Miracle on 34th

The miracle is simply the fact that I am living here in NYC on 34th Street!  But, I am getting all settled in and finding my way around.  I probably walked 3 1/2 or 4 miles yesterday.  I even found a Home Depot here in Manhattan – who knew??  The weather was beautiful yesterday but is supposed to be rainy tomorrow – probably a good reading day!!

Today is ‘gym shopping’ day.  I have found three or four gyms within an easy walk so I’m going to go check them out today and hopefully get plugged in to one of them so I can start becoming a gym rat in prep for my bike rides later this year.  And also to counteract the food intake from the various eating options that are all over the place and in any ethic variety you could want or imagine!

 

So, after looking at three gyms, I settled on the one next door to my building.  It is literally less than 50 feet from the front door of my building to the front door of the gym so I really will have no excuses not to go due to bad weather or whatever!   Hopefully, between all of the walking and spending time at the gym, I will get myself in decent shape for the bike rides.

Jordan really likes my apartment and it’s only 2 or 3 subway stops away from her dorm so I suspect she will be over here fairly frequently to hang out, do homework, or have Dad pay for dinner!!  Or go to Insomnia Cookies which is, unfortunately, just a block away!!

Now that I’ve gotten pretty well settled in, I will start ticking off the list of things to do and sights to see while I am here.   I still can’t imagine living here long term but it’s fun to have the opportunity to explore the city for a few weeks.  More to come.