Jenny On the Spot

I’m leavin’ today.

In case you missed yesterday’s post… I hinted at the fact that I might have been somewhere unexpected.

Does the title of this post help??? How about this picture?

How about this one then?

You are Smarty Smartersons! It is NYC!!! I made this little game of “Where in the world?” VERY hard! Good thinking! I am so proud of you! ***patting your back***

This was a surprise trip and a quick one… I was able to join the hubs on the tail-end of a business trip. I landed at JFK at 6 a.m. Friday morning and arrived home at 3 a.m… TODAY - just in time to get 3 hours of sleep, hop a ferry, and get my son in school with time to make the bus for his field trip to the bowling alley…

This could get long. I’ll start a new paragraph.

I tied my hair into 2 braids (7 hour airplane hair after a NYC rainstorm while riding bikes in Central Park) and headed to the bowling alley - so as not to miss any 2nd-grade-field-trip-to-the-bowling-alley-Kodak-moments. I then raced home to meet Olivia’s bus, shoved some lunch into her half-day-kindergarten-belly and booked it to the doctor to have her cast removed. Then drove to get a new x-ray. Then drove back to the doc. The doc gave a 2 thumbs up and we raced home to meet Joel’s bus… dropped the older 2 kiddos off with dad, and Lucy and I headed out to buy “Thanks!” gifts for 2 teachers and 2 bus drivers. 3 hours of sleep rocks.

I have lots to share, but I’ll try to do it in bloggy-sized-pieces… Allow me to start with highlights from part of my first day:

What: waiting for food and coffee.

Location: Dean & Deluca across from 30 Rock. 

What: Not Kenny Chesney at/on the Today Show.

He WAS there, but not when I was there. My own not-brush with fame…

Location: Dean & Deluca across from 30 Rock

What: Coffee. Mocha. Hallelu. Mercy, it was fab-oh!

Location: Dean & Deluca across from 30 Rock

What: Does this turkey and swiss quiche make my mouth look fat?

Location: Who cares, I was so stinkin’ hungry, I prolly could have eaten my own fingers and that plate.

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I have a very important message: This trip to NYC could NOT have happened without the generous and ridiculous-awesome efforts of my in-laws. My sister-in-law (Kerry) and her hubby (PK) kept the kids 3 days and 3 nights. My mother-in-law also joined in on the great fun of taking care of my 3 children. I should be granting them halos, golden rings and sprinkling sweet-sparkling lemonade on their heads. INSTEAD, I humbly thank each of them for giving my husband and me some much needed time away in a filthy, filthy city. :)

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