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Yesterday I had no internet, or at least not for the second part of the day when I set aside time to use it. bleh. I was going to post photos, but they'll be waiting.
I am sad that today is the last one Dima took off. I told him the other day we were having a "staycation" since he never noticed the term in Time all summer. Now he won't stop saying it, lol. At least we are in a good place for this. (Most places are if you try hard enough to find neat things, but NYC makes it so easy.)
Yesterday Dima tore apart his desk and closet to do a thorough clean. He moved Everything. Then we went to Manhattan i nthe evening.
We were supposed to stop at a Thai grocery and then meander around before going to Minetta's. (Minetta's is a place we went while first dating. We like it a lot but never go there because Dima prefers to stay near home normally. While I think if I am stuck in NYC we might as well make use of all of it.)
Instead, while I made him walk around, Dima became hungry. So he thought we should stop for some "dumplings." We ducked into one of the little places lining the side streets off of Canal. I ended up ordering a main course because there were few starters, and I didn't want to sit there while Dima ate. His dumplings weren't so good, and he had some sort of scallops too. He didn't enjoy them as much as my meal, which was tofu and "meat" (what kind? dunno) in a spicy Szechuan sauce.
I did like that very much, but it was hardly spicy. Maybe they toned it down?
Of course, we weren't going to Minetta's after all that.
Today I am hoping my darned update of Snow Leopard will arrive. It was supposed to By Yesterday! argh!!! And now a holiday weekend...
Dima is buying my old macbook from me, and I am waiting on the full version too, for him. He won't be set up with everything until after I install that so we were rather hoping his would arrive too. (He wants Office and Excel reinstalled, and I am guessing that should wait until after the new OS, eh?)
Right now would be the best time so he would have some free time to play with its non-pc-ness before work claims him again.
What else? I do not remember if I wrote about anything the last few days, or just meant to.
I persuaded Dima that we should take our bikes to Riis Park on the Rockaways, rather than just go to "swim." We were so glad we did! It was incredibly nice.
Unfortunately it was my first time riding in months (April?? May???) and it really hit me. Apparently I can most definitely connect exercise to the aches and strange pains and fatigue. I'd really been thinking it more random, but... Oh, but the heat/sun is one link too :/ That I was sure of though.
Still, it was gorgeous. You can bike along paved but un-kept paths near the beach far after the normal walkway. It is so empty, with only people who rode there. So the beach is clean and secluded, and the views lovely anyway. Besides all that the trails lead past abandoned millitary buildings into beuatiful scrubby woods. We had lunch (dried beef and bannana flax bars) sitting on massive concrete blocks off a trail so overgrown that surely only a handful of people ever venture through.
The next day as we left I took another trail which lead me to the top of a tall dune, at sunset! I yelled to Dima, but had to go back out to lead him there. It was a very, very neat place to be.
One problem is that I let Dima tie the bikes without "nagging" him as I normally would. (I'll say it, he is lacking in knot skills and maybe some common sense.) I was trying to keep peace...
Well, mine was involved in a little dragging incident. *ROARS*
I spent quite a lot of time straightening the steel after, and a few things cannot be fixed until I find new bits. (The refelctors, smashed and not available right now.) I am quite sad.
I am rather down since waking with too much aching and fatigue the other day to do what I intended. I did do three loads of laundry that day, but after? I was draped across the bed napping or thinking about what I had wanted to work on. Since I have been doing pretty well before that I was again having thoughts of how to manage a part time job or something and the track to some other goals. Now I am upset at losing that again, especially after some introspection and long conversations with Dima. In the end my life goals involve us parting and a lot of work to get to where I want to be. So far I am not able to start on that in a real way, and it is really frustrating. (Freaking out, going on 24 without any start on a career or anything else I want to work for...........*freaks*)
So, I am going now. Maybe I'll post again today with photos, but I am not certain yet.