Tom & Alissa

It is raining so furiously out there that the rain actually soaked through both my boots and my umbrella in the two blocks from home to the subway. Needless to say, did not go running this morning. I feel sorry for everyone that’s inevitably going to be stranded in Queens, as seems to happen most of the time when it rains really hard. This is the only time when I half-miss having a car; I stayed much drier when I drove everywhere. (Although, now I recall that my car actually leaked and I would have huge puddles in the foot area of all the seats. That wasn’t fun.)

We went to Midsummer Night’s Swing again last night and unexpectedly caught the Slow Dancing video installation piece on the facade of the New York State Theater. It was amazing! We just stood and watched it for almost an hour; apparently it runs until 1:00 am.

Looks like we’re heading to south Jersey this weekend to visit my grandparents. I don’t start work until Wednesday, so it’s an unexpected long weekend. After much hemming and hawing, we decided it’s probably best to just take the bus to Atlantic City (under 3 hours) and get picked up there. I am not fond of buses as a method of long-distance transportation, since they’re subject to traffic much more than trains, but this is really the only option. I haven’t been to my grandparents’ place in Wildwood since the summer before my junior year in college, but I spent at least a week every summer there when I was growing up, so this will be fun. We’re looking forward to it.