These are some of the things that are occupying my thoughts these days as I prepare for life in NYC.  I have a lingering cold and cough (caught in my last days in Brazil), and it is quite cold in NYC (and getting colder) and I realize I have no winter coat (or cold weather clothes in general, having traveled mostly in tropical climates the past 2 years), and these thoughts make me think of my health and well being and thus joining a gym (not to mention that for gay men in this city it is the law), and all of the above items cost money of course, and that leads to thoughts of work. Where will it all lead?