This post is an old one too.... the day we went to the play. The water main broke and for a couple of days the water company had us hooked up to the next door neighbor's water. This is the entry for that day.
I'll keep back posting this week and a from time to time but I'll always let you know when I'm going backwards....
I got up this morning SO EXCITED.... I have plans tonight and We are going to have FUN! What more in the world could I ask for than a lazy day puttering around my apartment, writing, doing girl stuff and watching sappy chic movies (yes yes.. Charles was gone to do some renovation work for a friend) and THEN... getting ready for a dressy night out at the Theatre (said with my nose up and a nasal whine)
Let me take a minute here to comment on something that even after five years in NYC I haven’t gotten used to. Spending time getting dressed to the nines and then doing the public transportation thing is just so strange to me. Of course public transportation period is strange to me. And the way these people “gasp” WALK everywhere is just sad. I have learned not to trust these cagey New Yorkers who will tell you it’s just “down the street” and snigger at you as you huff and puff your way for two million miles to the next famous Avenue. As I look around on the subway and train platform, sure enough there are the other women all sparkling and some in furs (ewwwwww WHO is such a pig to wear furs anymore), husbands in black tie all headed for the Symphony or Lincoln Center Jazz or a PLAY just like I am. You would expect there to be more crime, like stealing diamond earrings and necklaces but as Charles reminds me every day, NYC is one of the safest big cities in the US. It’s true, go ahead, look it up. Nevermind, I’ll do it for you!
http://www.netscape.com/viewstory/2006/11/06/new-york-is-americas-safest-city/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nysun.com%2Farticle%2F42552&frame=true
“On a list of America's safest cities released yesterday, New York City is ranked first among cities with a population of more than 1 million. Of cities with populations of more than 500,000, New York took fourth place, behind El Paso, Texas; Honolulu, Hawaii; and San Jose, Calif., according to the annual rankings compiled by Morgan Quitno Press. Of all 371 cities, New York ranked no. 145.”
But lets get back to my day. I was JUST about to put the stuff on my hair to PAINT IT (Charles' words he’s never been able to get this hair coloring thing translated from Portuguese) when thankfully I realized the freaking water was off again. I mean WTF! So I look out the window to see our next door neighbor dropping the hose the water company hooked up to give us temporary water, over our fence and walk back into the house. I mean.. WHAT A FUCKING BASTARD!
I called the water department and threatened to murder them if they didn’t get out here right away and if I missed my play or went looking like an old hag I would do it slowly and painfully and I know how to do that because I'm a sadistic Bitch in real life. (no, I didn’t really say that, but I did bitch loudly)
When the unsuspecting water man got here, and saw that that neighbor had done, he said, Oh well, I can go to the shop and bring you back some 50 gallon drums till we get your water back on. Well of course you can imagine how this met with my current state of mind so after giving him a look of frozen displeasure and telling him how sure I was of his insanity level, I set off to find my OWN solution. I went outside in my pink plaid pajamas that I stuck on under my sexy filmy baby blue night shift with a grey sweatshirt hoodie and big fluffy scuffy houseshoes and BEGGED the other neighbor to PLEASE share Her water with us. The Water Department guy was just standing there staring at me in disbelief. I mean... if he can’t do his job, I can.. I have a NIGHT ahead of Me.. but just in case your worried about the poor water guy... as soon as he got my water going I made sure he went away smiling.
It's time I got going... nails to polish, hair to dry .. I'm going to do the Tuxedo thing tonight. It's cold outside (13 degrees) and the only way I know to stay warm and still be sexy...
kiss kiss
J
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