Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Christmas Eve in New York
So I'm now in New York. It's cold here.
David (future best man) drove North from Tampa in a marathon all day driving session. He fell asleep on my floor Monday evening while still talking to me. Words just gradually changed into mumbling and then he was out. The plan was to convoy up to New York together on Tuesday. While it's a sad story, there was a water main break in Bethesda. Suddenly half of the schools in the district I work for didn't have any water (You can read the story here, but this link will probably go dead eventually). So they canceled school and we all went home early. I like to think of it as a Christmas gift.
David and I were on the road by about 3, probably two hours earlier than originally anticipated. We first stopped in Lancaster, where Jillian's mother was kind enough to make some dinner. Her mother also wanted a gift for Jillian from Ikea, but since both her and I don't live anywhere near Ikeas, we weren't sure how to get it. David came through though, stopping at an Ikea on his marathon drive in Florida and bringing it up. So we dropped the gift off.
We finally made it back to the Greater Binghamton area around 8:30. It is much colder here than I remember, and there's more snow on the ground now than I've seen in at least two or three years. My parents were all excited that temperatures were climbing above freezing for a few days so that some of the snow could melt. But that first night I was here there was freezing rain, leaving the driveway looking like these two pictures. Fortunately it melted off a few hours later.
I'm trying to take advantage of my break and ride a lot. I put in almost thirty miles today, but Jillian retains a massive lead.
Merry Christmas Eve to everyone.
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