Working in New York

It’s Sunday so I’m not sure how many people are going to be reading, but I thought that I would post anyway.

·        I made it out to NYC this week without too much of a problem.  We did have to sit on the runway for over an hour before we took off which just meant that I was able to catch about four episodes of the Real Housewives of Miami (thanks for the free tv Jet Blue!).* I’ve now taken about 10 million forms of public transportation since I got here and as predicted, the people are certainly unusual.  Yesterday morning when I got on the Long Island Rail Road to head to work three teenagers got into the same car as me.  One of them was wearing shorts and a t-shirt, another was missing his t-shirt and just had on shorts (it was 25 degrees out).  All three had what looked like glow paint on their faces and bodies- I’m guessing they were at a rave last night.  Seeing them shivering and looking ridiculous was just another reminder to not do drugs.  :-)  

·        On the same train car an older man got on ranting and raving about nonsense while drinking Four Loko.  A couple months ago I decided to try Four Loko just to see what it tasted like and not only do I NOT want to drink it at night, but I have no desire to be drinking it at 7:45am either.  Yikes.

·        These two weeks here helping Sandy victims are going to be quite emotional and mentally tough.  These people have lost so much and even two months later almost everyone I spoke to yesterday still wasn’t living in their house.  Contractors had come through to demo everything down to the studs, but because they were waiting on insurance checks, construction loans, etc. and their homes had no heat or electricity, they were still living in small apartments with too many people, hotels, or with friends/family/ex-family.  I’m glad that I am here to help but I wish that I could do more.  I guess it’s a good thing that my Lupron shot didn’t arrive into my clinic before I left for NY because I would probably be bawling along with the people here.

·        I have a couple of coworkers also out here in NY with me- one of them I met back in June when I was in DC for a training.  I’m glad that he is here because he is closer to my age than my other coworkers and he will be a fun guy to grab a beer with after work.  However, he has told me several times that things with his wife aren’t going well and he’s basically just sticking around for the kids.  I get the feeling that he is telling me this not just in a friendly way, so I try to work my husband into the conversation as much as possible!  I hope it’s just me reading too much into the conversation and his flirty ways, but I want to make sure to give him the FRIENDS ONLY I AM IN A HAPPY MARRIAGE signal as much as possible.

·        It looks like I will have New Years Day off so I am most likely heading up to CT tomorrow after work.  I’m looking forward to getting out of NYC, seeing friends, and stalking my old house to see if they have done anything to it since we sold it in August.  :-)

Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend- I'm working all weekend!

*I don't usually watch RHOM but one of the episodes happened to focus on Lisa who has had three miscarriages while trying to have a baby.  I only saw the few episodes on the plane but it seems like she is representing infertile women well.