Good Evening! ..once again...
Greetings from Fairfax.
I managed to get everything packed up for my trip, and "compacted" the rest of my stuff at the apartment before hopping on the A down to Penn Station. And it looks like I should be able to fetch the rest of my stuff with just one trip up and back. -It's was kind of amazing to realize that I was able to live and function with relatively little "stuff". But I guess that's actually a good thing, progress of a sort. However, I am looking forward to settling down in NYC once I'm back there in February, and being able to "spread out" a bit.
In any case...
My 4:05 train didn't end up leaving until around 4:40. In the meantime, the 4:30 train - which I almost booked - did leave on time. Ah, well... What can you do? The trip down was uneventful, and I managed to get a good nap in too. We arrived at Union Station a little after 8:00, and I was at the Dunn Loring Metro stop at 9:00 where my Dad picked me up.
We made a stop at the big Korean supermarket on the way back home since he needed to buy some food and supplies for work. They had some amazing sales on produce - gallon containers of strawberries for $5.99, eight mangoes for $3.99, baby bok choy for $0.18/pound! I managed to pick up some vegetables for my late dinner, as well as some snacks for the week. -And then it was off to KFC to pick up the rest of dinner.
All is well is here at home. I think my parents still don't believe that I'm actually living in New York City.

And, "sadly" they didn't seem at all excited that I booked a Broadway show. They recognized "Elton John", but they did not identify with "Anne Rice", "The Vampire Lestat", nor "The Palace Theatre". So... But they're happy I'm employed - which, in the long run, is a good thing for me in the sense that it will hopefully stop those still-nagging, "Why don't you get a computer job?" questions. Parents... Gotta love 'em.
