Memorial Day Weekend

[Savas]

Hope you all had a happy long weekend, The highlight of mine was having to drag myself out of bed on  sunday at 6AM so we could head into the city to play tour guide for a friend of my mother-in-law who was on a 12 hour flight stop over back to his homeland of Ethiopia.  

After waiting 5 hours, we realized he wasn't going to show up. We went home and collapsed back into sleep. blech.

[Savas]

I think the construction site is fascinating. i've even taken to eating at the diner where some of the workers eat. They are a strange but fun bunch.

I watched in amusement as one spent two minutes trying to direct a co-worker standing by the drinks cooler in which drink he wanted (couldn't remember the label name, apparently) until the co-worker at the cooler got fed up, told him to get his own drink, and then sat down and berated him for five minutes in a loud jamaican accent about why he'd never get anywhere in life if he couldn't get his own drink, let alone tell someone else how to do it properly.   :)

We still haven't heard from our missing guest. I hear that they've got a different concept of "doing things in a hurry" than Americans there in Ethiopia (his words, not mine).

I'm going to have to start saying "I'll take care of that in an Ethiopian minute" when I want to take my time getting something done! :->

[NewLeaf]

Hopefully you weren't stuck waiting at the airport . That can be gahstly, 5 hours stuck in arrivals.  

I might have voted to at least pass by the never ending construction site as it could have been a topic of conversation.  At least you got to head on home and go back to bed without having to trape around the city for hours on end with a total stranger. You would have made it enjoyable, I'm sure.   ;>}

[Savas]

We were stuck as to what to show him with just four hours, it being 8Am in the morning as well. I suggested taking him to check out the 9th wonder of the world;

a NYC construction site which has been going on for nearly a decade. many workers puttering about, but nothing ever seems to GET DONE!!!

i was voted down for reasons i can't begin to understand. :)

[lindasp62]

A Memorial Day to remember, for sure!!!!!!  Well, it is the Ethiopian's loss........I'm sure you would have given him a fab tour of the city!  :-)