Vacation Recap

Tuesday
Our flight was smooth. I wish I could say as much for the taxi ride to the hotel. Maybe I have been living in the South too long, but OMG. I thought I was going to die. Weaving in and out of traffic while reading the results of his urinalysis. I was very glad to make it to the hotel. Of course our room wasn't ready, so we went to lunch and then walked. Alot. We went to Rockefeller Center, St. Patrick's Cathedral, The Apple Store, Central Park, and Times Square. We took a handsome cab ride through Central Park. It is amazing how the horses are fearless. They just cut right into traffic in front of all the cabs. We had a nice Irishman as a driver.

The hotel said that our room was going to be ready at 3. At 3:30, our room was still not ready and would be at least another hour. We agreed to take two beds instead of a King just to get in a room. We were tired and dirty. After naps and showers, it was time for Wicked!


The show was amazing. I love musicals. Pete evened enjoyed it. When the show got out, we walked back out on to Broadway and there was a large tarped tractor trailer trying to make the turn onto 5oth. He was failing miserably. There were a bunch of cops and lines of traffic being blocked on Broadway. It was very amusing.
Wednesday
We checked out of our hotel and headed up the National Museum of Natural History. There were a lot of screaming children running around unsupervised. The museum was nice.

We headed back to Times Square when were done and had lunch at the ESPN Zone. We spent a little while reading in Byrant Park before heading up to Yankee Stadium. Before we left Manhattan, I had to take a picture of the billboard we were lucky enough to see many many times.
We met Pete's parents at Yankee Stadium and enjoyed a game vs. Toronto. It started to rain, so we left in the 6th inning and headed back to CT.
Thursday
We hung out with Pete's parents. His grandmother and brother came over for dinner. His brother's girlfriend joined us afterwards and we played some Wii.

Friday
My best friend picked us up in CT and drove us up to MA. We picked up her daughter from school and hung out for the day. We had Friendly's, my favorite place in the North. I wish they would move here. We played a rousing game of Junior Monopoly.


Friday night, we went to my step sister's house for dinner. I got to see a lot of family that I haven't seen in awhile. After dinner, Pete and I went out for drinks to Opa Opa with Jesse to see Joe, who was working. I had too much to drink.

Saturday
Morning was very rough. Drinking and I no longer agree in any way. My mom was very nice about it though. We went to the cemetery. My uncle said a few words and we all laid flowers on the grave site. It was nice for family to come together for it. We headed to Westwood for the memorial service. My stepsister did a little presentation. It was nice, even though I didn't feel well. It was nice that family was able to come together.

We spent the rest of Saturday packing up my stuff at my parent's house. It was so weird to see the house with boxes and nothing on the wall and no furniture. It was sad to think it would be the last time I would ever be in that house.

Sunday
My Mom and Ed took us out to breakfast on the way to the airport. It was so nice to finally be heading home. We came home to a burnt lawn and dead flowers. All our neighbors were away the same week, so every ones flowers and bushes are dead. Zora was glad to come home, even though she just slept the first night.