That’s how much I walked today.
I wasn’t even sure I was going to write this blog.
I just got out of a bath at the Air BnB I’m staying at in Brooklyn and I laid down on the bed and closed my eyes and I could have stayed there all night.
I mean.
I think I was lying there for at least five minutes, maybe more.
I got up though to put on lotion.
My skin has been changing a little, getting a little dryer as I get older and I don’t like how it feels, so I got up, slathered on some lotion and figured I would at least make an attempt at writing something.
I really did walk that many steps.
I actually walked more than that, I didn’t carry my phone with me all day, so there were a couple of flights of steps not counted and some pattering around the house exploring, but mainly, I was on the move today.
From flying out last night to landing here this early afternoon to strolling all over Brooklyn, I had quite a day.
I am pretty damn beat.
I got about three hours of sleep on the plane.
Not my best showing.
But I am sure I will catch up on that tonight.
And since I’m not on a schedule I can sleep as long as I like.
I have two plans for tomorrow.
The first is the Brooklyn Museum to see the David Bowie Exhibition and the Judy Chicago show.
The second is to see an old friend from SF who moved here years ago and go do the deal tomorrow night at 7:30p.m.
He and his girlfriend started something up a little while back that apparently is like what recovery is in San Francisco.
I had to laugh, since I’m a regular attendee at a spot that models itself after recovery in New York.
It’s always better where you got the message first.
So I will get a little piece of San Francisco tomorrow night, which is sweet.
It’s nice to still be connected to friends 13 years later.
I don’t foresee as much walking tomorrow as I did today.
The walking was actually not really planned.
I decided to walk around the neighborhood a little after I had gotten settled in and had taken a nice shower to wash off the airplane travel.
One block lead to another and another and another.
I like the neighborhood.
Very residential, lots of row houses.
God, I love the brown stones in Brooklyn.
And I love the culture of sitting on the stoop or in the front part of the brownstone, what would be a yard, but is just a square of cement patio.
I loved seeing so many people sitting out on the stoops and watching the neighborhood go by.
I felt like I fit in.
I could see living in Brooklyn, this part of Brooklyn anyway, I’m not quite as much of a fan of Williamsburg, which is quaint, but doesn’t have the row house appeal of this part of Brooklyn.
Bed-Stuy, Fort Greene, Clinton Hill.
Gorgeous houses.
They get fancier and fancier the closer to the water you get.
By the time I had walked to the Brooklyn Heights promenade I was pretty in awe of the houses.
So pretty.
Of course, I’ve only been here when it’s warm, I don’t know that I could deal with the winters, I know they are vicious.
I had enough winters being in Wisconsin as long as I was.
It’s warm, the day was warm, not too hot, it will get warmer as I stay.
Today was about 80 degrees, by Saturday it’s supposed to be low 90s.
It’s going to be hot, hot, hot.
But I will enjoy that too, when the sun goes down and I’m still outside walking around in a light weight dress.
I wore my bibs out today and got lots of compliments on them.
I also got lots of compliments on my tattoos.
I was actually surprised to not see more folks with tattoos, could just be the part of the city I’m in, who knows.
I had a conversation outside a coffee shop on Lafayette Avenue with a youngish girl who wanted to pick my brain as she was planning her first tattoo.
We had quite the conversation.
I like that I can just fall into talking with people, it feels nice.
I did have a moment of feeling a tiny bit lonely tonight when I was back at the Air BnB having procured food from the Whole Foods three miles away.
That was the last stop on my walk, and I have to say, I was a bit out of it by that point.
But.
I did manage to wrangle up breakfast food, coffee, snacks, cold brewed coffee, bottled water, and fruit for the rest of the week.
I plan on eating breakfast at the house and then other meals out.
Although I only ate one meal out today, and it wasn’t with much fan fare, though I have to say, it was nice to eat it outside on the patio at the joint I went to in Fort Greene.
Dinner I didn’t have it in me to plan, cook, or go out for, I was too tired after getting back from the grocery store.
I made oatmeal and a hard-boiled egg.
I’m sure I will eat out plenty the rest of the week.
Anyway.
I’m happy to be here and excited for sleep and to see what the rest of the week shall bring.
Here.
Let me at least leave you with a few photos:
And now.
Now.
It is time for the rest.
Seriously.
Auntiebubba 