New York City – Day 4

I am awake at 6am but Jon and Em are sleeping so I decided to turn-around and go back to sleep too.

After all, we are on vacations!

We decided to walk to Time Square and grab breakfast on the way there.

We found Park Café, went in and got in line. We quickly move to the front of the line and were seated. That place runs so efficiently it was like a game of “Diner Dash”. Tables for 2, seats at the counter and some table for 4. Sit, eat, get your check, leave and the table is already ready for the next group! Efficient!!!

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Not Sarabeth’s but still delicious and filling.

Once done with breakfast, we jumped on the bus… today, we are going to see the Statue of Liberty.

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I have the best husband and daughter, look at them! I am a lucky woman!

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Next, we stop by South Side Seaport. This is where we finally found the kind of macaroons I was looking for.

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The strawberry one got the thumb-up from Emily. The pistachio one was delicious and Emily ate the Nutella one really quickly 🙂

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We also bought this wonderful hat for Emily and she played model for me. Isn’t she stylish? I am not forcing her to dress this way, she just has style!!!

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Back to Time Square and shopping!

M&M store

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Hello Kitty store

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Skechers – the pink ones are for me but wait till you see tomorrow’s pictures!

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And a little Justin Bieber. Emily bought this with her own money!

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As we walked through Time Square, we were approached to go to a comedy club, the idea of a stand-up comedian show brought Emily to near tears so we decided not to go.

We looked at the Madam Tussaud’s wax museum… Once again, Emily wanted to go in but was nervous at the idea to go in so we decide to skip it and walked back to our hotel.

We stopped by Subway and grabbed a sub for Emily than stopped at a Deli to grab some more food for us.

We walked back to the hotel, ate dinner in our room while watching kids tv show and enjoying our purchases for the day.

We called it an early night and made plans for tomorrow.

What do you think we will do tomorrow???

A different kind of post

When I look at Emily, I know she’s not a typical 15 year old.

I am blessed with an easy going teenager, who I have no idea what kind of young adult she will be.  Will she live with us forever?  Will she want to move out to a group home one day or be able to have her own place?

I don’t know.

I have no idea what the future will bring us and I am ok with that as long as I am in her future…

Since Emily was a baby, we gave her the best cares, food, hobbies, therapies and so on.  We look for the best middle school than high school for next year…

Our focus for the last 15 years has been Emily…  Her health and wellness.

At some point, we forgot to do the same for us, we forgot to think about our health and wellness.

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This isn’t my regular kind of post.

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I am sore, my neck and lower back are in some discomfort. I had a massage which I am sure will make it better in a couple of days but not so much yet…

This “episode” of more pain than my usual is making me think…

I will be 39 soon which according to my dad means I’ll be 40 the next day. 🙂 That’s my dad!!!

I am still over weight… I’ve lost 20 lbs or so last year and maintained it but still have 50lbs to go….

This time, I need to not only continue to lose the weight but learn to exercise and stop eating junk food.

I am getting older, there is no way for me to avoid it but there are ways to get older and be healthy.

Well, tomorrow is the beginning of a new era. We (hubby and I) will weight ourselves, measure our legs, hips, waist, chest and arms and start taking care of our bodies and minds.

Drink more water
No more take-out
Take some supplements
Drink our Body-by-vi shakes twice a day
Minimum 30 min of exercises per day
1 massage per month (minimum)

30 days at the time!

Our why?

To be with Emily for  a long time.  To be able to play with Emily, dance, swim, walk around and travel the world!

To not be in constant pain!

Would you be interested to know how it’s going, let’s say once a week?  Or should I stick to stories about Emily?

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