Month: November 2005

Well, yesterday I awoke with the “creeping crud”. That was what we called it in Abbeville. Everyone was getting it and I took something to keep from getting it. Now I have it big time and no doctor to go to. I just hope that it stays away from everyone else.
We had a wonderful meal, but feeling the way I do. I could not enjoy it to the fullest. Mary acted like she was not feeling well, so I am worried that she is coming down with it. Hope that things are better tomorrow. I would like to go to Atlantic City. Not to see it, but to see the countryside. I think the snow fizzled out. Hope the parade was a good one.

Yesterday, we got our first taste of New York rain. David mentioned that it was not like Louisiana. Yes, we do have those all day cold rain, but they do seem to quit at some time. This one did not. In fact, it is going on again this morning. Yesterday, was quite an experience. We sat around the apartment most of the day. Did get to go eat at a restaurant around the corner’ We hav fallen in love with it. It could be an expensive love affair. Yes, the cost for things here are expensive. I can understand the kids wish to move out to the suburbs.
Last night we went to an off-broadway play. I was a little dubious about the show. But I knew it would be interesting. It turned out to be quite a special event. The name of the group is the Blue Man Group. They play music and perform. There were a lot of teenagers present with their parents, so my first thought was this must be something geared for the kids. But it lends itself to my generations also. In fact, some of the things they did reminded me of our younger days. Black lights and flashing lights. Along with all of this is satire. They also involved the audience in quite a lot of activities. As David told us they are pretending to be space men who can not talk therefore everything is mimed. It is the type of show you can not really explain to another person. You must experience it. They can take those on broadway plays and keep them. This was a lot better.

We have survived the entire process, but we have all been left with scars. School is progressing, but the uncertainty of the our situation leaves us worried still. Will they rebuild or not’ The “not” seems to be favored. What I will do if this comes true is really a perplexing question. I DO NOT want to go into the classroom nor do I want to go to a different school. I am not in my 30’s where restarting in a new situation is appealing to me. But no matter what I do, I will have to restart. Do I want the familiar or the totally unfamiliar’ Neither one is appealing.
Instead of facing the future right now, I am sitting in New Jersey with my son. Enjoying every minute of just doing whatever I feel like. I could take a lot of this type of feeling.
Yesterday, we went to the big city with the sole goal of riding the ferry. The walk was fun. (Though I have to say …we were tired.) We visited the Indian museum, I bought a scarf at the Century 1 department store for the ferry ride. Somehow I did not hear that we would be inside and not outside.
Found out that Staten Island was actually a place to live. After reading it’s history, you can understand the importance to New York. They utilize it still as a type of buffer from any type of land or water assault. Most of the people that worked in the World Trade Center came from the island.
After the trip we wandered our way back to New Jersey. The path train late at night on a Saturday, is a little scary. But last night it was fun and quiet. The people do not greet you that is for sure. In fact, they tend to close their eyes and ignore others. I know that I would not like to travel back and forth this way every day. I can tell my age when I think like that. Until tomorrow.