I don’t know what it is about this city but I love it! I spent a total of 2 ½ days (over 2 separate weekends) in NYC helping a friend move and it was exhausting but it was also a lot of fun!
Here are some things that we did in our 2 ½ days:
Weekend #1:
- Took the Vamoose Bus to the city and arrived by 11:30 a.m.
- Ate lunch at a Farmer’s Market across from the temple
- Met two Canadian Missionaries (Apparently they are the only 2 Canadian missionaries in the NYC mission and they are also companions!) They were also nice enough to give us their cell phone number in case we got lost.
- Look at an apartment in Spanish Harlem
- Caught a bus to our next appointment on the upper Eastside
- Took a subway to the financial district for our finally appointment which was a “loft”. It wasn’t as exciting as it sounded.
- Met some amazing people on our journey.
- Caught the last bus and headed back home.
Weekend #2:
- Drove to NYC with a car packed with my friend’s belongings.
- Arrived to the apartment (the upper Eastside apartment) by 11:45 a.m.
- Unpacked the car
- Cleaned, cleaned, cleaned, cleaned, cleaned and organized the apartment.
- Headed to the coolest Costco. It is a huge complex that looks like a mall but the first floor is Petco, the second floor is Costco, the third floor is Target, the fourth floor is Marshall’s, Old Navy and some other smaller stores. When we got to Costco we saw a huge line of people with the carts full of food waiting outside. It wasn’t until we watched for a few minutes that we realized that the people in line were waiting for taxis. Only in NYC.
- Slept very soundly.
- The next morning as we headed to church, we saw the lead female runners running the NYC Marathon.
- Attended 3 great hours of church.
- Ate lunch, grabbed a bus, took a subway and ran to make my bus back to Bethesda.
Did I mention it was exhausting??? It was an interesting experience helping someone move to a new city because I heard myself saying things that had been said to me so many times before.
When I was in college, my mom always helped me move into my new apartments and she made sure before she headed back home that my space was organized, clean and that I had food in my refrigerator. I hope I was grateful at the time for her hard work and her dedication to making sure that I had as smooth as a transition as possible. I really tried all weekend to have a positive attitude even when things were bleak (all the cleaning and my friend was struggling to not just give-up.)
So, thank you MOM, DAD and all those who have ever helped me move into a new place. Thank you for being positive and helping me have many smooth transitions. I know I will be moving in the next few months (don’t know where) so if any of you are up to it, you can come help ME move.
So, NYC was wonderful. There was so much more I wanted to do like see Mark & Kathryn’s new little one but that will have to wait for my next bus trip to the big city.
