Maybe I Am Getting To Be Redundant

This weather is amazing and spending it outside just makes coming home at the end of the day and getting in bed more satisfying. Today, I didn't actually make it outside until 4 but pretty much from then until about 30 minutes ago I was outdoors. Met up with some friends and played soccer for a bit. Returned home to take a quick shower and headed into the city.

We got into the city and walked. A Lot. We were dropped off at 59th and 8th. We walked from there to 65th and 1st. Which is a decent walk as avenue's are about 3.5 blocks each. After meeting some friends at a bar, we decided to head to meet other friends at 50th and 8th at a place called Blockheads. In route, however, we found out that they were already announcing last call and so we'd have to find somewhere else. That place would be on 50th and 10th - adding two more avenues to walk. So this walk was from 65th and 1st to 50th and 10th - basically the width of the island. After our night here we walked back to Rockefeller Center.

I'd say as much time was spent at the destinations as it was spent walking and that is fine by me. The fact that at 1 am I was walking around in the city with a light jacket, unzipped, and comfortable, even on the verge of warm, was awesome. It was so pleasant to be there.

Tomorrow I go to the daycare, and then heading into the city to hopefully check out Top of the Rock and maybe even dinner in Brooklyn. Excited about the school because its warm enough to start going outside with the kids again for their activity instead of arts and crafts.

Take a new route

Have you ever walked down the block past where you normally stop, or took a different street to get you to the same place? Lately, I have been taking a different route home from the day care, each time. I am not expecting to stumble upon anything incredible, but I feel like we get into routines and changing them just a bit might be a good thing.

Even though I have been walking from my apartment to the day care since September, there are probably 50 streets that I could and have not ventured down to get me from A to B. I am not planning to go out of my way, just trying something different each time for a literal change in scenery.

Today I stumbled upon a pretty cool looking mattress out in the garbage, a much larger community garden area than the one next to my building, and a little fruit stand where I was able to buy 5 apples and 4 oranges for 3 dollars. Not bad, I'd say.