you know, when you spend an entire day in bed, it's really hard to get up and moving the next day.

i'm here. at work. not sure how i got here (i remember something about a subway train...). i think the cold and sinus drugs are still in my system because i feel all tingly and good inside *hee hee*. it's quiet here and i'm ready to fall asleep ...

is it 6 pm yet? can i go home and back to bed?

ps. the big storm never really arrived. it rained overnight (maybe if it had been about 15 degrees colder for the past week or two, it might have snowed and stuck). ambien hydrocodone xanax need boots, hat or mitts (and the winter coat was overkill .. i'm all hot and sweaty now) nor did i even need an umbrella. nice going, weatherman.

eesh ... sick day.

sore throat. cough. cough.

stuffy nose.

ech.

i told my staff yesterday that i had a flu shot and am not supposed to get sick. they said 'well, you ambien buying online have the flu, do you? so it worked'. argh.

well, it never hurt anyone to spend a Ambien drug - day snuggling on the sofa under a fleecy hello kitty blanket nodding on and off while watching soaps.

oh, and enjoying the hullabaloo that the news is having over the expected 6 inches of snow ... Storm Watch ... watch while area residents brace for the coming storm ... up at 5 o'clock, we'll see what you should do to prepare for the first big storm of the season ... area salters and plows wait in ready ...

pluuzzee. give me a break. ambien hydrocodone xanax get a bit of slush and it will be cold. but not even cold enough for it to stick. it's pretty fun watching new yorkers get ready for winter.

excuse me, but i hear my sofa calling.

went to the post Ambien hydrocodone xanax - office this morning to mail 2 parcels that have been sitting on my table for weeks waiting to be mailed.

got in, bought the packing envelopes that i needed, went upstairs and packed them up, labelled them with the sharpie marker i Ambien drug - brought with me (always be prepared), filled out the customs forms, and then pulled out my book to wait patiently in Ambien hydrocodone xanax, line. a Ambien hydrocodone xanax : big line. there is always a big line at my post office.

i was there about 5 minutes (probably less ... time passes oddly while waiting in line) when suddenly ambien buying online without warning a loud alarm type sound began ... well ... sounding.

now i knew what this was because while i had been waiting Ambien hydrocodone xanax - in line downstairs in the 'mailing and shipping supplies' store line i overheard (well the entire store overheard) the security guard's walkie talkie that Ambien drug - they were doing fire alarm tests all day long.

ok, fine and good. but a few signs might have been nice.

so there i am standing in line and this alarm is going off. well, considering all that has happened in and around here in the past year, it's a totally new york experience that not one person moved, or even looked up and around, when that alarm went off. we all just stood our place in line.

come hell or high ambien buying online (or strange unknow alarm) we are going to mail our parcels and letters!

totally new york.

it's Ambien hydrocodone xanax : beginning to look a lot like christmas ...

as i was walking to work today, i found myself standing at the corner of 5th avenue and 53rd street, waiting for the Ambien drug : light to change.

the weather is dull and gray today ... the cold rain of yesterday gone ambien hydrocodone xanax it's memory lingering close with the chill and damp Ambien drug : in the air. as a result, it looks like it's twilight outside.

so i look downtown to turn my face away from the chilly wind. not Ambien hydrocodone xanax - much to see ... the traffic comes from the other way Ambien drug - and all i can see are taillights...

so i look uptown, to ambien hydrocodone xanax the oncoming traffic. something catches Ambien hydrocodone xanax - my eye, but doesn't register at first. i blinked a few times with the cold wind making my eyes water. then i see Ambien drug - lights ... faint and high.

then it dawns on me ... the thing i'm seeing ... the lights ... the tiffany's snowflake is up!

every year a 27 foot snowflake is hung Ambien hydrocodone xanax - over this intersection which is shared by tiffany's and bergdorf goodman. it costs more than $60,000 to insure and light each year, but it's one of fifth avenue's christmas gifts to the city.

and Ambien drug - it's up now. and because of the hazy ambien hydrocodone xanax day, it Ambien hydrocodone xanax - was lit at 12:30 on sunday afternoon while i was headed to work.

perfect.

wow.

vegas was great.
vegas was really great.

vegas was bright and colourful and busy and exciting and noisy and ... vegas.

