Keeping Me Going

[eggwards]

Tomorrow it's off to the East Coast again, probably for the last time for a while. Airline ticket prices are rising, and once I see the two stadiums I'm going to see next week, I will have seen all the east coast ballparks. I'll need to start getting out to some other parts of the country!

It's been nice to have my sister Laura and her fiancée (still a fiance after 7 years) living in Baltimore that has made it an easy way to travel the upper east coast. It's been a good jumping off point. Over the last few years I've seen Boston, Washington DC, and Philadelphia, and now finally, New York City. I'll get to finally say that I've walked in the city, not just taken an AMTRAK train under it!

I leave for Baltimore early tomorrow morning (apparently no one wants the early flight on a Saturday), and then take the train up to New York City on Tuesday. Laura will join me there on Thursday. The only things I have planned are the Yankees game on Wednesday, the Mets game on Thursday, and Frank DeCaro is going to let us watch him do his radio show at Sirius on Firday. Hopefully our New Jersey boys, evilcreamsicle, njbearcub1, and Texas ex-pat txredneck will join us on Saturday. It's a good long trip.

I decided not to book any Broadway shows as it's cheaper to play your luck and try to get tickets the day of, also, who knows what you might decide to see. I do need to find out more about the water tour that Dan (musicbearmn) told me about a few weeks back. I know Chris will think it's not true, but this is about as unorganized and unscheduled as I get on vacation. Still, I know once I hit the ground, I'll be running like mad trying to see everything I can!

Now I'm getting excited. I'll have camera in tow, of course, and I'd love to meet other people up there! Is there anything you guys say I HAVE to do while there?

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On the home front, since I haven't posted in a while, things are good. Chris has been getting into the summer pool party season, and I've been opting out more times than not. The circuit seems to call for a more trim man than myself, so I feel really self-counsious about it, and it makes me a miserable guy to be around, so I tend to stay home. Not all of the pool events have been this way, and I've been pleasantly surprised by some new friends this summer.

Still, work has been taking up most of my time, and it's been going well. If there's one thing that's bothering me is that I'm often more of an operator than someone who can get something accomplished. I hate getting an issue and having to document it and give someone else an order. I want to be able to resolve it myself, especially since I have little confidence in others at the company to do it.

The sales aspect of the job has been going better than expected, so maybe it's not the problem I thought it was going to be. Still, being tied to a call center schedule is very annoying. Here's hoping I shine and I can eventually move up to other jobs in the company. for now I'll just have to pay my dues.

Hey, but a week of vacation just may get me through the rest of the day!

Comments

[eggwards.livejournal.com]

I saw a story about the waterfalls on Joe.My.God. I guess they would be pretty easy to check out. Thanks for the link.

I'm glad I bought the tickets months ago, or I don't think I would have been able to afford it.

[woofytexan.livejournal.com]

You are going to meet Frank? You suck! You might also be able to meet Larry Flick while you are there. If you do, tell Larry I said hello. Ask Frank about shows to see. He will tell you Xanadu. You must go see this. It is required viewing for every gay man at this point. *g*

If you get the chance and love reading, check out The Strand Bookstore, http://www.strandbooks.com. It is at 12th and Broadway. They advertise as 18 miles of new, used, rare, and out of print books. During the days before the internet, they would mail out their list of recently received rare and out of print books they acquired from estates.

If you like Italian food, try Benito II in Little Italy. 163 Mulberry St in the heart of Little Italy.

Have fun, ya big lug.

[eggwards.livejournal.com]

I'm going to meet Frank. I met him once in Washington DC at Pride, but I'm sure he doesn't remember. Mainly I'm meeting Frank because I like his show and he's not on at such an early time in the morning! If Larry's around at the time I'm going to be there, i'll be happy to say hello. He's a good guy.

As for Xanadu, that's number one on my list. We'll just have to see if I can get tickets.

I love itallian, so it ought to be a great place to be!

[biggaloot.livejournal.com]

No Boston tis trip??? *pout*

[eggwards.livejournal.com]

Sadly, no time for Boston this time. I'd love to...see you, that's for sure. That and more.

If nothing else, these New York boys are going to have a hard time competing with what's up in Boston. I'll have to get back to Boston.

[njbearcub1.livejournal.com]

As God is my witness, in less than 24 hours, we're going to be eating dinner together somewhere.

(Even though we wouldn't go there, suggest The Olive Garden. Tom *hates* The Olive Garden with a passion, and we always tease him with going there.)