Cousin David Has Arrived

Cousin David arrived today. He will be staying with us until Saturday. Don't worry, there is plenty of space on our floor. We have a fancy air mattress that even David can fit on. As you might imagine, when someone is sleeping on the mattress it is hard to walk around the apartment but we make do. I arrived home from work at the same time Cory and David did. We went out to eat and then we took a walk around the city. It was David's first look at Manhattan. Cory say's that I "sleep funny." He is right. I am trying to train myself to sleep on my back but it is not working out so well.

Cory's Birthday

Friday was Cory's Birthday Eve. I got him a portable record player and he got started right away using it. He was finally able to listen to records that he found here three months ago. It is hard enough keeping secrets from your husband, but it is even worse trying to do it with no place to hide things. Our apartment doesn't allow for secret hiding places. While Cory was having a good time I went and made $60 selling tickets. Remember when in the last blog I told of how we were hanging out in Union Square? Well, we were given three free tickets for Friday night. We like making money when we do not have to do anything. That night we went to Brooklyn to celebrate Cory's Birthday. We had fun just hanging out with friends. We also got to watch Cory on television. Did anybody else watch David Letterman? Cory was outside wearing a blue shirt in the crowd watching Lebron James and David shoot free throws. I called Ross to let him know since he is the basketball player in the family. For those of you who do not know, my cousin Ross is going to Fresno Pacific and he is on the basketball team. Maybe he will go out for track after basketball like I did? Today is Cory's actual birthday but I had to work. It is after work now and Cory and I are having a relaxing evening at home. We are about to watch the first "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" movie.

Union Square

Last night I slept for 11 hours to make up for the past three nights. If only there were "roll-over minutes" when it came to sleeping. Cory and I had a lovely afternoon in New York. The weather was wonderful. We ran into Will and John Paul at Union Square. It was our first time running into friends. You can't go even 3 days in Lemoore/Hanford without running into a friend. Will took some pictures of Cory with his new camera. After hanging out with them for a while, Cory went to 79th to tutor and I went shopping at Trader Joes and at Integral Natural Foods for a few things for Cory's Birthday party tomorrow night. I stocked up on hummus for the party as requested by Cory. If you didn't get invited to the party it is becuase we did't think you would come to NYC. Don't worry, we love you all and we will be having lots of parties when we get back to California.

New Pictures for our Viewers

Here are four pictures that Cory took Monday night. The first picture is a picture that Cory says "Sums up New York." Next is a picture of Pancake's lady friend. She was in New York for a few days before she heads off to Russia (her home). Cory met with her to give her a friendly interview session to see if Pancake should have a long distance relationship. If you want to know the results you can ask Cory yourself. For the past three mornings I had to get up at 5am for work and that is quite early for me. Monday night I had a couple of "New York" moments. The first was taking my first taxi ride since I moved here. The girl I tutor forgot all of her math stuff at her dad's apartment across town, so we had to take a taxi ride. Tutoring is fun, I get to see alot of great New York apartments. After the session I ran out of the building to the corner because I had to hurry back to 34th and this feeling of..."This is New York" came over me. I can't really explain it, but it was pretty cool. This city is great!

A Nice Sunday

Today is our 3 month anniversary! To celebrate we invited our squirrel friend for breakfast on the window sill. After breakfast we went to church and on our way out of the door, we noticed our neighbor leaving too. Here she is walking down 30th as she spots an unsuspecting smoker. Sometimes she doesn't have to walk far for her cigarette and light. After snapping a few pictures we headed for Glad Tidings. In this picture I am in front of Glad Tidings and I am wearing my work clothes because I had to go staight to work after church. I had a nice day at work today. I just love the "Fairytale Eggplants." I brought some of them home to cook. Once I discovered that I liked eggplant, I can't stay away. For
some reason I would never touch it growing up, but I was missing out! It is my Papa Tom's favorite and our favorite thing to do is make eggplant parmesan together. So, when I get back to California I will be over at your house Papa so get ready!

Saturday and Celebrities

While walking down 7th Avenue, Cory passed Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick on the Street. Meanwhile I was at Yogo Integral Natural foods working my 8 hour shift. While I was lost in thought washing dishes, Maggie Gyllenhaal ordered a "purple passion" smoothie from my co-worker. I only know this because my co-worker told me after Maggie left. I am becoming famous! Famous for missing out on celebrity sightings. At work today it was "Day For Your Health." Which meant work was crazy because they had a schedule of free things going on and a ton of samples throughout the store. Next Saturday is Cory's Birthday!!!!

Pizza Suprema

I had the day off today! So, I did our laudry and cleaned the bathroom. Our bathrooom is literally sparkling clean thanks to the Magic Eraser. Have you used one before? Many companies make them. If you haven't, you must get one as soon as possible. Using the eraser I was able to get off stains that I coudn't using other methods. I made Cory watch me erase soap scum away from the tile grout and he was even amazed. I think I will stop talking about that because I think I made my point...get a magic eraser, you won't be dissapointed. Cory went to work today as a PA. He helps with production but he also has speaking parts. They love him so much he even got a raise. For lunch we went to "Pizza Suprema." It is ranked in the top 10 pizza joints in the city and it is around the corner from our apartment. Cory ordered the "Sicilian." He liked it alot! We have a new neighbor who lives directly above us. He is a nice guy. He has the same size apartment that we do except he shares it with two big dogs. I couldn't imagine living in our apartment with even one small dog. We hear them moving around alot but we don't mind that noise. What we do mind is the extremely loud techno music he plays. It was so loud this afternoon I coud't stand it. The music even woke Cory up and 4am. Thump, thump, thump...