It is so HOT!!
It's incredibly hot here right now. The high today was 96 and tomorrow it's 95. The whole weekend was really hot and most of last week was muggy and gross. I do have airconditioning in the apartment but the trip to and from work and to the grocery is so uncomfortable. It's really bad down in the subway. The trains are almost all airconditioned, but the stations are sweltering. Thank goodness it's going to be in the 80's after tomorrow.
Saturday was another nice day in the park. I was smarter than last week and bought some sunscreen so I didn't come back to the apartment looking like lobster this time. Central Park is really nice. It's huge and there are so many different areas, some to play baseball, some playgrounds, some open fields, and some more wooded areas, too. I've explored some of it (including a turtle pond which was really cool) but I tend to go to the same place to read each Saturday. SheepMeadow is really big and green and lots of families and sunbathers. It feels really good to be spending time outdoors.
Sunday I decided that I was going to go see Rent. I went to the Discount Tickets Booth but they didn't have any available for the matinee so I went back to the apartment and thought I would try again for the night show. Online I found out that they have a lottery for the first two rows every show for $20 a ticket. So I went to put my name in the lottery. Only one problem, I missed the part that said there are no shows on Sundays during July and August. Woops. Oh well, I'll try next Saturday if my excitement doesn't make me try sometime during the week.
So I realized that I skipped over the time when my parents were here at the beginning of June. The whole family went to The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. It's a musical (of course, what else would the Hillman's go see as a family), and it's really funny. A bunch of adults acting like middle-schoolers at a spelling bee. They also bring a few audience members on for two rounds of words. They give the audience members an easy one first and for the second word a really hard one so that they can get them off the stage and continue with the story line. Only one of them guessed correctly. It was hilarious. The actors were passing looks among themselves like "great, what do we do with him". So he got called back up immediately and was given another really hard word. He asked the standard question Can I have the definition please? and was told No.
The rest of the show was really funny and good. I recommend it to anyone. It's good for families except for one song (My Unfortunate Erection) so either bring kids way to young to get it or the ones old enough that you are embarrassed that they know what the song is about. Renee and Eve are fortunately young enough. I wouldn't mind seeing it again especially since little things will change with different audience members.
Saturday was another nice day in the park. I was smarter than last week and bought some sunscreen so I didn't come back to the apartment looking like lobster this time. Central Park is really nice. It's huge and there are so many different areas, some to play baseball, some playgrounds, some open fields, and some more wooded areas, too. I've explored some of it (including a turtle pond which was really cool) but I tend to go to the same place to read each Saturday. SheepMeadow is really big and green and lots of families and sunbathers. It feels really good to be spending time outdoors.
Sunday I decided that I was going to go see Rent. I went to the Discount Tickets Booth but they didn't have any available for the matinee so I went back to the apartment and thought I would try again for the night show. Online I found out that they have a lottery for the first two rows every show for $20 a ticket. So I went to put my name in the lottery. Only one problem, I missed the part that said there are no shows on Sundays during July and August. Woops. Oh well, I'll try next Saturday if my excitement doesn't make me try sometime during the week.
So I realized that I skipped over the time when my parents were here at the beginning of June. The whole family went to The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. It's a musical (of course, what else would the Hillman's go see as a family), and it's really funny. A bunch of adults acting like middle-schoolers at a spelling bee. They also bring a few audience members on for two rounds of words. They give the audience members an easy one first and for the second word a really hard one so that they can get them off the stage and continue with the story line. Only one of them guessed correctly. It was hilarious. The actors were passing looks among themselves like "great, what do we do with him". So he got called back up immediately and was given another really hard word. He asked the standard question Can I have the definition please? and was told No.
The rest of the show was really funny and good. I recommend it to anyone. It's good for families except for one song (My Unfortunate Erection) so either bring kids way to young to get it or the ones old enough that you are embarrassed that they know what the song is about. Renee and Eve are fortunately young enough. I wouldn't mind seeing it again especially since little things will change with different audience members.
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