It is a rainy day in Brooklyn.  Ryan started his job at the high school this week while I have been trying to keep busy getting things in order before school starts.  Yesterday I went to the Fairway supermarket in Red Hook with Molly.  I bought many household staples that will hopefully hold us over for a few weeks.  Today I was supposed to do laundry, but I cleaned the kitchen and made an excellent bagel sandwich instead.  I started cleaning the bedroom, but I think I drank too much coffee and took too many vitamins because I started feeling nauseous and had to sit down for awhile.  I have been obsessed with cleaning and organizing since moving into the new apartment.  I love our apartment.  It is bright and newly refinished.  It has a huge bedroom and living room, hardwood floors, white walls, and arched doorway.  It is the nicest place I have ever lived.  I just finished reading a book called "Dirty Secret" by Jessie Scholl.  It is about being the daughter of a compulsive hoarder.  I also grew up in a hoarding household and am continually learning how that is affecting me in my adult life.  I never learned to clean or organize or get rid of things.  A few years ago I got a job as a house cleaner partially so I could learn how to clean properly.  I am pretty good at cleaning now, but organizing stuff and getting rid of stuff has been a major hurdle for me.  This move has been really nice because Ryan and I had a few weeks to unpack and organize.  We made several trips to box stores and the hardware store.  Ryan spent days building a wall sized shelving unit so we can store our library of books and records.  It is amazing to have a living space that I feel proud of.  This is the first time I have felt that.  It is a huge thing for me.  I am scared that once school starts I won't have time to keep up with maintaining an organized work and living space.  But I am hopeful.  Brooklyn has been a nice change from Philadelphia.  I haven't really had any obligations since being here and that has helped clear my mind.  I have hung out with a few friends and gone exploring some but it feels really different than Philly.  Things are new.  I've been making an effort to wear new outfits (the same old clothes, but in a different way).
I've been really nervous about starting school.  It starts Sept 19th.  I've been having anxiety dreams about going to the hospital.  My first day is at the hospital!  I have to be there at 7:30 am.  I have a little more that 1 week left of summer vacation.
Ryan and I have become addicted to Mad Men.  I want to watch it all the time.  I dream about it sometimes.  We have also become addicted to Klein's vegan ice cream.  They sell it at the kosher supermarket 2 blocks away.  It is the best vegan ice cream ever.  Normally I don't eat sweets very often.  I like salty snacks so much more, but this ice cream has been all I want everyday.  The kosher supermarket also sells the best vegan whipped cream ever.  
I bought Dodger an orthopedic dog bed and he loves it.  He sleeps on it all the time.  It is very cute.  TK likes the new apartment.  She found a special sleeping spot underneath some clothes that hang in the bedroom.  She keeps clawing the new couch and it is making me crazy.  I may try to get her some of those covers for her nails, since nothing else has been working.