did I go underground to the subway.. or hell?

Myyy weekend:

Friday: I woke up at a normal hour, aka like 830 am. I have been waking up at 10 am or later and that needs to change because that is just lazy. I went to work with Mindy but she was getting a treatment at the doctor so I didn't really get to experience much or her work-day. I will have to shadow her again to learn more I suppose. Mindy left for the weekend to go to Maine for her birthday. I had the apartment to myself sans Mindy sans Phyllis. I did nothing cool on Friday, essentially.

Saturday: I woke up Saturday and decided to go explore Central Park. Central Park is quite an experience. There are bike riders, runners, and carriages drawn by bikes and horses absolutely everywhere. The next day was a half marathon so they were setting up. It was a really nice run and the scenary was just awesome. It was the skyline, soo many people. I got a little lost bc the park is huge but I made my way back eventually. I came back, went and got some food, then my friend from Pitt came up from Philly. I went out with him and his friend overseas who was here doing an internship. We went somewhere and pregamed and I fell in love with the apartments. (This is what they look like: http://www.stuytown.com/#/residences) Then we went out in the Lower East Side to a bar called the Skinny. It was rather strange. normal music but weird ass images on like 1970s tv shows and movies that weren't even popular on the screens. Since it was the one girl's bday, we got the whole upstairs which was pretty sweet. I got to see a lottt of awkward dancing which is always a good time in my book. I do not claim to be a good dancer, but I promise was better than the two Asian girls i was watching as well as the rythmless robotic moving ginger boy. I didn't make too many new friends which should be my goal, but I still had fun.

Sunday: The effects of my run hit hard. I went to walk to Pick-A-Bagel, this place with huge delicious bagels, and it's about 7 blocks away. On my way there my knee and hip are killling me. For the past year, every time I have ran my knee has swollen up pretty badly but it never hurts during the run so I really never learn my lesson. This time though it was bad. It my knee and my hip. I went and got my bagel and coffee then on the way back had developed a strong limp. Not only was I limping I was like mumbling "ow" with every step. I looked like I was on crack I am sure. I got passed by one person with 1 leg in a wheelchair only moving by his one leg, 1 lady with a cane, and 1 other grandma. I took lots of Ibuprofen and it def improved overnight.. Thank God.

Monday: I woke up late.. again. I didn't feel well all day, but today is Mindy's birthday. My two goals for the day were to get Mindy a cupcake for when she got back tonight from Magnolia and go to the grocery store. I went to Trader Joe's but it was super crowded. I got a few items but when I got back realized nothing went together. I got turkey, tomatoes, apples, dried cherries, ice cream bars, string cheese, and dark chocolate. no bread? no condiments of any sort? no salad mix or anything? It was not good. My lunch was turkey roll-ups aka a piece of turkey rolled up, and string cheese and tomatoes. The makings for a sandwich maybe but no bread. Then I came back and since I still wasn't feeling well, I took a nap.. I seriously am 80 years old. I sleep all the time, have a bad knee, a bad hip, and kidney stones. Anyways, I then looked up Magnolia and went to get my cupcake. It was about a mile away so I just decided to walk. I wore these new shoes called "Fit Flops" that my mom got me that more supportive than regular flip flops. Apparently, what they don't tell you is that the thing that goes in between the toes also doubles as a razor. By the time I got there, my feet were completely cut up and in pain. I just wanted the cupcake. Of course, nothing is simple for me, and I forgot to look at the last step of the directions sooo I never found the bakery. After approx 20 min of being lost, I gave up. I saw a subway station and got on a train... in the wrong direction. I got off at some random stop, got on another train.. also in the wrong direction. I got off that train, switch trains, and realized, OH WAIT, the last one was going in the right direction and NOOOW I am going the wrong direction. Not to mention, it was 95 degrees here so I was sweating like an overweight adult man. Finally, I got on the train in the right direction and got off. I got off at the same spot I got on. I was 3 subway passes shorter and in the exact same spot after about an hour. It was now dark so I started walking in the direction of Union Square. Union Square is insane at night and there are lots of protesters, market things, and other things going on. It is verrry crowded and popular. I am walking with my ipod in and I see a girl carrying cupcakes. Not Magnolia's but something. So I went down the street she just came from and found "Crumbs" I have read about crumbs in a lot of gossip mags so I know its decent. Finally the freaking cupcake. I got a cupcake and started walking. Then I see two people coming my way. I only notice because the woman has a camera.. oh, and the guy was ridiculous. he looked super similar to the guy from LMFAO. The one with the afro.
He comes up to me and says (and these are verbatim) "Yo Yo can I ask you a question?" sure."So if you gettin a showa, and you about to be done with yo shower and you realize you gotta take a shit, you gonna get out of the shower or you gonna go IN DA SHOWA?!" I mean I was expecting something ridiculous, but that?!? I say "wait.. you want to know if I would go to the bathroom IN the shower or just get out?" him: "YEAHHH dat's what I'm sayin! IN o' OUT?" me: "I would get out." him: "you wouldz get OUT?! fo sho?" me: "yes definitely" him: "Alright, Also I am looking for holes for my pins.. where do I get dose? do you know?!" Keep in mind he is whipping his head around and screaming everything he is saying at me in a ridiculous voice and I am 90% sure it was a costume. His head was whipping so fast at one point the glasses flew off his head into his afro and stuck. I still don't know what "holes for pins" means and I certainly don't know where one would get such an item.
Anyways, I think I kind of learned a valuable lesson tonight. I might go in the wrong direction at some points and I might even be on the wrong track, but I still will eventually get what I am looking for.. maybe even from a different, better place than I expected.. and that there will always be something to turn my day around if I am in the right place.. even if it is a cartoon looking man asking me about inappropriate shower activities. I'll take what I can get.