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16 May 2009

Good morning from New York City. →[More:]
I had a so-so flight, my seat mate was pleasant enough but he took up a lot of personal space with elbows, feet, etc. The food was really, really bad - I peeled back the cover on the ravioli and put it back again. So all I ate on the flight was the salad for dinner and the pre-landing snack of pizza, which is usually ok but wasn't that great this time.

Yesterday was a long day - I was up at 5am, in the office for 7, and my flight was at 6.30. There was no air train last night for some reason (maintenance?) so we got a cab. It was about 11pm NY time - 4am UK time - by the time I got to sleep.

But all is well in the world today - Manchester United have, five minutes ago, won the English Premiership and I'm sitting here with a mug of strong coffee listening to the gentle snores of my boo.

post by: essexjan at: 08:50 | 15 comments

Yay, enjoy your visit!

posted by fluffy battle kitten 16 May | 08:51

Glad you are here even if I am going to miss seing you.

posted by Ardiril 16 May | 09:53

That's swell. In about 15 minutes, I'm going to go do laundry and then go here during the dry cycle. You can come join us if you want. We also have some comic books from India.

posted by jonmc 16 May | 10:32

Welcome!
I'm glad you're here safe and sound if a little tired.
I hope you have really fun things planned! If you don't, you can come watch me pack up my apartment, because I hear that is the most exciting thing about NY.

posted by rmless2 16 May | 10:48

Yaaaay! Hey, we're in America together.

posted by Specklet 16 May | 11:29

I wish they wouldn't even bother serving food on airlines. What you would bring yourself would be so much better.

Have a great trip!

posted by Miko 16 May | 11:34

Welcome to my time zone, EJ. I hope you enjoy your stay. How long are you here for? We are having a bbq meetup next week in Carrboro, wanna come?

posted by msali 16 May | 12:03

Welcome! I'm back in bed myself, desperately needing my Saturday afternoon nap, and maybe a diaper change. Jon is indeed out doing laundry, which is an awfully nice thing to do when one's playin' hookey. Course, the bar across the street's a nice enticement.

Hope to see you folks soon!

posted by Pips 16 May | 12:07

have some mexican food for me!

posted by By the Grace of God 16 May | 12:30

I was in the shower when you called, Jon. I'll catch up with you later.

posted by essexjan 16 May | 13:53

Cool, I'll be out on the porch.

posted by jonmc 16 May | 14:12

I hope your visit is great. . .if you come back to NY in early OCT, I would be able to meet you!

posted by danf 16 May | 15:45

Welcome!

posted by mdonley 16 May | 19:29

*waves from down south*

posted by BoringPostcards 17 May | 00:02

You REALLY should make a field trip down here, you know. Braves baseball! A CNN tour! Humidity! The only real food in the USA! (Well, unless you venture towards Alabama... theirs IS slightly (slightly) better)

posted by BoringPostcards 17 May | 00:08

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