Back again from getting my hairs cut and stopping briefly at Great Hang Ups to touch base with my peeps. Dee was busily working on a large project with a fellow in the workroom, so could only briefly greet and give a farewell hug. Julia was working on invitations for her parent's 50th wedding anniversary party which is also her mom's 70th birthday.....Dee had asked me to do something with just her because the party is being held at the home of my former spouses' attorney. After what transpired in March in Court, I would certainly not feel comfortable at her home. It is a moot point since I will be in WI anyway. Dee will be gone when I get back from WI so we are planning to have girl's night out at some point when all are back in town! Some others of her friends cannot be there at the official party either so it would not just be me getting special treatment.
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The sun is still peeking out but hardly full force like it was when I woke up. The temps are near 80 which is tolerable. Hopefully I will experience the same when I am in WI!!! Justin did, but I did not, overpack for the trip, as we were limited on the size of bags that would go through security at the gates of West Point. He had his heavy backpack as well, which carried his tennis shoes and spare clothes. We bought a shirt at American Eagle in New York but it was too small right now. In a couple weeks it might fit him perfectly.
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We also went shopping our first day in "the city" to get lightweight jackets, as nearly of us had one. It was expected to rain on Sunday, so off we walked to Kohl's. Justin's phone has GPS on it and we walked directly to where it said Kohl's was, but nope, only an empty store. Across the street was Macy's so in we went. That store is so huge!!!! Unless you have been there, you have no idea. It occupies nearly an entire city block, and then straight up. We rode the escalator up 8 floors, a couple of them being wooden steps, looking original or nearly so.
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We found his jacket without much trouble, except that the cheapest one was marked $98 for a Nautica jacket, in white. Yikes! Well, there was a sale going on, and because we are from out of town (really??) we got an additional 11% discount. While his jacket, cotton and with some substance might be worth that money, with the designer name attached, mine was certainly not! After some searching, we finally located the large-sized women's department and began the search for a windbreaker or light jacket. I was about to give up but then discovered exactly what I was looking for. A designer, Michael Kors, blue windbreaker, priced at $159.00. There was absolutely nothing about that jacket other than this person's name earning the price tag, but once again, there was a sale plus the extra %%% for being out-of-towners. Mine I can roll in a ball and shove in my purse, while Justin's is more dressy looking and will inevitably end up in a ball in the back of his car, not staying white very long, I fear. Prove me wrong, Justin, prove me wrong!
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We had planned to go to the museum on Sunday, the rainy day, but because we had bought the appropriate jackets, the day was bright and sunny! We opted to do our bus ride instead and off we went to see the sites from atop the double-decker bus. Toward the end of the day, it did begin to sprinkle so we put our new jackets on, mine which included a hood rolled into the collar. It was a brief sprinkling of rain and before long it was over. We ended up having to walk some yet that day to get back to the hotel, and we bought sidewalk hot dogs and some sodas to have for dinner. This did not prove to satisfy so later we went down the little snack area at the hotel, and got some chips and other treats to have as we watched TV.
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Monday was our day to see the museum so after our breakfast, still on the house, we headed out to hail a cab. When we pulled up, we noticed one of the hot dog cart vendors had a sign about supporting the disabled veterans and had American flags on the wagon. We agreed this would be the place to get our Memorial Day hot dogs later on. We climbed the 85 steps up to the doors and went through security there, paid the suggested admission, and off we went.
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Justin was interested in seeing the Renaissance art and certain artists he recently studied, but we found that several entire areas were not open, including the ones he wanted to see. I was fine to go look at other stuff but he is more like his father when it comes to stuff like that, gets into a slight huff and then nothing else is good enough, you know? We went to see the ancient Egypt site where a portion of a temple is reconstructed plus walked through the Greek display. His feet ached, his hip was sore, he had a slight headache....and I was the one expected to be ailing! At one point he went in search of the elevator or escalator to take us down stairs but found none, so we went down another 85 stairs, to the lower level to see that floor. At some point he admitted that he had seen all he wanted to, except, of course, that which was closed, so we left.
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Before getting a cab, though, we had our roasted hot dogs from the Marine veterans, delicious!!! Not dirty water ones, truly roasted on the grille. We decided to go see a movie so once more his trusty phone found us a theater near our hotel and a time schedule. He had already seen "Angels and Demons" but did not mind seeing it again. We were on Times Square, in the heart of activity, and found the theater without problem. All ticket sales were done at kiosks and we followed signs to the escalator for our long ride up-up-up-up. So many escalators and we kept going up!!! At least 9 times and finally to the floor where our theater was located. We could see out and over the buildings with a panoramic view from the deck area. He estimated we were 20 stories high, and the vista as good as any movie! I did like the movie, although Justin had problems with them not following the book. I do myself a favor by not reading the books, I am seldom disappointed!!! He is terrible when it comes to the Harry Potter movies, does not forgive the license taken by the screen writers. He liked this one well enough to see it twice, so it cannot have been too bad!
