Okay, so I am not the best blogger in the world and my plan to write every day has already failed. Ah well, what can you do? So the weather here has been frigid! Utah definitely never had winds as cold as the winds we get here! And my coats still haven't arrived yet! Hopefully they will be here tomorrow.
First, let me just tell you about the food here! First off, there is a Whole Foods just ten blocks away that I love! All organic, lot's of vegetarian and vegan, and they have soups, sandwiches and sushi all made fresh every day! What more could a girl want? Oh I'll tell you! Seamlessweb. Unfortunately for all of you in Utah, you do not have this wonderful website. Yes, it is a website: www.seamlessweb.com. What is it, you ask. Let me tell you. You log on, and it gives you access to literally hundreds of restaurants in the NYC area. You pick one, it brings up the menu, you pick the food you want and submit your order and then they deliver your food to you! Take-out is a fabulous phenomenon! And there are so many Japanese restaurants and so I have more than had my fill of sushi this week! :)
Highlights of the week:
Walking Owen to school (a couple of blocks away) is quickly becoming one of my favorite times of the day. He is such a bright kid! It's some one on one time where we just get to talk and I get to really learn about him. Because he is in school most the day, I spend the least amount of time with him, but the ten minutes it takes to walk to school are always a blast.
On Tuesday, Charlotte and I went on an adventure to buy some light bulbs. It took three transfers (on the subway) and then a ten minute walk to get there but it was a good experience. I now know how to get to Times Square and will probably explore the area more next week. I also learned that next time I travel with Charlotte alone, to bring a few toys. She got tired on the way back as it was nearly her nap time and she cried a bit. I felt bad for the other passengers on the train but she fell asleep about halfway back and so it was all good.
Friday, Lucas and I took a trip to the Transit museum in Brooklyn. We got to look at all of the old subway trains, buses, and trolleys that have since been retired. We also got to look at all of the different bridges of NYC. Lucas is really into trains and so he absolutely loved it! He was running from train to train. He had to sit in every single one and we took a ton of pictures! After about two hours there, he was so exhausted I had to carry him back to the subway station and as we rode the train back, I had to give him a snack to keep him awake. When we got to the Canal St. station (the one closest to where we live) we just sat on the bench and watched the trains. He loves to watch them go by and count how many he's seen.
I braved the snow storm on Saturday and went shopping in SoHo and NoHo. I'm so relieved I only took $60 cash with me cuz the sales here are fantastic and there was so much I wanted to buy. But I resisted and I stuck to my list of essentials. I bought a really cute hat and some rain boots but I forgot to go back to one of the stores to buy gloves and a scarf. I'll probably run back tomorrow to get them. I am one step closer to not freezing outdoors here!
Well, that concludes this week's adventures! Tonight is the CES fireside and then tomorrow for FHE our ward is going ice skating on a real ice skating pond! lol! Hopefully, I'll be able to go, but I work a little later tomorrow night so we'll see. At any rate, I will have plenty of opportunities to meet people this week as Rachel (the mom) has scheduled a couple play dates for me and the kids to play with their friends and nannies.
Oh! And today some tourists from Texas needed help finding Chinatown and I was able to point them in the right direction! Yay me! I'm learning! :D
2 comments:
Haha Sarah, sarah, sarah. It sounds like a ton of fun! I'm so glad that YOU of all people could point someone in the RIGHT direction. That will make everyone here so happy to hear. Maybe you won't need that compass for your birthday afterall! Well it sounds fun, don't eat too much sushi! Next time you call me and have me decide what you should eat because you're indecisive... The numbers are 3, 17, and 22. Haha that should definately save us some time! Love you!
it was funny cuz they asked me which way to go when we were still underground in the station, and i was like 'um... wait til we get up so i can point you in the right direction.' and the only reason i knew it was the right direction is cuz that's where i got lost last Sunday coming home from church (which was what i was doing when they asked me) lol!
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