Day 79 - NYC

So apparently, I'm pretty tired. I managed to sleep in until 1PM today. That's a recent record. Although, it's not quite true, because I had to wake up twice in order to move my car. Where I had it parked was scheduled to have street cleaning between 8:30 and 10 AM. So I crawled out of bed at 7:45 and tried to find a new parking spot. After half an hour of searching, I ended up following the lead of the other cars in the area and double parking on the other side of the street. After climbing back into bed for an hour and a half, I went back out at 9:45 and moved my car back to the original side of the street. But at least now my car is immediately in front of the building in which I'm staying.

When I finally rolled out of bed around 1:00, it still took us a good hour and a half to get out of the apartment. Gretchen and I had a couple errands to run, so we ended up spending most of the afternoon walking around the city doing that. We took the subway down to about 35th street and then walked our way back up to 107th, making various stops along the way. I figure it was about 5 miles. We did that rather than the volksmarch. We got back to the apartment around 6:30, changed clothes and headed out to the Yankees game.

Now, I am a bit of a Phillies fan (read: I am obsessed with the Phillies), and the Yankees are on my list of most hated teams. For the record, the list is: Yankees, Mets, Giants, Cardinals, Braves, and Blue Jays. I have reasons for each of them. 10 points if you can figure out why each team made my list. So I was a little hesitant about attending a Yankees game on their home turf, but when we got there, the Rays were already up 6-0 and the Yankees never recovered from that deficit. They tried though - there was a decent rally in the bottom of the 9th, but they still came up short. It was a fun time though. The stadium is massive - 2nd largest in major league baseball. The last 2 stadiums I've been to have been Wrigley and Fenway, and those are both tiny in comparison. I'm definitely glad I went.

My lower legs appear to have developed a heat rash, so hopefully that will clear up soon. Seeing another show tomorrow. Looking forward to this one even more than Matilda. Hopefully it'll measure up to expectations.