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NYC Trip - Two Wednesday's Ago
I woke up at six to work on two skirts that I wanted to wear on the trip and managed to finish both before ten a.m. Nothing fancy, just a basic black rayon-blend knee length one with a bit of a swing to it and an ankle-length circle skirt in a dark blue night-sky print. But considering how little I sew these days, I felt pretty good about finishing anything, much less two highly useful (and pretty) wardrobe items. :)
After that, I was off with the teenager to run last minute errands (drop off her gifts from Germany to friends and water my mother's house plants) and get back in time to double check that we had packed everything, take![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
gmskarka to the bank, and have lunch before radcliffe arrived to take us to the airport. We arrived in plenty of time for our 3:30 flight, only to find that it had been bumped back to 4pm, then 4:30, then 'we don't know when we'll take off' due to weather conditions in NYC. Ooo, rain, scarey! We finally took off just before five, and our pilot managed to get us there only half-an-hour behind schedule.
While in the midst of the flight, I realized that it was the first time I had been on a plane since August 2001. No freak outs about flying, just a bit sad to realize it was the first chance I have had to travel since then. I really don't want to go another six years until my next real vacation.
La Guardia is just as I remembered it, which means that we maintained our record of never having a flight run on time, either landing or taking off. It's a great airport for location, but the fact that it has only two runways means that nothing ever goes to schedule, and when it rains, even less so. Thankfully,gryphonrose and jendaby, who kindly offered us their hospitality for our stay in the city, live a short drive away from the airport, so accomodating our delayed flight time presented little extra trouble. gryphonrose picked us up so we didn't have to bother with a cab, and we spent the evening chatting, eating REAL pizza and watching the Doctor Who episode of the Weakest Link. Mmmm, pizza, how I've missed you.
A and J, you have a lovely home, BTW. Thanks again for inviting us to stay with you. :)
Next Up: Visiting NYU with the teenager.
After that, I was off with the teenager to run last minute errands (drop off her gifts from Germany to friends and water my mother's house plants) and get back in time to double check that we had packed everything, take
gmskarka to the bank, and have lunch before radcliffe arrived to take us to the airport. We arrived in plenty of time for our 3:30 flight, only to find that it had been bumped back to 4pm, then 4:30, then 'we don't know when we'll take off' due to weather conditions in NYC. Ooo, rain, scarey! We finally took off just before five, and our pilot managed to get us there only half-an-hour behind schedule.While in the midst of the flight, I realized that it was the first time I had been on a plane since August 2001. No freak outs about flying, just a bit sad to realize it was the first chance I have had to travel since then. I really don't want to go another six years until my next real vacation.
La Guardia is just as I remembered it, which means that we maintained our record of never having a flight run on time, either landing or taking off. It's a great airport for location, but the fact that it has only two runways means that nothing ever goes to schedule, and when it rains, even less so. Thankfully,
gryphonrose and jendaby, who kindly offered us their hospitality for our stay in the city, live a short drive away from the airport, so accomodating our delayed flight time presented little extra trouble. gryphonrose picked us up so we didn't have to bother with a cab, and we spent the evening chatting, eating REAL pizza and watching the Doctor Who episode of the Weakest Link. Mmmm, pizza, how I've missed you.A and J, you have a lovely home, BTW. Thanks again for inviting us to stay with you. :)
Next Up: Visiting NYU with the teenager.