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New York

We were supposed to head to New York today to celebrate my wife’s upcoming birthday. Unfortunately there was a snow storm in the forecast so we had to scrap the plan.

We left yesterday instead.

So now instead of spending hours on the road today trying to get here, we are looking for things to do on what is literally a bonus day in the city.

We are about a block away from the Empire State Building, and our hotel room is facing it. As an added bonus, we can see the new One World Trade Center building (aka the Freedom Tower) from our room too, and if we look out a different window we can see the top of the Chrysler Building.

This suite is pretty sweet!

Snow

I wish I could say I was excited about the snow. I can’t. The kids are excited. School has been cancelled for them tomorrow. My office is closed and I get to work from home. That should be exciting, but no. I get to sleep late. That should be exciting, and it kind of is, but it’s not enough.

I just hate snow. I hate everything about it.

Stupid blizzard snow.

How Exciting

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I am so excited about the prospect of going to the super market tonight!  WOOHOO!  I did some grocery shopping on Friday instead of my usual Saturday or Sunday so our cupboard is a littler barer than it usually is on a Monday.  So the plan is for me to go to Market Basket and get something for dinner for the next few days.

While that is exciting enough, low and behold we are about to get decked by a blizzard of historic proportions!  (according to the national weather service, of course)  That means I can expect a glorious evening of cramming my way through the overcrowded super market. dodging people buying mass quantities of break and milk while I try and get some supper for the wife and kids.  It will be like an olympic level obstacle course.  I can’t wait!

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I plan on ducking my head down and just plowing my cart through the panicking throngs.  I don’t need to buy four gallons of milk or seven loaves of bread*.  I just need some chicken and maybe a jar of peanuts.  We already have plenty of quinoa.

Happy Blizzard Eve!

*The four gallons of milk and seven loaves of bread were not chosen randomly.  I have seen reports on Facebook today of people seeing other shoppers stock up on exactly those quantities of those items.