Sister and time

It's been a long time since I've blogged. My life has been crazy lately and I think New York is starting to weigh on me. My hair is darker, my mood less Southern :) And I'm actually getting homesick. I think it happens when you leave a place and you know it's not for good, but it feels like it is. If I was going to leave home for good, then I would be prepared for it, but I'm not finished with school and I miss my family. I can't help but think, just one more month. But the other half of me hates thinking that. I hated when my roommate was counting down the days until we would go home, granted she was doing it from day one, but still. I'm here, this is an amazing experience. Seriously. Thankfully, I have quite a few plans and much more to see before I leave. I'll be busy over the next few weeks, but in the end at least I'll be happy to be home and not dissapointed.

So my sister visited for her spring break. It wasn't my spring break, mainly because we dont really get one, but I took a few days off anyway. She got here on a Saturday and I rode the subway to JFK to meet her. I dont think I was able to stop talking for awhile becuase I was so excited. I'm afraid I wore her out while she was here though.. That night we had my favorite pizza, Grimaldis, followed by ice cream and then we walked along the river. Sunday was the Central Park Zoo-which is very small but still good. They have red pandas, which are the cutest things, though they are more similar to foxes I think. Then Sunday afternoon we explored the Park, rode the carousel, picked up my camera (that is finally fixed!!) and visited the National History Museum. The evening plans were dinner at Sea Asian and the Upright Citizens Brigade comedy show.. Are you getting tired just hearing all that we did in two days?? I can't believe I actually drug her all over the city in that amount of time.

Other than that, over the next few days we had lunch in Chinatown and went shopping in Union Square--where we saw Stacy and Clinton from "What not to Wear"!! We visited Times Square, went to the Met, went shopping on 5th Ave, had lunch at Prime Burger, watched Scrubs, went to FAO Schwartz, visited the Sony Wonder Tech, went to the Disney store, saw Midtown, and had hot dogs at the corner stand. I think that's the gist of it. Then Thursday morning I rode with her for a bit on the subway as she headed back to JFK, then I turned around and headed into Manhattan and to work. It was sad to see her go. We had some great weather while she was here, the best so far, but the next day -Friday-we had a winter storm. She barely missed seeing the snow in central park. And when it's back to being warm we'll have even more to do.

Here is one wonderful thing I have learned here - there is always something to do. I have spent to much time sitting at home, wanting to go out but not knowing what to do. That's just crazy when we live in an age of the wonderful Internet. It holds all the event calendars to anything worth attending. From now on, even if I have to drive to Dallas or Austin, I'll make sure I have entertaining weekends and not let life pass me by as I sit and veg. Not that I wont do a fair share of that as well, I guess I'm just learning how to better make use of opportunities. Hopefully that makes sense.

My old roommate from last year came to visit during spring break too, but I only got to see her the first day she was here. Whenever she wasn't out, I was and vice versa, but I hope she enjoyed New York. There were tons of people here for spring break, actually, and quite a few who were stuck here when the storm hit. But as far as I heard, they all made it home safely.

Ok I'm going to try to update, tomorrow and be more consistent. Things have just been crazy. Miss you all.

Love you and good night :)