So I've heard that rats sometimes make it up to the subway platform where people stand but I have meet witnessed it for myself, until last night. I've made a sport out of looking for the rodents down on the tracks and I always try to think about how big they really are and would be if I were to be holding it. They are big. So last night I was leaving the Bronx and got to the Bronx hub for the subway (125th st) and was waiting to catch the express into manhattan and well... A EFFING HUGE rat started trotting along side me on the freakin platform! I had a 6 minute wait for the next train and survived but still felt like something was crawling on my leg all night long. Mom, be VERY happy you were not around. It didn't help being the only white chick in the station at the time I was such a wuss. Seriously though.. Welcome to the Bronx.
- Posted on the go from my iPhone
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Friday, May 18, 2012
Graduation!
This last week I graduated from SUNY Cortland! It was a fabulous day really. The weather was perfect, I found some friends from Block 1 of my education classes to sit with, had amazing sushi with Dad, and a relaxing night at home with Mom and Step Dave. Also, Mom got me the dress of my dreams and it was perfect!
Also, graduation weekend was Dad's FIRST time coming to NYC! He's embarrassed when I tell people that so shhh. It was incredible! He flew in early and I met him at Penn Station. We went back to the Bronx to drop off his luggage, grab a bite to eat at a diner and then headed into Manhattan. We were able to go to Grand Central Station, the apple store there, the Empire State Building, grab a bite of pizza on the street, visit my first placement PS 19, visit wall street, see the charging bull, the ferry to the statue of liberty, the 9/11 memorial, have dinner at the seinfield restaurant, walk around columbia campus, see the LDS NYC temple, walk around Lincoln Center, sneak into the 2nd half of an opera, and grab some hot chocolate in Times Square! That was just the first day! The second day we went to the apple store on 5th Ave, Rockefeller Center, met the man I'm nannying for this summer, and visited my 2nd placement at PS 212. It was a very busy weekend to say the least.
We took a train upstate for graduation and came back down the day after. We were able to walk through central park and the met before driving to Tyler and Kim's for dinner before Dad had to catch his flight. I think I got him there 35 minute before take off. We literally used every minute to its fullest!
I packed up most of my things in the Bronx the day after Dad left and headed back upstate to drop it all off at Moms. I was able to spend a couple of days there organizing my room, deciding what to keep and what to throw out. Its weird, after graduating I actually feel different. Birthdays come and go and I never really feel different, but after walking I actually FEEL older and more accomplished.
As for now I will start nannying this next week while I look for an apartment in Manhattan. I can't wait to spend my summer and next year in the city! It's starting to feel like home and I'm sad when I'm not here.
Also, graduation weekend was Dad's FIRST time coming to NYC! He's embarrassed when I tell people that so shhh. It was incredible! He flew in early and I met him at Penn Station. We went back to the Bronx to drop off his luggage, grab a bite to eat at a diner and then headed into Manhattan. We were able to go to Grand Central Station, the apple store there, the Empire State Building, grab a bite of pizza on the street, visit my first placement PS 19, visit wall street, see the charging bull, the ferry to the statue of liberty, the 9/11 memorial, have dinner at the seinfield restaurant, walk around columbia campus, see the LDS NYC temple, walk around Lincoln Center, sneak into the 2nd half of an opera, and grab some hot chocolate in Times Square! That was just the first day! The second day we went to the apple store on 5th Ave, Rockefeller Center, met the man I'm nannying for this summer, and visited my 2nd placement at PS 212. It was a very busy weekend to say the least.
We took a train upstate for graduation and came back down the day after. We were able to walk through central park and the met before driving to Tyler and Kim's for dinner before Dad had to catch his flight. I think I got him there 35 minute before take off. We literally used every minute to its fullest!
I packed up most of my things in the Bronx the day after Dad left and headed back upstate to drop it all off at Moms. I was able to spend a couple of days there organizing my room, deciding what to keep and what to throw out. Its weird, after graduating I actually feel different. Birthdays come and go and I never really feel different, but after walking I actually FEEL older and more accomplished.
As for now I will start nannying this next week while I look for an apartment in Manhattan. I can't wait to spend my summer and next year in the city! It's starting to feel like home and I'm sad when I'm not here.
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