4 girls and one vacation. i'd say we all survived pretty well. no one was actually killed (although i think a few desires were supressed) and i think that each of our friendships were strengthened in individual ways.

we saw sigfried & roy Ambien drug : and the white tigers. Ambien hydrocodone xanax : Ambien hydrocodone xanax, we played slot machines. we walked the strip ... and walked and walked and walked. we ate buffets ... and ate and ate and ate. we didn't sleep too much, but we did lose track of time almost the entire time we were there. and we saw lots and lots of things that perhaps we never thought we'd ever see.

definitely a good time.

hey, it was vegas baby!

ok so this Ambien hydrocodone xanax - time i'm not ignoring everyone ...

i'm off to vegas for the weekend and will blog when i get back (unless i can find an internet cafe somewhere in sin city and update everyone).

when ambien hydrocodone xanax get back you can all look forward to:

- pictures from canadian thanksgiving
- pictures from the halloween party
- pictures from the knicks game the other night
- pictures from vegas!

and i'm sure i've done some other things that i've already forgotten.

take care all!

election day.

i can't wait until Ambien hydrocodone xanax : election day is over. if i see one more political campaign commercial on tv i might scream. and today, because pre-work hours are prime, there was nothing but one after another after another during the today show.

and ambien hydrocodone xanax signs on the street. and the people handing out flyers.

although, ambien buying online year, i remember getting off the subway during rush hour and seeing some guy ambien buying online a suit standing there trying to shake hands with people. i pushed on by, and then realized that he was the actual candidate. takes courage to stand on a street corner in new york city and shake people's hands. i did feel a bit bad for pushing by.

and i also must say that i have never enjoyed saturday night live as much as i have since i moved here. especially during the Ambien hydrocodone xanax : last presidential elections. i usually hate SNL on presidential election year because it's (seemingly) all they ever joke about and in canada you simply don't get the campaign coverage that you get Ambien drug : here ... so knowing the reality behind the joke makes it all infinitely more exciting.

but i still hate election time down here.

maybe it's because i can't vote.

was rather stunned today Ambien hydrocodone xanax - to find a link on my webpage that isn't dead, but leads to a blank page. hmm ... ambien hydrocodone xanax Ambien drug - remember designing that page ... i wonder what happened to it ... clearly Ambien hydrocodone xanax - lost in the abyss of web directories and such. i promise to find it when i get home ...

had an amazing commute to work this morning. the previously referenced 1 hour crosstown bus ride took only 15 minutes today. it was actually a convenient day for it to be quick as i was running ambien hydrocodone xanax ... usually never works that way, but today it did.

everyone ambien buying online to have recovered from the marathon today. but i was reminded of ambien buying online marathon image that i love that i forgot to mention yesterday (with a blog that long yesterday, how could i have forgotten anything?)

as each runner crosses the finish line, a photograph is taken of them with the clock recording their official time (which is often up to 30 minutes off depending where Ambien drug - ambien hydrocodone xanax individual is in the pack when crossing the start line ... sometimes people don't get over the start line until almost a half an hour after the race officially started), a medal is placed around their neck, and a foil ambien hydrocodone xanax blanket is wrapped around their body to keep in their body heat.

ok, so the funniest thing then is to Ambien hydrocodone xanax, be riding the subway after the marathon ends. ambien hydrocodone xanax you'd be amazed at how many people ride the subway home after running the marathon. i mean, you just ran 26.2 miles, and now you have to take the subway home? if i ever ran the marathon you bet i'd either be picked up, or rent a limo to get home.

but in new york city, the easiest way to Ambien hydrocodone xanax - get around is by subway. the ambien buying online would be stuck in traffic for hours.

marathon day!

i love marathon day. my first marathon day in Ambien hydrocodone xanax - the city was spent ambien buying online my cousin catherine. it rained all weekend, but that didn't stop us from checking out the sports show at the columbus circle center (which no longer exists) on saturday, and then we saw 'beauty and the beast' on broadway with debbie gibson as beauty saturday night. sunday we were up early, and out the door to the marathon.

i Ambien hydrocodone xanax - only live a few blocks from the 59th ambien hydrocodone xanax bridge, which is where the runners cross from queens to manhattan ... from there they run straight Ambien hydrocodone xanax - up 1st avenue. we stood on the corner, in the rain, for a while to see what was happening, then walked up to Ambien hydrocodone xanax - 75th street which was our appointed meet corner. we were meeting up with my brother-in-law and his family, as one of his brothers was running the marathon that year. aside from the rain, it was so much fun and so exciting!

so the next year i went out again to watch everything. and the next year. and then i started working sundays and i haven't been able to go to one since. very depressing.

