Back to Normalcy

Well it has been a while since I had added any pics but to be honest it isn't very often we dust the old camera off. Right after my brothers wedding in CO my best friend from high school came to visit.

Susan had been in India for two years (Nepal for 1, India for 1) so it had been a while since we had had any time just to chill. We had such a nice visit! To start things off Gabe an I ditched her to go see an Alison Krauss concert. Ok, that wasn't very nice of us but we bought the tickets before Susan's trip was a definite, and if you know me well you know that Alison Krauss is my all time favorite. Susan didn't mind either, she went to see a show with another friend:)
So the concert was AMAZING. Gabe and I were acting like giddy school children. We had gotten the tickets of ebay so weren't sure about the seats but were really surprised at how good they were. When she came out Gabe and I were cheering like lunatics (don't worry, everyone was so you couldn't really hear our excited crys!). Then she started singing....Ahh, it was better then we expected. We knew about 75% of the songs and then they (Union Station) introduced a few new songs...I may have embarrassed Gabe bc I just couldn't sit still, I was pretty in to it (don't let him fool you though, bc he was bopping back and forth too). If you ever have the chance to see them live...DO IT!

So, then on Friday Susan and I went to the floating pool in Brooklyn. Imagine this...95 degrees out, 175 people, pool overlooking Manhattan. It was pretty crazy. You have to go in in shifts and although Susan and I got there at 11 we weren't able to get into the pool until 1:00. So bc there is nothing around the pool we laid out for a little (there is a sandy area), and then decide to stand in the outdoor showers for 20 minutes. Think that is weird, it was one of the best decisions ever! It was so HOT! So once we got into the pool 175 people literally striped down and jumped in. Susan and I stayed in for about an hour and half! The view was amazing, the amount of people, a little less desirable...We were really glad we did it though!

Gabe then met us at a famous pizza place right under the Brooklyn Bridge. Susan and I looked like wet rats but they didn't turn us away. Gabe and I always feel like we are cheating on Luigi's (best pizza ever, two blocks away from us) when we eat pizza elsewhere.

The rest of the trip was really chill. We made most of our meals, and showed Susan our neighborhood. We also went to a little flea market in the city. We played games, ate a lot of food, talked and that kinda wrapped up the trip! For some reason we were really off of a 'normal' schedule. It didn't help that we ate dinner at 10:00 one night, but we also didn't get to bed awfully late. Friday night though Gabe was very sick and he was up for a few hours, stuck in the bathroom. Once he and I had fallen back asleep he woke me up around 5:45 bc our carbon monixide monitor was beeping. That is kinda scary but we were not sure if it was REALLY beeping or it was beeping bc it needed new batteries. We, of course, don't have any extra batteries laying around, so I woke up Susan and we all went outside and decided to check one last spot for matching batteries (the remotes). Lo in behlold once we put new batteries in the beeping stopped. It was kind of a crazy night though! We slept until about 10:00 (that is probably the latest I HAVE EVER slept in). Usually it is 7 and I am lucky!