Greetings from Upstate NY. Tuesday evening I returned to New York City from North Carolina. I had a bit of a problem finding the correct subway to use in New York…but I found my way to my friend’s house in Brooklyn. I got there pretty late and we talked for a while and I woke up the next morning and went to my wonderful Great Aunts who live in Brooklyn. I went there for brunch. They made some really good food and I had cherry pie for dessert!!! YUM!

I hopped on the train again and went upstate following the beautiful Hudson River. It was glorious scenery and I really enjoyed looking at the old towns on the Hudson river and then seeing the tug boats pushing and tugging huge barges down the river. I got to the town of Schenectady where I found my sister, nephew and neice waiting for me patiently. I was so happy to see them! We hopped in the car and took off to my other neice’s T-ball game. T-ball is similar to baseball but for those kids who are not confident in hitting a ball thrown at them…they stand there with the ball on a pole…and they just hit it. It is quite simple but confidence-building for the children.

I have had a good time so far here. I love hanging out with the kids. Here I am this afternoon when the kids and I were outside playing. They wanted to ride on me and go inside. I think I will be really sore tomorrow morning.

I also wanted to show you all a picture that my nephew drew. He loves to draw and loves to draw things for people. He made me a robot who is picking up boxes. So CUTE!!!

I also was able to see and hang out with a couple of college friends today who live nearby. Ray and Sarah. They are good friends who will be parents come June 30th. Sarah was very pregnant and Ray was very excited. We ate at a great restaurant in Saratoga Springs then went to Ben and Jerry’s ice cream place. I had the flavor they call “coffee coffee buzz buzz buzz”. It was good. Then we went to a pretty good coffee place called UNCOMMON GROUNDS. They roast all their beans there at the shop. They smell was pretty bad…but the coffee was pretty good… not as good as Peet’s though.