New York State of Mind

So let’s see. I was supposed to go to New York for the day on Thursday. Didn’t happen. My friend called me at 5:30 in the morning (when I was about 15 minutes from walking out the door) and said she didn’t want to go because she was afraid someone might blow up the plane. That was information I could have used the night before, but whatever. I went back to bed and slept until about 10am. No big deal I guess. I mean, I wanted to go, but it’s not the end of the world. I have been there many times and I always enjoy it more around Christmas anyway. Summertime visits tend to get uncomfortable and hot. I did want me some New York pizza though. So Matthew and I did the next best thing and went to the Snappy Tomato pizza buffet. Hehe.

Across the street from the pizza place and next to Golden Corral was a guy holding a sign that said “Will Work for Food.” That is not a very common sight here in Northern Kentucky and in fact I haven’t seen anything like that in a LONG LONG time. My first instinct was “awwww poor guy I should go into Golden Corral and buy him a gift certificate so he can eat”. But then my logic takes over and I realize that he probably makes more money than I do. A local news station did a story on those guys once and found that they can make $150-200 a day. I need a new profession. I bet if I took Bijoux with me, I could make even more. People would feel especially sorry for my $500 dog.

After the pizza, we went to see “The Descent”. I had to drag Matthew kicking and screaming, but he enjoyed it. I just had a feeling about that movie when I saw an ad for it online. I was not disappointed. I read some reviews from people who didn’t like it who said “Do you really care if any of these people die?” Well no not really. I will admit there was not much character development, but any more than what was given would have been unnecessary. They told you all you need to know. And I love love love tough chick flicks. I also love extreme sports – even though it’s something I could never do. Spelunking, rock climbing, stuff like that. I love to wish I could do it, but I am mildly claustrophobic and have no upper body strength, so those things will not be happening in this lifetime. But anyway, the movie was creepy enough, gory enough and just the right length to qualify as a GOOD scary movie. And that’s hard to come by these days. Go see it. You will like it.

At this moment I am lying in bed with my computer while Matthew is next to me watching golf on TV. (could anything be more boring?) We are waiting to leave to go to Waverly. My mother is going with us. God help us. I hope she is up for this. I have told her many many times about all the walking involved. She says she can handle it. We will be taking the oxygen just in case. We are going to leave here in about 45 minutes and head down to Louisville.

I’m really not in the mood to write right now, so I am going to stop before this all gets too terribly boring.