Quickie blog

Time for what I like to call a quickie blog my friends...

Anyway, I almost died like 4 times today driving home. To solve some parking issues, I drive to school up in the Boogie Down Bronx everyday. It is is fun, I have a nice carpool going on with some gals from work. BUT!!, you see a whole other side to New York when you drive. It is f-in nuts. There are really no rules, it is really like driving in those video car games. Honking is completely fair game. If I had a nickel for every time I have been honked at, I could afford a 3 bedroom condo on Park Ave. Manhattan is agressive for sure, but the Bronx is a whole other story. I feel like I am driving and working in a third world country sometimes. There will be old crazy friends chatting it up in the middle of a four lane parkway. Double parking is completely allowed even if it blocks all lanes of traffic. The Bronx might as well have covered trucks with 10 chickens flying out every time it hits a bump, and why not just throw in a burro or two just for kicks. Hell, isn't it about time for the covered wagon to make a comeback. Anyway I digress, driving has been an experience.

Another funny thing happened. Can you believe they have a farm in Queens? We took our kids there today, and it was such a hoot to see these inner-city kids milk a cow and chase baby ducklings. There was even a hay ride. it was such a blast. They each got a pumpkin, and seeing these 6 year olds trying to carry there lunch boxes, water bottles and pumpkins all at once was worth the trip. At least until three kids in a row managed to drop their pumpkin perfectly on my foot. No kidding, karma is a bitch. The kids had a great time, they got to see infant goats and pet bunnies and look at pigs. Field trips are fun, especially when you take kids places they might never see again if they are life time NY-ers. Next field trip is down the road, when I take them to the top of Rockefeller Plaza so they can see all 5 boroughs during our community study. That should be fun!!

New York is cool. If anyway ever makes it out east give me a holler!! Have a great day. And meet me here again for another quickie sometime.