Pbenjay's Blog

11:25am – A new day has dawned and the qualms of indecision are still dug in from last night.  Following a rousing discussion (read argument) this morning about why staying up so late makes me so late and grumpy and in the morning, and after much procrastination, I decided to call Susan and check on the pulse of the mood and weather to the south.  Always good to call your peeps – I’m in a much better frame of mind and will stop typing and start packing up – BECAUSE we are going to the Shore.  Hellooooo we will be there soon.  Susan graciously (is she ever any other way) to not only go to the grocery store for us so we would have vittles and provisions for the storm but also to figure out a way to reserve our parking space in front of our cottage. It remains a mystery to me regardless of the countless times my neighbors have told me that their side of Broadway floods more that they insist on parking on my side of the street. Gosh, finding a parking place in OG is sometimes like circling around East 86th St looking for a parking place!!! And if there is a pagan god of parking or a blessed saint who patronizes poor auto owners in New York City who cannot afford a garage and must subject their car and themselves to the rigors and horrors and bangs of parking on the street – alternative side parking only – WELL then, please smile benevolently upon us because come Monday, my life will be really really unpleasant if we have braved the elements to the south and dug out to come home to Manhattan and we can’t park the damn car. Geez, we probably couldn’t even sell it on the street if we can’t park it because it is a Toyota!!!!!  See you at the beach….Lori