Quest for Gazpacho

For the past 2 days I have been craving gazpacho - I saw a sign for it everyday for weeks at the Au Bon Pain in Port Authority. So yesterday at lunch I looked up the nears ABP and walked around the corner - no gazpacho. NY is doing this great thing where the calories are listed on just about every food you can buy, so I picked up a low calorie chick pea salad and decided to stop by ABP in PA on my way home. No azpach again in the APB in PA. Last night I did a late swim around 8pm so I ate a salad before going to so I wouldn't sink, and so I didn't have time to make gazpacho. This morning I got up early and went to the torture spin class - awesome class but not after late night swim drills. Again today my mind is fixated on gazpacho so I think I'm going to make it - side note: I don't cook often or well so this should be interesting.

I may go shopping after work but it seems kinda irresponsible with the way the market is going but I need to be dressed to go to work :)

This weekend is Chowder Fest and I'm so excited - last year I didn't make it b/c of a lost wallet and cracked iphone. This year I'm ready to party like a rockstar in LBI.

Here's to a new fall

After a very rough/busy weekend I am starting to feel a bit better. Once summer ends you feel like you can get back in shape and do all those things you have let slip by when you trek to the shore - but fall is pretty busy. There are a lot of birthday's in September - we celebrated one last Friday and got home at 4:30am and since we aren't 22 anymore we were still all hurting on Sunday. Sunday's are fast becoming another bad-ish day - we watch football and drink a lot of beers, usually for 8 hours, seriously 8 hours. So all that time we thought we got back with summer ending isn't really back it's just not such a long commute anymore to drink.

Belvedere had blood work done recently and seems like she didn't outgrow the virus like they thought she would so she's still sick. The only thing the doctor could tell me was they don't know what it is and we could run a bunch of tests but there are no cures really. I'm going to do antibiotics for her and hope to have some good years with her.

Match update - texting contact with bachelor #1 - no other prospects at this time.

Here we go again

So with my recent frustration about life and what I'm making of it I have rejoined match....because it worked out so well last time, ummm right. I actually joined for the lamest reason ever - a boy. This guy had one of the funniest intros I've seen and I think we'd mesh in other ways. My experience with match though has not been good - I have met some weird ones and although I did end up with a psuedo-relationship for 2 years in the end it wasn't for me. I get embarassed telling people how we met and first dates are so awkward. So why do it? Because I cannot continue to be all about a person that has given nothing back - it's really a waste of my energy and even I'm tired of hearing me make statements I don't keep.

I'm hoping that this will get me back in the game and if something comes of if great, if not then I'll manage and try not to notice that everyone in my family can get married but me, seriously everyone.

Birthdays, boys & backs

Today is my little brother's bday. He's 29 and already marriend and owns a home - so mature for his age. I however am the older sister and live an apartment with my cat and fish - yeah about that adulthood - not as easy as it looks. I hope he has a fabulous day with lots of presents (card is in the mail) and some cake too!

Don't read further if you are tired of Foreigner stories
UGHHHHHHHH! I should have stuck to my original plan - just been done. Wrapped up summer by moving on. Instead I got really drunk last weekend, made amends and had my fun. Well thanks to the lovely networking site we are all on I can now see he's leaving tomorrow to go on a cruise with a girl - nice. It messes with my head and it's my own fault. He's never made promises or even committed to being my friend most days but still it makes me feel an inch big and I hate that I can be so wrapped up in someone that talks to me once a week, maybe. I'm really one of the dumbest smart girls I know. Here's to new beginnnings and finding a boy who actually likes ME.

On a lighter note, my back feels much better - hopefully it stays better so I can swim out some frustration tonight.

Spinning can be a killer

I thought that after the summer my body would thank me and I would work on getting into shape. However yesterday morning I took a regular spin class and was done by 7am - shower and get ready for work. However somewhere in all that preparation my back flipped out - it started out as an ache and by the time I got to work I was in full on pain. I bought those heated back things and all I got was a warm aloe smelling back - pain getting worse. I tried to function at work but it was so hard to keep focused with shooting pain. I managed to score a last minute massage appointment at EA Red Door and hoped it was the answer to my pain.
I went to the appointment and the massage was awesome as usual however after it was done I went to stand up to get dressed and couldn't move very far, I was in even more pain!
The treck home was not fun - I managed to make it to Port Authority(mapped it after 1.8 miles in pain, smooth Melanie) and board a bus. I even went to the library to return books a million days overdue and then finally came home.
For the past 12 hours I have been attached to a heating pad and watching really bad DVR tv. I don't know what did this but I'm not happy and I can only hope to get better.

~Melanie

Giants!

Last night was opening game for the NFL season. Giants vs. Redskins - and of course Eli(Giants) dominated!! I met a group at Buskers ($2 beers) to watch the game. When I first got there, there were only a few people there and we had 2 tables - it looked like we didn't have friends. Lisa started texting everyone we knew in Hoboken so we could fill the tables - of course no one was around. Then by about 8:30 we had a big group of people since everyone came at once. It was a lot of fun but I think I overestimated my fried food capacity. We ordered nachos, calamari and some friend shrimp things and by 9 I felt horrible. I actually left early! I really don't leave early from football - I can only assume I was poisoned....seriously $2 beers!

Today is Friday and the week actually went pretty fast. I got paid by everyone that owed me money this week so things are going well. If only I could motivate more and get to the freaking gym! I'm going for drinks tonight with a friend but I think I'm gonna bail out early and hit the gym before heading to the shore for the weekend.

Summer is fading fast but I have high hopes for the fall!

The Bus

I am not a fan of buses. I hate driving behind buses because they take so freaking long to get anywhere and make huge turns. However my new job is easier, sorta to get to via bus. So this morning I walked a block to the bus stop and got on a very empty bus. The bus went through town slooooowly, stopping along the various stops until we got to about 11th. Then because no one can follow parking directions the bus was unable to turn up the street since there were cars parked too close to the end of the street. The bus rerouted to 13th and we made our way to the tunnel. It wasn't too bad - a lot of stop and go but I made it into the city in 30 min.

Because I am so directionally challenged Port authority was a bit overwhelming so I just followed the crowd out to 40th & 8th. My work is on 45th east side. I walked across town and up a few blocks - it wasn't bad but Time Square is crazy busy even at 9am.

Overall it took me about 50 min (starbucks stop in TimeSquare was not a good idea) I do like the convenience of not having to walk 10+ blocks up to the path & then 12 blocks to work I don't know if I can do the bus long term.

I think I need to discuss better bus strategy with those that take the bus everyday, I mean I couldn't even find out where to buy a monthly pass and I won't have $2.55 exactly everyday I know it.