Revisions

I am not entirely sure how far I ran this morning, and for someone as type A as I am about running that could have been a challenge. It was supposed to be a 4 mile long run to begin my training for my race in December. But my watch was having trouble finding a satellite so I just kept going south with the plan to run down to about Ground Zero and cut over to the park and run back up. I knew it was 9/11 but I had no idea I would end up right in the middle of the Memorial Service that early in the morning and yet there I was standing in a coral with dozens of people, listening to the names being read of those who lost their lives that morning 9 years ago. What a privilege to be here on the anniversary and to be reminded of that day. To mourn with those who still mourn. To remember how our country was changed on that day, some ways for the better, some not so much. Although it was by accident, I feel honored to be here and to be a part of this great city and I hope we will never forget t

The City never sleeps and I am starting to feel the same way. So much to DO, so much to SEE. Here are a couple highlights. Went to the Highline last week to watch the sunset. The Highline is and old elevated transport track that the city has turned into a walking park. It is decorated with plantings, viewing areas and seating. Perfect place to watch New Jersey melt into the setting sun and one of the many performance art shows that were taking place along it's steps. A few days later I decided to check out the Museum of Natural History. I still had a few tickets to use from my completely tourist purchase of the City Book. SO off I went to cavort among the dinosaur bones. There were some cool things to see there, lots of animal exhibits, a beautiful mineral and gem area and I even watched the planetarium show. I was not the only one there who had not seen a show like that since Pink Floyd had a Planetarium show way back in the day. It was a little different experience.......and on

Recently a friend and I were discussing relationships and having both come into our own and learned a few things over the years we of course have them all figured out. Long pause.....yeah right. But that is besides the point. I think this part we actually have a pretty good handle on. We talked about how often people get into relationships expecting the other person to “make them happy”. Or they think that “if only I am with that person I will be happy”. We concluded that really isn’t the case and it really isn’t the other person’s job to “make you happy”. I firmly believe that it is my responsibility to figure out what makes me happy so I can then communicate it to you and hopefully you will do what you can to facilitate that and vice versa. Because if I don’t even know what makes me happy, how the heck are you supposed to know? And vice versa. Here’s an example. Jane likes ice cream but she isn’t sure which flavor makes her happy but she starts dating Joe and unconsciously expects hi