This has been an amazing few days. We got into NYC Tuesday night about 10pm. Wednesday we saw Phantom of the Opera at 2pm. It was a great show. The actors had amazing voices and they're nothing like seeing it in person. On the way out of the theater we heard a woman say to her family that she didn't enjoy it at all. "The movie was so much better". I literally had to stop dead on the sidewalk and look at Aaron who had done the same to grasp what we had just heard. It's almost like they thought the Broadway musical was based on the movie instead of the other way around. Still confused on that. The other show we saw was Wicked, based on the book about the witches from The Wizard of Oz. That was an amazing show. As much as I like Phantom I enjoyed Wicked more. The story is more light hearted and has some pretty funny moments. It was also aranged though the Granted Wish foundation (like Make a wish for adults) for us to go back stage and meet the cast. We ended up hanging out in the Wizards dressing room and chatting with some of the cast for about 1/2 an hour. The only one we weren't able to meet was the woman who played Elpheba (the wicked witch). I assume she was de-greening for quite a while. THe next day we took a double decker bus tour which allows you to get on and off throughout the day. A bus comes to one of the stops every 15 min. so if you want to get off and shop or see a landmark you can spend as much time as you want. If anything it was worth not having to pay for taxi fare all day. It was pretty hot that day and after a while the bus engines started overheating which in turn meant they couldn't runn the A/C. That was interesting. We did have rain for about 10 minutes accompanied by one lightning strike and a huge thunder clap. That's all we got in the city but out Long Island and in Conetticut they had what looked like a tornado, with lots of trees down and roofs caved in and lost power for a day or so.
As I type this I'm on the train from Albany, NY back to the City to take the plane trip home. It was great to see Aaron's cousin Corey and meet her husband JOhn and all the kids. Troy is beautiful. So many buildings built like castles, amazingn churches and beautiful scenery.In theory I would love to come home, pack up everything and move out here to Troy or somewhere close to it. Aaron's parents will be moving out here after Jan retires and I know Aaron would do it in a heart beat. I really think we could both very easily make the transition. Being with Corey's family was so much fun. I actually cried several times last night because I didn't want to come home. We wished we could have stayed another week, or month, or months. It's hard to leave such a wonderful place and come back to the reality of work, Appointments, stress, Aaron having treatments, sickness and just life in general. As much as I love my family (who apparently would feel abandoned and I assume riddle me with guilt for the rest of my life) I would love to just pick up and start somewhere new. I think it's healthy to do that at least once in your life. I've never lives outside a 8 mile radius from where I was born! Yes I have traveled around the country and seen things but always came back to Springfield. Something inside me is torn about whether to stay or leave. But I know I"ll get many suggestions and advice, wanted or not after people read this. I think it's a good thing that we were on such a tight schedule today of getting from the train to the plane becuase I don't have time to think about how sad I am to leave. I know it's hard on Aaron. NYC is finally the place he feels like he was meant to be, as I"m sure you know from reading his blog. If you haven't do it now.
I guess I don't have anything else to say. I can't explain any further how difficult today is. I waS actually looking at appartments in Troy on the train ride to Albany yesterday. Just day dreaming. I could go on and on but it would just be repeating things and mumbling. God has a plan and unless he tells me to go to NY, I guess I'll stay in OR like is expected. But I may pout for a while.
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