After spending what felt like forever on the plane, I finally arrive at JFK airport. Managed to get myself a cab and next thing I know, I'm speeding towards the direction of Manhattan. And I do mean literally speeding!!! Those of you who know me (well I think all of you do!) know that I like to speed with the best of them - I scare my mom whenever I drive her. But I'll be honest and say I'm glad I was in the back of the cab not seeing the road ahead. He scared even me which means Mom - you would have been petrified! Finally pulled about about 45 minutes later to my hotel. It is only one block away from Ground Zero.
The hotel is awesome - I'm on the 10th floor with plenty of views all around. Well actually out my window I just see the skyscrapper in front of me. But if I walk out of my room down the hall there is an AMAZING view of some buildings and what I believe is the Hudson Bay (but I'm not 100% sure).
However, the best part is when I was about to order room service. I thought to myself - this is SO much better than cooking Mac & Cheese in the microwave!! (Sorry Sheila but really...it just is!). And as I was saying that to myself I realized I was laying on an actual BED!! With a crisp white futon cover and about six feather pillows!!! And it hit me........no freaking futon for me. (Little background info - my new place is studio. I left my bed at the old place and got a futon). Not that the futon isn't fine. It is. But the next three nights are going to be absolute heaven!!! Seriously. A comfortable king size bed all to myself!!! As I laid there soaking all of that in, I realized I was staring at an armoire. Of course you know what was hiding in there....that's RIGHT!!! A television. Oh dear God. Thank you. (No people - I've currently cut TV out of my life until I get my new one). Instead I've replaced TV with reading (which I love!) and running. My body is killing me so a few nights in this bed will be exactly what I need. Not too mention, I don't have to walk up and down stairs because I'm telling you people. My muscles are so insanely sore I don't think I could do it.
Oh and I haven't had to kill a single spider yet. I kill at least one daily at my new place - I know eventually that will stop but it will be nice not to think about it tonight.
Now you are talking to someone who used to work in hotels - I know what a nice hotel is and this is definitely a nice hotel. But when I thought about it....I could be sleeping in a Ramada Inn and just the thought of having a bed....well. It can't get better than that, can it?
Well time for me to go enjoy the luxuries around me. Sorry it's been so long since my last post. A friend and I were talking about blogs last night and I realized I haven't posted in so VERY VERY long. But life is getting better every day for me and I'll make sure I write here more often because I do enjoy it and I love getting the emails from you guys about it! Though I could probably write even if no one read it. :o)
