Day 317/365 (May 30, 2015)

Woke up on the earlier than usual for a Saturday and decided to go for a run. It started off okay weather wise but by the time i was almost done it became so hot/humid I didn't think I was going to make it... but i did get myself to do 3.1 miles in 40 minutes on my own! The first 4 minutes i ran .5 mile without stopping! Then I came home and had to shower because I was a sweaty disgusting mess!

Then Hope, Sasha, Karen and I walked downtown to to the cake store/Michaels before walking back up to meet Lola. Lola was amused finding Charlie in one of my clothing drawers and Fred was being a cat and enjoying Sasha's laundry hamper.

Had a wonderful time with Lola per usual. While Sasha and Karen crafted we did the vote (poor boys don't stand a chance) we did a Derblin story/show, she sang me a song, and played hot potato with the friends. She also named my new runicorn Isabella. Shewas pleased with the job of doing that.

After she left I went to help Dom/Anna with the Hedwig lotto, then puttered around with them for a bit before bringing some leftover cupcakes to Penski and eating 1.5 myself.

Fred's new spot to hang is the bathroom floor because of the cool tile and Charlie was not pleased I was giving Fred attention so this is the shot of him trying to knock my phone out of my hand.

I ended the night sort of early because I had a really bad headache.

Day 313/365 (May 26, 2015)

Going to work after a 3 day weekend is always tough, but that I did! After work I headed up to have a Jenny appointment which didn't go as badly as I was expecting! SO naturally the wise thing to do was go home, put food away and head back to the evil cookie place for Broadway Bakes. This time it was Clay Thompson, Lesli Margherita, and Chris Rice. I ran into Laura and had them make a video for Jake... oops, haha! I also dropped off the cookie bribe fulfillment to Jersey Boys and some birthday cookies to Mr. Cookie.

Fred sleeps funny and Charlie supports Jake.

Then later on went for an almost 4 mile (mostly) run with Sasha and Liz.

Day 311/365 (May 24, 2015)

I got up and headed to run an errand before meeting up with Holly and Anna to hep them with the Hedwig lotto. It turns out they were off by an hour so I ran to drop off Broadway Hunger Game bribes at Matilda, Jersey Boys, and The Book of Mormon, then back to them. (had a lovely conversation with Christine inside JB for a bit which was nice.) While helping with the lotto I got a few people to make videos in support of Jake! Then we went to the evil cookie place and after I went to Times Square/the TKTS steps and found people to make videos as well. Later on i went to the Kinky Boots Stage Door and got a bunch of people to make videos! All using the sign i made the night before with the glittery logo I was proud of! The sad thing is I forgot to put my vivo smart on so all the walking in the morning didn't register :(

Later on I got a Jersey Boys support picture, so yay success!

Eventually Kayleigh, Sasha, Karen and I went out for a run, which was nice after the wonky start. If I had been wearing my band all day i would have exceeded the step goal for the day but instead it looks like i failed majorly! womp womp. Then Karen, Kayleigh, and I went to get ice cream... yum!

Day 310/365 (May 23, 2015)

The day was pretty epic! Got up super early and Sasha and I put our color run temporary tattoos on and then headed out. Sadly Karen couldn't join us, but we met up with others on the subway along the way. When we got there I ran into Michael (Gioia) and after taking some pictures I ran into Sydney... I mean what were the odds?

Eventually we made our way to the start and got to run down into Citi field (The Mets) and out along the perimeter of the outfield... I may not like sports but I know that was pretty cool! I am shocked that we ran almost the entire way, i did't think i could do that but I guess adrenaline kicked in! It was so fun going through all the colors and the glitter. we finished in about 33 minutes! The Pro Camera caught me leaping over the finish line! We had some fun at the color throw party and I shattered my phone then we bought stuff and headed back to Manhattan.

We popped into the Apple store to try and get my phone fixed, then walked home stopping for fun pictures in Bryant Park and the TKTS steps in Times Square and Duane Reade. When I finally showered oh man! the glitter also just came pouring out of my hair as I brushed it!

We got Burrito Box for lunch which was yummy, then later I met up with Hope to see Pitch Perfect 2 after I went to the UWS Apple store to get my phone fixed and I ran into Lil as I was leaving.

Fred is so cute.

Day 277/365 (April 20, 2015)

This day was ca-razy!

I went to work per usual with the intention of leaving at 1 to head home and help more with the flowers, but that was not in the cards. Instead Ted asked if I could go with him to a meeting with a prospective client.at 3! I ended up running home around 1 because I needed to change my clothes. When I got there I found Lindsay, Marty, Karen, and eventually Penski all helping Sasha... it was impressive! I stayed for a touch and did some work, then took some stuff to work with back in the office until the meeting. The meeting lasted until just after 4 and when I looked at my phone i noticed Heather sent a text asking if I wanted to go to the Easter Bonnet with her... which I did but I then had less than 20 minutes to get from client, to deposit a check, to office to pick up my stuff, and run to the Minskoff theater in time... which i did! The shoes I was wearing were not meant for running!

