Downtime

I am quickly approaching the first weekend I’ve had alone in my apartment since June.  Can you believe it?  Between traveling to Maryland and Long Island, and having visitors come here, I have been busy every single weekend since June 25th!  And every weekend before that as well!

Though I love visiting with my family and friends, I really am looking forward to this weekend.  But I don’t know what to do!  Based on my complete lack of tan and the fact that it is already August, I know I have to do something outside.  Unfortunately, it looks like isolated thunderstorms all weekend, so I MUST remember to bring my umbrella.

But, some of my options are:

-trekking out to Coney Island for some beach fun (though if I’m going to be interrupted by rain, I don’t know if I want to make the 2-hour journey)
-finally finding the farmers’ market I’ve heard is in my neighborhood but haven’t found yet
-attending Summer Streets on Park Ave and walking around with lots of other people who are walking and biking around
-reading in Central Park
-walking around a neighborhood I haven’t spent much time in (I’m thinking Soho, Lower East Side (I’ve never even SEEN Avenue A) or Brooklyn) to see what’s about

This is why I make lists.  Because just writing that list has helped me narrow it down to #2 and #5.  And I don’t see any reason why I can’t do both!  If it’s gray in the morning, I’ll do the farmers market and hope it clears up for the afternoon.  If it’s sunny in the AM, I’ll start by walking around somewhere not-near my house.

This is going to be great!  I’ll get some exercise, see something new and hopefully catch a little vitamin D for my cloistered and sickly epidermis.  This is what living in New York is all about.  Yay for occasional weekends without plans.