New York, Family, Tears, Joy, ABBA
Last Monday, the 31st, my parents and I set out on a 8 hr trip up to NY to visit family. Unfortunately, because of sickness in the extended family, we were only able to see part of our extended family. It was disappointing to not be able to see my Uncle Nelson (my Mom's brother) and his family, but I did get my cousin David (the youngest male cousin) which was nice. It was good to spend time with my Aunt Maypo (Mom's sister), uncle, and cousins....and of course, my 2 nieces (or 2nd cousins). Last time I saw them, they were in DC area visiting sites; we were able to see them briefly. If you know NY at all, you know that parking is terrible, especially in midtown/uptown NY and if you find parking, KEEP YOUR CAR THERE! The place where we stayed is a mile away from my cousin's condo so we would walked every day to her place. I would have to pace myself, but walking along the pier was really great and beautiful during the morning as we well as coming back at night. I never kn...