Back in the Gritty City

Yup, another random trip this weekend.

Nicole had her birthday party in the city this weekend at her place, so I flew in to hang out with her and catch up with a some of the NY crew. As the theme seems to be with me and planes, half the drama was just trying to get there on my flight. As of 10:00 Friday morning, the flight was delayed from 4:00 to 6:00 PM and I did not even leave my house for the airport until 4:15. By the time I got there the fight had been pushed back to 7:00 PM with turned out to be about the time we loaded and pushed back from the gate. That would have not been so bad but we ended up waiting another 2 hours on the plane before even leaving......just my luck.

It was a pretty quick trip. When I got in, Nicki and I sat up and talked for a couple hours and caught up before crashing. Love the apartment that she bought (even with all the girly stuff around). Saturday could not have been much more of a perfect day for a dude as I sat on the couch and watched all of the games from 11:00 into the evening. She was gone all of the day getting "beautified" and we pulled it all together just as people were getting there. She has a great set of friends there and both sets of her parents came over. As all her friends so clearly stated, she is a pretty awesome woman and has a lot going on for her. It's not often you hear people so freely honoring another friend. I am glad that we have been able to reconcile our relationship and become friends again. That means a lot. Unfortunately, not much of the NY crew was able to make it. Craig and his girl came through and Yolanda were there, but Q, Kelley and the McCains were missed. Very early flight for me this morning so by the time I crashed at Yolanda's house I was getting up two hours later. Big kudos to Yolanda for letting me crash there.

Something about NY....... I miss it. I really don't think I could ever live there again but there is something about being in the city that brings a part of me alive.