The Easter Bonnet was enjoyable, especially Avenue Q and Hand to God's skits. Chicago had cute children and Ann Harada and Micah Stock were quite funny. Then after the show was over I ran to the apartment and dropped off the Playbill flower stuff I had been working on, even at  the Bonnet! Then ran to the subway. I do actually mean ran each and every time, i hustled! I got to Le Poisson Rouge and took my place in line. Turns out they lied and the show wasn't starting until 8, glad i didn't leave the bonnet early! I got a pretty good seat but I kind of regret going to Broadway Sings Tori. The performers were wonderful (for the most part) but there were too many stories and some were touching and brave to share but I did not want to hear them. The other problem was I do not know Tori's music so I had no personal connection and they were boring to me. One of the performers I wanted to see was Laura Benanti so I was going to try and hold out to see her since I had another concert to get to. Kyle Dean finally performed and that was enjoyable. I thought about leaving right after since the next concert was general admission and it was already 9:40. But i refer back to wanting to see Laura. Colleen went up again and I do really like her but she shared a story and I just wanted to hug her and at the same time i was looking at the time and wanting to just go, but after her story I couldn't just get up in leave, that would have been rude. I was going to leave then, but it was Laura's turn so I figured I might as well. Mistake mistake mistake. Don't get me wrong she sounded great and was showing her extreme talent by singing a Capella and OFF MIKE! However the song she chose had very hard lyrics for me to listen to and really hit a nerve and was causing me anxiety and heart palpitations and a hard time to breathe, but I couldn't just leave because my seat was in the middle and to get out I would have had to cause a major ruckus and disturb everyone and be beyond rude. Instead i tried to zone out but couldn't. As soon as it was over i looked at the time and it was 9:55... my next concert was supposed to start at 10! i got up and left and realized I was missing the final group song but had no choice. I got outside and learned that the next venue was much farther away than I thought so I once again had to run! I got there a minute after 10, and thankfully got a decent seat and they started late so I didn't miss anything! Also about the Tori Concert I ran into Michael Buchanan on the way to the line which was nice and Brian J. Nash was playing both a piano and keyboard at the same time, multiple times! He is incredible.

This was a Jason Robert Brown concert with Tom Kitt and guest stars Kyle Dean and Lindsay Mendez. the show was great. I wish I had just gone to this one, twice if I could have! Everyone sounded great. KDM and Lindsay sang a song from The Last Five Years, she sang some others and KDM sang I am the One and I'm Alive from n2n and also a song from Bridges of Madison county.

Then i chatted with KDM and Lindsay before you got it running home!

When I got home I stayed up until 3:30 in the morning helping Sasha will the Playbill flowers. I have become quite efficient!

Day 268/365 (April 11, 2015)

I started my morning by trying to go for a run on an empty stomach at Travis' suggestion. I did better than I thought I would so that was a win! Then I ended up calling Zina because I needed advice about something. She was of course very helpful, but it was so nice out that I didn't want to go back inside so at one point i was standing outside my apartment talking to her using my headphones on this little pillar thing and I turned around and found that some guy was filming me on his iPhone. I think he thought I was talking to myself and a was a crazy lady.

I did go inside eventually and began my baking for the day. First I made sugar cookie dough and put that in the refrigerator to chill. I also tried making raspberry macarons that turned out to be a major fail which is so sad because the few that did turn out tasted really yummy! Then I began making the filling for Grapefruit truffles. Avi came over and we had a brief pow wow session about the bachelorette party for Jess.

Harper's dad came to drop her off and we had some fun times... I hadn't seen her since last year so I was so happy to watch her. Charlie was actually pretty relax with her for the most part and Fred really did earn the best cat in the word title for putting up with her She kept hugging him and having us dress him up and hiding an Easter egg under him. She brought over plastic Easter eggs so we could have a hunt and then after we decided to go to the playground in Central Park. It turns out her current phrase is "you can say that again" so she was saying that over and over and she is just so sweet and loves to giggle. When we got in the park and she was walking down the path she spread her arms and started to run and was yelling "I cant believe i'm doing this!" Then she is cray on the playground... there is no stopping her! I learned i can still crawl into tiny spaces and climb stuff with the best of them... Then we climbed this giant rock and when we got to the top I asked her she wanted to put her hair back and she said yes... so I put it into a cute ponytail and she felt it and said that it "wasn't high enough and not tight enough, could I please fix it" so as I was trying to do this I was having a hard time keeping it neat and didn't want to hurt her by pulling her hair so i told her and she was like "its okay i'm used to getting hurt" and this lady over heard and started laughing and saying she was adorable.AT one point we pretended to go to Mexico, she even drove us "the 3 blocks to the airport" Poor Karen was left behind though. Then it was time to head back home and on our way we ran into Neil and his girlfriend (and her mom). we chatted for a tiny bit then it was back on the way home. Harper told me that sh was "besties with Laura Osnes" and i burst out laughing because of the random amazingness of it. Then her mom came to pick her up and she was sad to leave which is always the mark of a good day! Oh also on the way there at one point she was riding on my shoulders and she said I was doing a good job because I was giving her a "good view of the city"

After Harper left I rolled out the sugar cookies using my new rolling pin that is amazing! This is the first time i was completely successful in the rolled cookie department and I thank my rolling pin! All the while Karen was making dinner... it was so neat to be able to realize two people can cook in the kitchen and we had the space for it! Then I ate Karen's yummy dinner and finally dipped the truffes in the chocolate and decorated them. When Karen went to clean her room she found Charlie had burrowed into her clothes... pretty funny!

Then a quick shower and off to Sydney's birthday party. It was a lovely time and I discovered that hard cider makes me intoxicated very quickly! Hung out for a long while then it was time to go to bed!

Day 150/365 (December 14, 2014)

Crazy day! Ate more empanadas for breakfast and we had a leaky pipe where Fred wanted to keep licking for water like we don't always have the tub on for him. I also went running and made a birthday card but the real event of the day involved Sasha. Karen and I got her a sewing machine for her birthday and despite delivery fiasco deceived her into thinking it was for someone else. She came home with a sewing machine from another friend who just wanted to get rid of it. We were crushed but decided to give her our anyway so we could return it if need be... luckily she chose ours! Charlie has no shame in bathing with company.