Your Weekend Update- Happy 4th!

So I know I’ve been complaining on and on about how rainy and depressing it’s been in New York since I’ve moved here. However, something exciting happened on Friday… It stopped! I had a long day at work on Thursday (curse you Microsoft Word AutoFormat – If I had wanted an indent there I would have pressed the TAB key!) I went to bed early, exhausted, only to wake up barely before noon to the sunshine streaming through my window. Wanting to take advantage of the beautiful day, I decided to take a little stroll around town and down to the Nike store (to pick up tennis whites for Connecticut). The problem with taking a stroll in New York is that you totally lose track of how far you’re going. Or, more importantly, how far away you are from home. Also- “comfortable shoes” take on a whole new meaning. I thought my Jack Rogers (flip-flop like flats) were comfortable, but after wandering around for five miles they were anything but. I have quarter-sized blisters on my heels and an awesome limp to boot. On top of that, I was on the 6 train on my way home and something strange happened – The train just stopped on 77th. I heard someone shriek “STOP THE TRAIN” and the doors just never closed. I heard something going on in the car over and the police were called in. About four minutes has passed now (which in New York is an eternity apparently) and meanwhile a sketchy 60 year old guy sat down next to me and started to tell me his life story, about how the police arrested him for “defending himself” on the subway once. I’m not sure which sketched me out more, the train being stopped for five minutes (especially with all the tragedies in the news lately) or my new sketchy “friend” but I decided that walking/limping an extra 20 blocks home to get away from it all wasn’t really THAT bad of an idea. As I sat on the edge of the tub tending my freakish blisters I questioned whether I made the right decision though.

I went out with Jess for a bit on Friday – back to Blockhead’s and we tried out a new bar called Public House. However, I think my severe caffeine dependency kicked in so I had to call it a night at around 11 p.m. Woke up the next morning and headed out to Southport to visit Addie’s family and finally get some beach time! The “Summer Fun” photo from above is from the pool at the club- 5 jets flew overhead advertising some sort of casino in Connecticut?! Anyway, the “summer fun” part still looked pretty cool. I don’t want to write too much about the weekend festivities (we had a cookout for the 4th- complete with s’mores!) until I get the pictures from Kallie but we had so much fun!

A little bad news though- when I got home I discovered that I had accidentally maxed-out my credit card (sorry Mom and Dad) which is really frustrating for two reasons: 1. I had enough money to cover it in my debit account! I just used the wrong card by accident! and 2. I caught it before they charge me. So now I can just transfer money to the credit account and cross my fingers (in vain) that it goes through before the charges (2 train tickets) do. Bleh. I never do this. And after they hit me with the crazy fees (in theory- aren’t they supposed to decline your card if it’s over the limit?!) I won’t be making that mistake any time soon. It just goes to show that credit limits go a lot faster in the city.

Finally got to go on the super-run that I’ve been needing. Ran around five miles in Central Park today – absolutely beautiful! I just wish that people who decide to congregate on the very narrow reservoir path would be considerate enough to leave a lane for runners/walkers to get through. And I’m sorry, but please don’t get huffy and upset with me when I run through the picture you have set up across the path. I guarantee I won’t be the last one to do it and it comes with the territory… I would love to run around you have managed to take up the entire path. Sorry!