Day 13 - crazy cuckoo!

Well hello. I'm tired. This morning I woke up for an early yoga class, with the same instructor I had last night. As usual, I came away feeling happy and healthily centered. My goal for the day was to obtain my library card. I took the train to 42nd and walked a few blocks to 5th Avenue. I intersected with this American-Asian Pride Parade thing. So that was cool. I went over to Bryant Park to watch a few countries go by with their flags and things. I was thinking to myself, "If America had a pride parade, what would the music on our float be? Country music?" I have always liked that about these other countries - they have cool garb and things.

Tibet's parading peeps:

This little girl was adorable, waving and smiling like a pageant queen:

Bryant Park:

YES, this photo depicts a carousel - you can see it in the distance. I went over, so excited, and they wouldn't let me ride it because I'm "too big"!! I was so sad. :-(

Well, I was pretty much done with the parade so I walked a few blocks and found the New York Public Library. I was greeted by Aslan the lion from the Chronicles of Narnia:

It is so beautiful in this library, my goodness! We couldn't use any flash on photography, so I apologize for the blurry photos...

Me in the Reading Room right after I was issued my library card!!! I was the happiest girl in the land!

This big main branch is the one on 42nd and 5th Ave. It is not a circulation branch so you can't actually check any books out - instead, you can use these Reading Rooms and it was packed with folks reading and on their laptops and things. It is GORGEOUS inside this place - the ceilings are all beautiful murals and the windows and arches and chandeliers are all just amazingly beautiful. Thanks to my mother, I have a healthy love of books and a deep respect for sanctuaries such as these.

Random dude in a subway station - I talked to him for a bit and he said I should sing in the subway sometime. Mayyyybe I willl...

On my walk home I saw this beauty and had to sit down on some apartment steps and take it all in. How amazing is this cloud? I wish you could have seen it in person...

I got a snack and then headed out to do my grocery shopping. Halfway there it started pouring rain on me. Umm P.S. four flights of stairs is exhausting with three bags full of groceries... Ugh... (Thanks to Tristen for all the healthy-eating-know-how!)

TONIGHT WAS A REUNION! I found out my friends Riley and Jon moved to the City from Salt Lake!! I met up with them and their friends Eric and Maggie tonight - it was such a pleasant rendezvous! From L-R it's Jon, me, Riley, Eric, Maggie. We ate at Tony's - a family-style Italian place on the Upper East side. It was delicious. I had a blast and we were stuffed by the end... Mmm...

Overall I'd say I had a pretty fantastic day. I accomplished what I set out to do and I finally had some normal social interaction with familiar faces :-)

Love to all!