Another weekend, another race. Saturday morning found me doing an entire loop around Central Park -- a true 10K. I finished in 1:05, which is horrendously average. I need to get the lead out!
Proof that subway workers are not totally heartless: I left the house on Saturday morning all ready for my race -- until I realized I had forgotten my Metro Card! How to get from Grand Central to 59th Street without paying a fare?
The answer is charm and a drop of desperation. Since I was outfitted in my running gear, and even had my number pinned to my chest, I told the nice man in the booth that I had forgotten my Metro Card, could I just slide through? I was a New Yorker, after all, and I've bought thousands of dollars of subways fares in my eleven years in this town. He smiled and passed me through. Maybe he's a sucker for a gal in a tank top.
When I was done I gave the same story to the woman at the 57th Street station. "No problem, baby," she said. Maybe I smelled of sweat and she just wanted to get rid of me.
Right after the race (and a shower) I took out a client, the sister of a friend, and we had an almost fruitless hunt of two bedroom apartments. Almost. (Two bedrooms are notoriously wily creatures, existing more in theory than in practice.) For what it's worth, there is an enormous two bedroom on 57th and Second Avenue with a terrace for $4750. Doorman building!
Just as I was about to go home, I started getting phone calls and text messages from several family members about a confirmation party in Connecticut that I never got an invite for. Lost in the mail? Who knew? But the entire Millard clan was convening in Westport. Who was I to miss out? I packed up Andre and hopped a train to greener pastures.
As soon as we arrived, Andre discovered a drum set in the yard. Because no Millard party is complete without a live band.
Take a baby to a party, and you'll never have to worry about him. Everyone will want to give him a snoogle.
The older and redder he gets, the more I wonder if I actually had anything to do with creating this child.
