Panduh!

about this guy right here..

I can’t believe its been two years since I left for Michigan and then in November it will mark the two year anniversary of when I left Michigan for Baltimore. I’ve been there ever since, and I am happy with my decision. Sometimes its been super rough with lots of ups and downs, but its worth it in the end.

I’m at the beach right now with my mom. My dad will be joining us later tonight. I love being here in South Carolina, but as always I painfully miss James and Baltimore. I get so homesick when I am away and all I can think about is the day I go back home and get to see James again. Sigh. Just a few more days and I will be home.

Despite being homesick and crazy-in-love, I’ve had a good visit here in South Carolina. I got to hang out with my good friend, Billy, and spend some quality time with my family.

I wish my anxiety allowed me to post more often, there is so much I want to document and share. Even now, I am contemplating hitting the delete button. WTF is wrong with me?!

I spent the “unlucky” day in New York City this go-around. I was supposed to go to Dare Devil tattoo and get a thirteen dollar tattoo for this occasion, however, the line was hella long and I said “eff that!”. So, I traveled about NYC and did the things that I had planned.

I walked down to Babycakes bakery and had a vegan cupcake. I thought it was cute that they put them in chinese take-out boxes.

I devoured my cupcake and took the subway over towards the Brooklyn Bridge so I could walk across it. It was a long, but enjoyable walk. I was even stopped and asked to take an Aussie’s picture with the Manhattan skyline in the background. I was amused.

After I made it across the Brooklyn Bridge, I walked through downtown Brooklyn to go to the Brooklyn Bridge park. There I had amazing views of both the Brooklyn & Manhattan bridges. It was pretty sweet.

After that, I headed towards Coney Island to get myself a dog.. a hot dog! At Nathan’s. It was pretty good and I regretted the decision of getting the medium rootbeer a couple of hours later. I walked around the boardwalk and whatnot for a bit before I was ready to head towards my next stop in Brooklyn.

I was told about this bar, Alligator Lounge, in upper Brooklyn. You buy a beer, and they give you FREE pizza. What could be better than that? I drank a couple of Brooklyn Lagers (because I was in Brooklyn, duh!), but I passed on my free pizza because I was too hot and not hungry enough to eat anything. I just wanted ice cold beer, and that’s what I got. I was happy.

Two beers down, I hopped on the train back to Manhattan where I was going to spend the rest of my trip. By this time, I was absolutely tired. I hit up starbucks and their bathroom as well as the use of an outlet to charge my phone. I visited the LOVE sculpture and then hung around right before dark people watching.

Once it was near dark, I headed towards the Rockefeller center so I could go to the Top of the Rock and check out the amazing view of the New York Skyline. It was so amazing that I almost cried. My pictures don’t do it justice.

After that, I made my way towards my bus stop. I walked through Times Square and stopped and got some cheesecake from Junior’s to take home with me. Eventually had enough of walking and hailed a taxi cab to take me to my bus stop.

Waited for my bus for like an hour, boarded my bus, arrived in Baltimore, drove home, passed out. Fun times. I can’t wait to go back again in July. <3