New York, New York

Six hours to go until my flight takes off. There were reports this morning of high winds causing problems at O'Hare, but according to American's website, my flight is still on time, so we'll see if that holds throughout the afternoon. I just ordered my cab to take me from work to the airport and I should get there with plenty of time to spare. I can grab a couple drinks so that I can get myself on the plane. I really hate flying, but almost as much, I hate dealing with airports. They were never pleasant to begin with, and they've just gotten worse over the past 5 years. The airlines are never going to recover until they stop treating their customers like criminals. The problem is, 5 years ago, 19 of their customers were criminals and have caused no end of problems ever since. I don't know how they're going to fix it to make the process more pleasant (seriously, isn't it anti-competitive or something to only allow drinks purchased in the airports onto planes???), but until then, I keep my flying to a minimum. Twice this month is going to be enough to last me for the next year.

At least I have the thought of all my shows to keep my spirits up. The tickets have all been bought, and the schedule is:

Wednesday Matinee: Tarzan (great seats)
Wednesday Evening: Grey Gardens (fantastic seats)
Thursday: Company (decent seats)
Friday: Curtains (bad seats, but they were the best available)
Saturday Matinee: The Drowsy Chaperone (decent seats)
Saturday Night: Spring Awakening (good seats; I got balcony front section b/c I've heard it provides a more advantageous view of certain scenes, we'll see if that's the case, even if not, it's the theatre where I saw Sweeney Todd last year and I'm in the same section, so I know the seats are good).

I've got an appointment for a facial and haircut Thursday morning and will spend the rest of the day going to the Aquarium, and then coming back and wandering around the village, checking out Strand Books, and doing some shopping before heading back to the hotel to get ready for Company. Friday I plan on going to the Central Park Zoo, wandering around the park, possibly hitting the Guggenheim, and possibly popping into the MOMA once the free tickets are in effect. Then Sunday, it's time to head home, hopefully (or not so hopefully) we'll remember to change the clock before we go to bed so we get up in time to make it back to LaGuaradia, deal with all the shit involved in flying, and make it to the gate on time so that I can get back home in time for Grease. It's going to be a quick trip, but filled with activities. As I mentioned earlier, I'm hoping to be able to post about each show as I see them, but that's looking like it may not happen. In order to mobile blog, you need to send an email or text message to Blogger's mobile email address, and they send you back a password so you can set up your mobile site and set it to automatically post anything you email or text them to your regular blog. I sent the email last Thursday and have yet to get a password back. I'm going to try again this afternoon, but if it doesn't work, I'll have to post extensively on Monday when I'm back at work. See you then.