This week has been a busy one for us. This week, I went back to working the night shift, 7pm-7am. Jeremy and I have a joke that since I stay up all night I'm not diurnal any more, I'm just plain urnal (just because it's sounds like a word you would use to describe someone who is grumpy). Although, Jeremy can vouch for me, I've actually been a lot less grumpy with this round of nights.
This weekend, Jer and I took a little day trip into New York City. We had been pretty busy all week with work, and so we didn't realize that it was only going to be 32 degrees and we were going to be walking around all day outside. Jeremy was really sweet and made a midnight run to Walmart to pick me up some pink long underwear and hand warmers. We were actually both pretty comfortable all day, those hand warmers worked great. I stuck a couple in my back pockets and gloves Jer put some in his hat and in his shoes.
First, we went and saw the tree in Rockefeller Plaza. You can't really tell in this picture, but it was huge! It looked so pretty lit up when it got dark.
Afterward, we walked over to Bryant park and went iceskating on the pond. They had a special promotion going on that day where you could iceskate for free, your rentals were free, and they even gave you free hot chocolate We thought it was a pretty good deal! I think this was my favorite thing we did all day. It was just kind of magical, everyone was just so happy and frolicking around on the ice.
That afternoon we went and saw "Newsical" on broadway. It came very highly recommended from the people in the discount line, but we both thought it was just ok. I think next time we'll try and see "Wicked." After the show we did a little bit of window shopping on 5th Avenue and went to FAO Schwartz. It's a pretty amazing toy store. Jeremy had a great time looking at all the Lord of the Rings stuff.
Afterwards we went out to dinner at Broadway Joe's on restaurant row. They have amazing cheesecake! As we were walking back through Times Square to the train station, we noticed an little convention of Santa Clauses
All day we had seen people dressed up as different things...a toilet, bacon, the statue of liberty...Elmo (he looked as if he had fallen on some hard times....) I guess it's a New York thing. I'm really glad we got to see the City during the holidays, what a fun day!
The view from the top is pretty amazing! That afternoon we went for a carriage through central park. That's something I've always wanted to do. Along the way, our driver pointed out where various scenes from Home Alone II were filmed. I think we all left there feeling a little bit more complete as human beings.
That night we went to Serendipity for dessert, and it definitely lived up to the hype. The desserts were delicious and HUGE! We got the broadway blackout cake, the ultimate creme and the frozen hot chocolate.
We were tempted, but decided not to go with the $1,000 dollar golden opulence sundae.
Last weekend, my good friend, Brooke, came to visit from Boise. On Saturday we went on a double date out to Amish country. We went to Cherry Crest Adventure farm for the annual potato festival. I love little places like this. They had a petting zoo with little baby chicks that you can hold.
They also had a potato sack slide, a corn maze, potato slings, potato sack races, and potato eating contests. We got in on the action during the potato sack races, but the potato eating contests were more fun just to watch and bet on who was going to win each heat. Another favorite from the day was this blow up bubble thing you could bounce on. All the little kids loved it when Jeremy got on, we could hear them all saying to each other, "Get ready, here he comes!"
It was really great to spend some quality girl time together!
