Christmas Lights and Snow Angels
The icon has nothing to do with my post, other than its my only Christmas icon. I really do need to update. Oh well. So these past few days have been insane. The is the first down time I've had since I arrived in NY on Thursday afternoon....
THURSDAY: I woke up at 8 and found that my father had emailed me 5 times. His plane was broken and he was most likely not going to make it to NY when we had planned. I called him in Manchester and got the full run down. A door on the plane would not shut and they were not taking off. I decided to go ahead and take my flight, get the car service home and wait for him there. So at 9 my ride calls and tell me she's sick and that she has called her father to come pick me up. So around 930, I was picked up and taken to the airport. I said my goodbyes and headed inside. I had already printed out my ticket and I wasn't checking any bags so I just needed to go through security and then get to my gate. Security was pretty fast and then I headed to my gate. I was an hour early. I put on my ipod and took out my book. 30 minutes later we got an update that we were also delayed. I was emailing back and forth with dad and one of his co-workers, they were making sure I was going to be okay and I was updating them on my status. We ended up boarding around 12:45 (we were suppose to board at 11:12). After boarding we were then told that we were going to sit on the runway for about an hour. So we ended up taking off at 1:20. (we were original suppose to land in Newark at 1:42) Finally we landed in Newark close to 4, my driver was waiting for me in baggage claim and we headed to the car. It was raining. Really hard to see. We finally got home around 5:30. I called Steve and he told me he was on his way to get me. I was here till around 8. I talked to Ryan for a little bit while wondering around the dark and cold house. I turned on the heat and went into my room and watched some tv. Finally Steve got here and we headed into the city. It was still raining and it was horrible to drive in. Most of the time we couldn't see at all. We finally made it into the city. Usually it takes around 45 minutes to get to the city this time it took and hour and a half. When we got into the city we headed by the apple store and then over to PJ Carney's to meet some of Steve's friends. Everyone at PJ Carney's that I met was invovled with an Apple store at one time or another and most of them worked at the genius bar. We chatted and had some dinner and took some pictures and just had a good time. We were there till about 1 and then headed out. We took a few people home and then went home ourselves. Mainly we passed out right after we got home.
FRIDAY: I didn't wake up till around noon. Steve fixed bacon and eggs for us and we watched tv. Around 1 my dad called, he had finally landed and was heading home to pick up his suit and shower and shave and would then come to the city with his driver and we would head to the hotel for the night. Around 3:30, Dad picked me up and I said goodbye to Steve. We headed to Times Square and checked in to our hotel. We both got dressed and then headed over to Denise's hotel and helped her pick out her dress for the night and then we all walked to the Palace Hotel were the company party was being held. We got there right at 6 and no one was there yet. So we wandered around got a few drinks and talked amoungst ourselves till more people arrived. It was a little awkward for me because I didn't know too many people. I talked to a few people and when I had a little down time I texted Ryan. At one point Dad introduced me to someone who offered me a job working at the firm. And then Dad asked if he was serious and he said yes. So now I've been thinking about accepting the job. But I'm not sure. As the night wore on we had a few more drinks and then headed in for dinner. What was suppose to be a sit down dinner for 105 became this strange buffett were not everyone could sit at the same time. It was a little strange. So we grabbed some food and found a seat and ate. Once the night wore on people started getting on the dance floor. I was pulled on at one point and danced with one of dad's co-workers Scott. He had also brought his daughter to the party. I talked with Maria for awhile and then we got up and danced. Mike and I danced to a song and he talked to me. Half way through the party most of the "stiffs" left and went to the library and then most of the people left danced, so it was a lot of fun. At midnight the DJ stopped the music and we all just started talking. Around 1230 we headed downstairs, got our coats and moved over to the bar. Only a few people remained by this point. Dad and I finally left with Denise at 1. We dropped Denise off at her hotel and then headed back to ours. When we got to the room I ordered a cheese plate, dad and I were hungry. We ate our cheese plate and then went straight to bed.
SATURDAY: Dad woke up at 735 however I stayed in bed till 930. At 10 we headed out to Starbucks and got a coffee and chai. We were going to do some sightseeing but once we were outside it was VERY cold, so we just decided to head home. So we went back to the hotel and packed up and then headed to Grand Central Station to catch the train. We got on an express train and were home within the hour. We dropped everything off and then we headed out to lunch at Memphis May's and then headed out to White Plains for some shopping. However dad ended up finding some clothes to wear to Blanche's party that night. I tried to find something, but I never did. We headed home and got dressed and then headed to the train station to head back into the city to have dinner with Denise. We showed up at Osteria Del Circo for dinner. It was really good. We all chatted and ate really well. Then we climbed in a cab and headed to the meat packing district for Blanche's party. We ended up at the Gaslight bar. Said Blanche's name and was ushered to the VIP room. It was downstairs and had tons of sofas and chairs all around. Not too big but not too small. We all sat around and talked for a bit. After a few drinks we danced a little. I met a few of Blanche's friends. We danced a little and some pictures were taken. Dad was so tired we ended up leaving at midnight, we had a car drive us home. Soon after heading home we crashed.
SUNDAY: Woke up around 9, the workers were here. Dad wasn't feeling well so we went out to get him medicine and then went to Justin Thyme for lunch. We decided to head to Beacon to get Avis something from the glass shop and then we toured Beacon and found gifts for me and JR as well. Then we headed over to Best Buy and got Ryan his gifts and then to Office Max to get some things we needed for the house. Then we headed home. Then we headed home. Dad did some stuff around the house and I watched TV. Around 6 we headed out for Tapas and then got groceries for me. Then we were back home. Watched tv and talked a litte. Then dad headed to bed and I went to my room. I texted with Ryan a bit and then went to bed.
MONDAY: Dad left before I woke up. I woke up around 11 and mainly haven't done much today. Sandy called me earlier. I am trying to plan a party for my dad, so she was wondering about that. I'm still working on figuring out all the details. Mainly I'm just hanging out around here today in my PJs, I can't figure out a good reason to get dressed. Sandy and I might go Christmas Shopping tomorrow. Dad doesn't get home till around 9pm on Tuesday.
and that has been my trip thus far.