When Life Twists

I've had quite the hectic few days between flood's, hurricane's, earthquakes, and a business trip to NYC with the Hubby. We've been in NYC since Tuesday early, early morning and it was a VERY long day that day. It started out with me navigating around NYC by myself to get from the train station to our hotel--in the pouring rain. Now, I don't know if you know this, but I'm a very closeted person by nature, I worry when I can't control things and getting around a city by myself makes me wanna run around screaming like a chicken with it's head cut off. But, somehow, I managed to get around with severe calve cramps and no umbrella. By the time I was the 13 blocks to the hotel I was drenched.

This was on no sleep for more than 24 hours at this point.

So I get to the hotel and order a cocktail because I need one after that and I need to rest my little, cramping legs. I take my computer out. What do I find? My flash-drive that houses two almost completed novella's and my Steampunk novel that had 14 more pages to go before I subbed to my editor had snapped away from the base. I didn't save any of that work anywhere else--because--well, I can only blame a complete lack of sanity. So until I can figure out how to retrieve everything, as long as it isn't lost for good, I'm out over 100k worth of work that I was going to turn in Jan 1st. I have no idea if any of the components needed to bring back my information is available on the flash-drive.

That was one, long, long, long day.

My next day I slept in and spent all day exploring NYC by myself while DH worked at his office. I'm very proud of myself though I didn't go any farther than Time Square because my legs were still cramping pretty badly from the day before. However, my day got significantly better when I looked at Broadway shows to see and went into Memphis to inquire when the next showing would be. I wasn't sure what I wanted to see, but I knew I needed it to be in the afternoon because I don't feel comfortable walking around the city in the night time.

So, I walk into the box office and ask the merchandise man. He says there is a showing at 2pm, which is in ten minutes--and then he hands me a free ticket that someone gave him because their friend didn't show up at the last minute. Free Broadway show? Uh, yes please! How much better did that make my day! I sat next to the lovely people that had unknowingly provided me with my free ticket and they were wonderful, lovely people. I asked them if I could pay them back for it but they wouldn't let me.

If you haven't seen Memphis....SEE IT NOW!!!! It was one of the best Broadway shows I've ever seen in my life and I've seen quite a few including Phantom of the Opera, Spamalot, and Throughly Modern Milly. This one blew them all away and completely lifted my spirits. I now own the soundtrack and I'm listening to it as I work on my edits.

Now, here's hoping when I get home that my house isn't flooded from the torrential amount of rain that MD has been prone to getting lately.