This is Manhattan at sunrise, from about 30,000 feet above....I wish there was a better reason for the blogging hiatus, but the only excuse I can offer is that I was just too lazy. Tiki Farm on Facebook has kept me sufficiently obsessed at night when things are quiet at work, so I end up staring at that screen and waiting for my crops to blossom so I can harvest them and buy all sorts of fun things, like a Tiki tent, surfboards, cool tiki statues, etc. It's a real waste of time, but surprisingly entertaining!
To say that I'm excited that I am starting the first of my last 2 weeks working the night shift is a severe understatement! I thought, when I got the shift 4 months ago "Ok- that's cool- I'll work at night, and be able to get tons done during the day!" W-R-O-N-G!!!! Working all night does funky stuff to your body, so I have been feeling more and more tired every day, even to the point that doing something as simple as FOLDING LAUNDRY seems like it takes too much energy to do. I'm excited, because starting June 8th (after a 4 day weekend with the Smiths in PA!) I will work Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 7 am until 5:30 pm. Not so excited about working on Saturdays, but at least I'll be off early enough to still have a date night or be able to do fun stuff with friends. I'm just really excited to join the world of the day-livers again. This night life stuff is WAY overrated!
Paulo and I had a fun spur-of-the-moment overnight date this last weekend. Since Paulo hadn't ever been, and the flights looked good for going there and coming back, I offered to treat him to a slice of New York pizza pie- in NEW YORK! We hopped on the plane in SLC, flew through the night, and landed in JFK at 6am Saturday morning. After an adventurous ride on the subway, we had a marathon walking day of seeing all sorts of fun sites: Times Square, Rockafeller Center, Radio City Music Hall (Where the Dali Lama was speaking that morning), Manhattan Temple, Little Brazil, and then we zoomed back to JFK to catch the flight at 3:00 that afternoon back to SLC. It was a little scary at the airport- the flight was very full, but luckily (for the standby passengers!) some people missed their flight, so we got on! I was praying like crazy that we would get on, because I had to be back at work on Sunday night, and we certainly hadn't planned to pay for a hotel room in Manhattan. Heavenly Father heard our prayers, and not even 24 hours after we had left, we were back in good old Salt Lake City! I'm really grateful for this new job with JetBlue, and the opportunities it is going to give us to see different places and have some really fun memories through the years.
Paulo and I had a fun spur-of-the-moment overnight date this last weekend. Since Paulo hadn't ever been, and the flights looked good for going there and coming back, I offered to treat him to a slice of New York pizza pie- in NEW YORK! We hopped on the plane in SLC, flew through the night, and landed in JFK at 6am Saturday morning. After an adventurous ride on the subway, we had a marathon walking day of seeing all sorts of fun sites: Times Square, Rockafeller Center, Radio City Music Hall (Where the Dali Lama was speaking that morning), Manhattan Temple, Little Brazil, and then we zoomed back to JFK to catch the flight at 3:00 that afternoon back to SLC. It was a little scary at the airport- the flight was very full, but luckily (for the standby passengers!) some people missed their flight, so we got on! I was praying like crazy that we would get on, because I had to be back at work on Sunday night, and we certainly hadn't planned to pay for a hotel room in Manhattan. Heavenly Father heard our prayers, and not even 24 hours after we had left, we were back in good old Salt Lake City! I'm really grateful for this new job with JetBlue, and the opportunities it is going to give us to see different places and have some really fun memories through the years.
My miracle for the last month has been Paulo. He is a great example of humility and patience and I love him so much!
