Love...Continued

Sigh....not only was lunch yesterday, but it's now close to bedtime.  In my next life, I'm going to figure out how to reign in time; how to slow it down.  I remember always hearing from my elders "The older you get, the faster time goes by".  Of course, I never believed it.  I believe now.  It's scary how fast time is going.  I think that one of the reasons why I keep wanting to do 'stuff' and not let myself sit around doing nothing, is that I'm so cognizant of speed of time, that I'm worried that I won't get to do all the things I want to do in the time I have left.

Enough of that though.  Back to the love bit.

We crammed days worth of doing in a short 7 1/2 hours.  I know for a fact that we probably walked close to 7 miles in all.  The amount of pain we were both in by the time we got on the bus to come home was tremendous, but not once did I wish I hadn't done it!

Stepping into Times Square for the first time was like having a shot of adrenaline pumped into the heart.  The lights, the noise, the people, the smell even....I could have let myself drown in it.  Everything seemed to be in high definition.  Despite the rain, it was all crisp and clear and vibrant.

West Side Chicago :)

Rain, Wind....No matter.  Times Square makes it feel alright

Our aim was to hoof it to the MET.  While we met our goal, it wasn't without some suffering.  What started out as a drizzle developed into a full fledged downpour.  We'd brought one small umbrella, but Paul soon found himself shelling out $5.00 for a Champion impostor umbrella from a street-vendor.  Worth every penny that umbrella was!  We weaved our way up 7th Ave with W 59th as our first goal.  Even at 10ish a.m. on a rainy Sunday morning in December, we had to make our way in out of the bodies going in the opposite direction, and around the bodies that weren't going fast enough for us.  

So many storefronts gussied up in Christmas cheer.  It literally was how it looks in the movies.  Most of the time, when I've gone somewhere that I've heard talked up a lot before hand, I wind up disappointed.  Not in New York though.  It met every expectation.  Except for one.  The people.  Perhaps we were just lucky, but everyone we interacted with was pleasant, kind and fun.

Window on W 59th

W 57th at Central Park

It's late, and I'm sleepy....so more next time. 

Good night.