Did Ya Miss Me?

OK, so I am finally home!

I have a ton of stuff to get to but figured I would post the "small stuff"...all the stuff other than the marathon...that will come later...

Thursday:

• Arrive in NYC around 3:30pm
• Drop off bags at hotel
• Look at subway map to get to Expo
• Get to Manhattan
• Walk A LONG way to Expo
• Get stuff
• Walk around expo
• Ate
• Back to hotel

Friday:

• Wait for niece and girlfriend to arrive at 11am
• Head to Manhattan
• Walk around some
• Go in bar
• Have Blue Moon
• Go to tour bus
• 5 hour tour (we went anywhere and everywhere you can possibly imagine; able to get off at key spots i.e. Ground Zero, Wall Street, Strawberry Fields, Staten Island Ferry to drift by Statue of Liberty, etc)
• Get off bus, take subway to Little Italy
• Eat so much pasta I think I might hurl
• Hotel

Saturday

• Wake up
• Go eat breakfast
• Make my roommates leave me alone in hotel room for 5 hours so I can rest and map out race day strategy for subway lines and transfers for them to get to various miles along the race to see me
• Rent a driver to DRIVE us to Manhattan
• Find a place to eat (light dinner for me)
• GO SEE WICKED!!! omg! It. Was. Amazing.
• Intermission
• Fall down stairs
• Yes I fell down the stairs
• All is ok
• Hotel and in bed by 11pm

Sunday

• We'll come back to this in other posts

Monday

• Get up
• Slowly
• Take subway to Manhattan
• Go to Marathon Store
• Drop some coin
• Made part of Mass at St. Patricks Cathedral
• WALKED AROUND MANHATTAN SHOPPING (5th Ave, Diamond District, Bloomingdales, etc)
• FOR FIVE FREAKING HOURS
• And no we didn't cab it or subway it till time to head back to Queens
• Go eat at FABULOUS Thai/Indian (fusion) restaurant
• Fall into bed

Tuesday

• Home
• Sweet
• Home