its odd...
Dec. 24th, 2001 10:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elvendoll...in some ways, i am really sad i leave here tomorrow, and in other ways, i am very glad i will be getting home soon.
i've been rather anxious during this visit, the kind of anxious thats usually caused by the feeling that there's something i am missing at home, only i know that just about everyone is off doing family stuff, so i'm not really missing anything. i have another theory on whats causing this, its just odd that the type of anxiety doesn't match the cause.
but then again, i always have been and always will be a fruitbat.
my mom is funny - she says i was the easiest kid to deal with as a toddler because i alsways entertained myself - you'd set me down somewhere, and i'd stay there, playing with whatever happened to lay near. and then my mom commented that i'm not really motivated - and i pointed out that thats how i've been since i was a toddler :) (which, of course, doesn't mean that i'm happy like this or that i don't want/mean to change)
today has been a long day.
i was woken up a little before 11, and was made to rush out of the house before even getting to shower because of a facial appointment. the facial was a bit of a disapointment... it was rather anticlimactic in that it didn't seem to do much good, and i really didn't like the fact that the lady started cleaning my face after cleaning off a pumplin peel with a cold washcloth.
after our facials, my mom and i went to a friend's house to await my stepdad & sister so we could all go to ny.
seeing ground zero was odd.
you couldn't get close, and all the tourists made for a somewhat campy atmosphere, but you still felt it - and saw the gaping whole in the landscape. we also figured out the building my stepdad used to work in (the bankers trust building, across the street from the wtc) is still standing, but there's a part of it that has fallen off, and my stepdad's office was in the place where the building is ripped.
then we went to eat. to our huge disapointment, out favorite japanese restaurant, the all-you-can-eat, was closed. we ended up going to another place a couple of doors down, and the sushi there was pretty yummy, but damnit - it just wasn't the same *stomps*
after food and ice cream, we decided to check out rockefeller center, as today is probably the only day the crowds there can be tolerable - it was still pretty bad, but nothing like what it was like the past week, or will be next week. the tree itself was a disapointment - it was overfilled with red white & blue lights - only it looked like they really thinned it out to get all the lights on, and it just looked overlit and under-festive. i did take a couple of pictures of odd angles, and i hope they came out well - i would have liked to have taken more pictures, but it was really crowded and my hands were really cold.
after that, we headed back to the friends' house for tea and are now home.
took more pictures of abi when we got back : ) she's such a sweet little kid, and so funny in her mannerisms.
but now my stepdad wants to check out pics he took today - maybe i'll post one in a bit...
i've been rather anxious during this visit, the kind of anxious thats usually caused by the feeling that there's something i am missing at home, only i know that just about everyone is off doing family stuff, so i'm not really missing anything. i have another theory on whats causing this, its just odd that the type of anxiety doesn't match the cause.
but then again, i always have been and always will be a fruitbat.
my mom is funny - she says i was the easiest kid to deal with as a toddler because i alsways entertained myself - you'd set me down somewhere, and i'd stay there, playing with whatever happened to lay near. and then my mom commented that i'm not really motivated - and i pointed out that thats how i've been since i was a toddler :) (which, of course, doesn't mean that i'm happy like this or that i don't want/mean to change)
today has been a long day.
i was woken up a little before 11, and was made to rush out of the house before even getting to shower because of a facial appointment. the facial was a bit of a disapointment... it was rather anticlimactic in that it didn't seem to do much good, and i really didn't like the fact that the lady started cleaning my face after cleaning off a pumplin peel with a cold washcloth.
after our facials, my mom and i went to a friend's house to await my stepdad & sister so we could all go to ny.
seeing ground zero was odd.
you couldn't get close, and all the tourists made for a somewhat campy atmosphere, but you still felt it - and saw the gaping whole in the landscape. we also figured out the building my stepdad used to work in (the bankers trust building, across the street from the wtc) is still standing, but there's a part of it that has fallen off, and my stepdad's office was in the place where the building is ripped.
then we went to eat. to our huge disapointment, out favorite japanese restaurant, the all-you-can-eat, was closed. we ended up going to another place a couple of doors down, and the sushi there was pretty yummy, but damnit - it just wasn't the same *stomps*
after food and ice cream, we decided to check out rockefeller center, as today is probably the only day the crowds there can be tolerable - it was still pretty bad, but nothing like what it was like the past week, or will be next week. the tree itself was a disapointment - it was overfilled with red white & blue lights - only it looked like they really thinned it out to get all the lights on, and it just looked overlit and under-festive. i did take a couple of pictures of odd angles, and i hope they came out well - i would have liked to have taken more pictures, but it was really crowded and my hands were really cold.
after that, we headed back to the friends' house for tea and are now home.
took more pictures of abi when we got back : ) she's such a sweet little kid, and so funny in her mannerisms.
but now my stepdad wants to check out pics he took today - maybe i'll post one in a bit...