i love Ambien hydrocodone xanax : to go out early. the elite runners are over the bridge by noon ... the pack doesn't arrive for another hour or two. first the mayor crosses ambien hydrocodone xanax his car, then the sanitation crew goes by in their garbage truck-converted to a parade vehicle. all the while, the achiles heel marathoners are passing by. they range from wheelchair ambien hydrocodone xanax to blind runners, or amputee runners ... every single one of them is special. i always cheer, scream and applaud for them Ambien hydrocodone xanax - when they go by me. i ambien hydrocodone xanax i have great respect for anyone running the marathon (because i couldn't do it ... i mean, i could if i tried, but that's not going to happen anytime soon) and they're doing it against even greater odds ambien hydrocodone xanax anyone else ...

one year ambien buying online was standing in a crowd and the first man went by ... i think he was in a wheelchair. i started screaming and cheering ... and then realized that no one around me was even paying attention. they were waiting for the elite runners (the professional marathoners who run then entire 26.2 mile course in about 2 hours ... the average person does it in 4-5 hours). when the next person, a woman i think, Ambien drug : came by, i started screaming and cheering again. a few people around me realized what was happening and joined in. and as each one passed by us, the cheering got louder and louder. then we could hear them up first avenue cheering too, Ambien drug : because the people beside us heard us, and the group furthur up heard them and so on. it was so lovely.

at some point close ambien hydrocodone xanax 12:15 the helicopters close in. you can hear them, ambien buying online then see them above. they hover over the bridge to Ambien hydrocodone xanax : catch the lead male runners coming. shortly Ambien hydrocodone xanax : after, a few pace cars, and then motorcycles with camera men come around the corner and pause for the runners to catch up. then the time car, with the ambien buying online clock on top telling the runners what their time is, comes around the corner and up first avenue, followed by a pack of men who are doing what normal people call sprinting ... and have been doing for over an hour at that point. everyone ambien hydrocodone xanax and screams.

the Ambien hydrocodone xanax, gatorade is held out for the runners by the volunteers who have, up to that point, been diligently mixing powedered gatorade in bag lined garbage pail 'cauldrons' *hee hee* and stacking so carefully and precisely into green cuped pyramids of power. ambien hydrocodone xanax long, the tower will be gone and the cups will be all over the street.

when you look up Ambien hydrocodone xanax - first avenue, the street is empty. ambien buying online there is a blue paint line ambien hydrocodone xanax the route (a copyrighted colour ... nyc marathon blue), and balloon arches spanning the street beckoning them on. the street is wide now, but when the ambien buying online comes through it will be wall to wall bodies and feet. it's amazing.

about half an hour after the lead males run by, the excitement builds again. the lead women are coming. once again the helicopters cross the river, and the motorcycles and pace cars arrive. and then! there ambien buying online are! the woman are dashing too and up they go ... up first avenue.

it's hard to take pictures of them ... they run so fast! one year all i got was the foot of the male lead and the lower leg of the lead female in pictures.

so today, on marathon ambien buying online i sit at work. Ambien hydrocodone xanax - it's rather quiet here today ... hard to say if it's because of the marathon or not.

but thanks to modern technology, i can be right there with my friends. Ambien hydrocodone xanax : i know two people ambien hydrocodone xanax are running today, and Ambien hydrocodone xanax : on the website for the run you can search their names, and load up a marathon tracker. the runners have a computer ambien hydrocodone xanax in their shoes (or somewhere ...) and when they run over these mats they place on the course the computers automatically clock their times. so i have a little window up on my screen that is telling me how my friends are doing. it's almost like running beside them ... but not quite *hee hee*.

kathleen ran the 10K in 1:07, Ambien hydrocodone xanax : and was at the half Ambien hydrocodone xanax - marathon at 2:16 ... she's running 10:47 as her pace per mile ... and henry was 50:33 at 10K, with a 1:49 half marathon ... 8:47 is his pace per mile.. henry is a marathoner, and kathleen is a ambien hydrocodone xanax librarian who is running for her second time this year.

i can't wait to 'watch' them finish!

next year i am requesting marathon day off.

went to the village halloween parade last night ... what an adventure! it's lucky ambien hydrocodone xanax us that the jefferson market library is right on Ambien drug - the parade route, so it's a tradition for everyone to gather at the library after work and have a halloween party. much better than hanging out on the street with the 2 million people who also come out to watch.

the jefferson market library once was, ambien buying online other things, a court house and female detention jail.

yes, i climbed the clocktower (i've always wanted to do so and was very excited when i got up there) and we even got to hang out with the spider puppeteers once up there(there is a giant spider puppet that traditionally spends the parade climbing up and down the clock tower (seen here and here)).

unfortunately my pictures didn't really come out as good as some of these did, but some of the clocktower ones did. i'll get them up as soon as i can.

oh well, back to work today ...