(Written Tuesday, backdated to Sunday)
One of the things I love about walking around NYC is the artwork. Neither of us are big fans of paid-for public art. Big sculptures that just block your view with some alleged beauty or significance, but they're really just dumb looking wastes of space. NYC seems to have better luck with these than DC or Baltimore or Boston.
But my favorite things are the random things you see when you're out and about in the city.
Sometimes you just say "what the hell is that supposed to mean," and still like looking at it. And then you move on.
Sunday morning/ish we went back out for bagels to the same place. Doug changed up his game, but I stayed with everything & scallion, and added in turkey. I knew I'd need some protein. And it was closer to lunchtime, so. Turkey.
Our friends Chris & Chrissy were meeting up with us "around lunchtime." They live in the Scranton area, so they drove down to NJ and took the ferry across to 12th and 39th. There's a shuttle bus that takes you to Times Square only they accidentally went the wrong direction and ended up in South Manhattan, so, shuttle bus back north. Doug and I walked around Times Square and soaked in some sights, and smells.
We wore the clothes that we figured we'd be wearing to the 2pm show, even though Doug thought we'd want to come back and change. I thought that would be weird to meet up with C&C and then come back and get dressed. C&C let us know they'd made it to 7th and 50th, right north of where we were hanging out on Times Square so they got a table to eat lunch and we walked up to join them.
I was a little nervous about Chris and Doug, because current events issues can get testy with the two of them. But they didn't stray into politics. They haven't seen each other in forever and ever. And it was like they saw each other a couple months ago. There was a lot of laughing. Chrissy and I also fell right into talking like we also had just seen each other.
It felt like old hat and was very comfortable.
The purpose of us getting together was for us to see the show Swept Away together. I wanted to see it for my birthday and happened to be chatting with Chrissy when she asked if we were going to see it. I clued her in and told her I'd love to see them. So she also got tickets. She had given me two tickets to see this back in January when her dad got sick, and I took Sara. Entry & review here if you want to go back and read it.
We were waiting for Linda and Ronnie to join us, and they didn't make it into town for lunch. They barely made it to the show on time. Doug left their tickets at Will Call, so we went ahead and got seated.
Lin explained what happened. They were late, naturally, but like really late. She was absolutely freaking out at him because of his driving. White knuckles and steam coming out of her ears. He thought it was hilarious and kept laughing saying "It's New York City, Baby!" Just relax!!! This did not make her relax.
Ronnie dropped Linda off and went to find a place to park. She came to sit with us after the show had started, but he never joined us. Linda was so angry at him - she figured he just gave up trying to find a spot and found a place in Brooklyn, and a bar.
At the end of the show, we saw he was actually sitting on the other side of me. There was a woman in between us, and when he sat, I thought it was her person. He thought she was my friend Chrissy or something. So he didn't say anything. His seat next to Linda sat vacant.
So he was there with us, we just didn't see him. Ha. He said he basically came upstairs right after she must have because he whipped around the block and there was a parking garage right there so he wasn't more late than she was.
And we had no idea he was there.
If you go back and read my entry from January, it's the same principal cast. They are so good together. And seeing this again was such a treat. I knew exactly what was going to happen. Chrissy was shocked because she didn't see it coming. Chris said "oh yeah, I knew we were in trouble."
We had a huge discussion at the end out in the street, and made our way to the restaurant Doug had picked for dinner. It was two blocks west and two blocks south, the perfect distance to walk and talk.
Ronnie had told Chrissy and me to say "It's New York City, Baby!" to Linda so we did, and the look on her face when she turned around to us. Hilarious.
Dinner was fantastic. Huge conversations, excellent food, margaritas, and even dessert. No one asked for a candle on my cheesecake and that was perfectly fine.
Dinner over, C&C headed back to their ferry (7 blocks south, 2 blocks west) and we walked with Ronnie and Linda to their car.
It was still early, but they needed to get home to the dogs, and I knew if we hit another bar, Lin and I would have kept going down the cocktail trail to ridiculousness. Destination Ridiculousness. It's New York City, Baby.
We went over to Broadway, back to the heart of Times Square where the night vibe is a totally different animal. Then, we walked South to 39th where Times Square basically ends. There isn't much after that until you get to the Madison Square Garden area six blocks further. So, over to 8th. Back up to 48th where our hotel was.
Solid. That was a non-stop hour of walking, with me leaning against things every once in a while while he looked at stuff, and pondering "okay, can I get him to step into this Irish Saloon just so I can put my ass in a seat for a while."
I gave him permission to just keep walking if he wanted but he wanted to be with me and go back to the hotel. It wasn't the Camino de Santiago but ... it was my camino. Hell Friday, Saturday and Sunday so far were more steps than I'd done since we were in Las Vegas. And a lot less broiling hot.
Digits below.
digits
exercise: 12/12 hours. several walks ranging from 12 min to 25 min, one big walk of 59min. 13,600+ steps by bedtime
blood glucose:
8am: 164
n/a midday reading
9pm: 240 (see dinner and timing of medication)
food:
coffee/water
times approximate
11:30am: everything bagel w/turkey and scallion cream cheese; metformin
5pm: all sorts of Mexican food. Guacamole bar with several dips and chips; 2 chicken enchiladas with a gorgeous Avocado flower on top. Margaritas, espresso martini, slice of cheesecake
8pm: metformin+jardiance
Yellow pops on you! 🎂
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