your case? i think so - sounds like a positive move. i can't wait to read about it, as i too will be facing the move from city (nyc) living fairly soon. but i do look forward to my kids being able to step outside to play on the grass and to good public schools. at least, i keep telling myself that...

[TB]

Yay! Home ownership is fun, but different. You will spend less time on the streets of Brooklyn and much much more time in the aisles of Home Depot. Congratulations!

My husband has a trip planned for Amsterdam for the same time you will be there. I have asked him to keep his eyes out for you, but not in a stalkerish way, so if you see a mild mannered, but possibly stoned looking guy with glasses peering at you from behind a big clump of tulips or whatever, say hi won't you.

[Lisa V]

Amsterdam sounds way too cool. The burbs have ups and downs, and you know that. The difference is now all the crazy people you run into on the street will drive mini-vans and Volvos.

[Mir]

My goodness, but it's exciting in Finslippy-land! Try not to forget us little people! ;)

[LetterB]

What Arabella said. So happy for you guys. No more atm for crazies! And yes, no more playground with museum and garden next door. But no more crossing Flatbush or Vbilt at rush hour evah! And no more urban vermin! But no more Brooklyn, can it be? ... Sorry, can you tell I am currently obsessed with the same mental calculus? Best of luck!

[Jessie]

Well, that is exciting news. And now maybe Henry won't have to worry about the floor people. :)

Have a great time in Amsterdam!

[mimi]

You're so lucky! Goddammit I want to go! D'you need a housesitter while you're away? I'm actually very normal and never bring strange guys or Dominatrix home...

[Candy]

Been in Joisey all my life, and no I don't really say "Joisey." And the joke about "which exit do you live at" isn't all that funny either.

But anyway, welcome to the Garden State! We're happy to have ya.

[toni]

I just visited Tamar (full circle blog) in Montclaire and loved it. It's beautiful, and the people were just amazingly friendly. And the things she says about the school Damian goes to makes me think she died and went to heaven. I would have killed for a school like that for my sons.

Good luck -- sounds like a wonderful adventure (except for missing the friends!). But they'll come and bask in the glory of your back yard soon.

[Busy Mom]

So much exciting news, I hope everything goes well!

[madge]

Word to the JERZ. In no time at all Henry will forget all about his second home (the stroller) and start lovin on his new digs (the car seat). Woo hoo.

Oh, and if you need a place to let that ugly-American in you all hang out while in A-Dam, go to Boom Chicago on the Leidesplein. There are many amusing ex-pats and loud, drunken English to fuel your need for the mother tongue.

[madge]

Which is not to say you are ugly...OF COURSE. (hits self on forehead)

You are actually quite lovely.

[madge]

And that's EASE your need for the mother tongue.

(removes itchy posting finger at second knuckle)

[kelly]

Leaving Brooklyn, bittersweet. I struggled. Hell, a decade 7 moves later and I'm still struggling.

"So as you can see: I am not pregnant, nor am I rolling in money from any book deal. Yet."

just a matter of time...

[Ariella]

I've lived in NJ all my life. It's really not so bad. I got a fabulous education, am close to a lot of culture, and now that I'm leaving to move to the Midwest, there's endless fodder on why I don't have an accent. In fact, everyone I meet says, "Oh, you're from Joisey?! . . . You know, you don't have any accent at all."

Like we all sound like we're from Bayonne or Brooklyn or the Bronx and can't say "coffee" or something. Sheesh.

[jlix]

Don't do it!! Don't do it!!!! You'll regret it!!!

signed So Been There, So Done that.

[lizpenn]

OK, i'm sad for myself, because i just moved to your neighborhood and was pathetically hoping to see you around and become your new best friend. but sounds like you're doing the right thing for you & scott & henry. good luck with the move. and -- i'm totally serious here -- is your place going to be going on the rental market? if so please email me with the info of who to contact. i have friends that i'm trying to lure to park slope so i don't have to learn how to be a parent here all by myself (due in three weeks ...).

[lizpenn]

oh, i just saw that your place is going up for sale, not rent. never mind. my friends are too broke for that.

wherever you go, don't stop being finslippy, and telling us about it!