The last Weekend

As I sit here on a Friday night it is almost impossible to believe that this is the beginning of my last weekend in New York.  A week from tonight I will be on an airplane traveling back home.  This has been such an incredible experience for me in so many ways and I will treasure it for the rest of my life.  I will talk more about this later this week. Life has been so busy over the past month that I know that the frequency of my postings has decreased.  This is not a reflection of my interest in sharing my experiences or of the depth of the changes in this period of my life.  It has been the level of activity in my life that has rendered me too exhausted for the most part to write on a consistent basis.

I was struck this morning on my way to the subway that most of the time my life here has become somewhat routine on a day to day basis but I still have moments when I just look at my surroundings and can not believe that I am actually here.  This weekend Brian has traveled to Chicago for a bachelor party so he will enjoy, among other activities, a rooftop ticket to a Cub's game.  Michael and Tom are also attending the same game together so I know that there will be a reunion of my guys and that makes me very happy.  They share a special bond that is sometimes enjoyed on a different level without "Ma"  I am not at all offended by this fact.  Lindsay will enjoy a little very well deserved Mommy and boy time.

I will enjoy my final Broadway show tomorrow.  This will be my sixth show since I have discovered my new love of the theater.  This is one of the aspects of New York that I have enjoyed the most.  I will go to the tkts booth and stand in line with the other theater lovers and buy a ticket for 40 to 50% off the regular price.  I did this last Saturday when my sister was here for her Yoga Journal Conference so while she was vigorously doing her yoga from 8am until 6:30 I was standing in line for two hours so I could purchase two tickets to the new show "Once"  It was well worth the wait. I have to tell you how enjoyable my two hours in line were.  It was a beautiful warm and sunny day and I made friends with several young theater lovers in the line.  I totally held my own in the big city as we discussed our favorite shows and our preferences for the day's performances.  Who knew this suburban grandma could converse so ably about the hottest and most desirable shows?  I almost felt guilty when they discovered that I had seen "The Book of Mormon" as it is so popular that the tkts never has tickets for the show. I was very touched and impressed by some of the young people that I met.  These are students and people who share a great love for the theater.  It is a very important part of their lives.

So tomorrow I will see some show that I have not decided on as yet and then I will meet my friend Erin for brunch on Sunday and that will be my last weekend in New York.  Sounds like a good one to me.

This is a picture you just had to see.  The season has changed and my boy needs a hat that protects him from the sun.