My dad left me a message the other night in response to my two most recent posts. First, he was concerned about my cholesterol levels due to the chocolate covered bacon. My cholesterol is actually quite good (or so says my doctor). He also made the suggestion that in order to avoid the escalator frustration, I leave for work an hour earlier and walk to work. Now, this might be a good idea for someone else. For me, not so much. I am not good in the morning. Anyone who has interacted with me before coffee can testify to this fact.
On Friday, after a decent night's sleep, mind you, I left work about 50 minutes before I normally do, as I had organized a training that started at 9:30 and wanted to make sure it was all set to go. I walked to the subway, looked at the front of the subway that was sitting in the station as I got to the platform, and jumped on. I stuck my nose in my New Yorker, and the next thing I knew, the train I thought was an E was at 72nd Street. After finally turning around and making to the proper stop, it had taken me 50 minutes to get to work. I headed to the elevator to go up to the training and wound up in the lobby. Seriously — not a morning person.
I caught up on some sleep this weekend and even made it out to the Big Apple BBQ Block Party yesterday. I went for a run this morning before the worst of the heat, but it was still pretty brutal. In a bit I'll be off to the James Beard Awards, which is a black tie affair — thankfully I found a black cocktail dress in the back of the closet that can pass as black tie to substitute for the floor length gown I had originally planned on wearing — no way in this heat!