I Doubt We’ve Met
i was able to sleep in for a little bit today before we headed once again to Manhattan. aunty Mag dropped Jessica off for a faculty lunch at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital while she took Justin and i to this Vietnamese place called “Saigon Grill” for lunch. the pictures of the food in the menu were quite deceiving because when my order arrived it was tremendously larger than what my stomach was preppared to eat. i only ate a little more than half my portion before my body refused to take in any more. the food was quite tasty and the prices are very, very reasonable.
after lunch we headed back to where Jessica was because Justin had a job interview there. there was some time to kill before his meeting so i made a quick stop at Duane Reede (a drug store chain that’s all over NY) for chapstick and lotion. i’ve heard that NY can get rather humid during the summer, but i wasn’t anticipating how dry it can be outside of that season. we got to the building where Justin was to have the interview and while he was doing that i made myself comfortable in the waiting area. for some reason i started feeling nauseous soon thereafter. it wasn’t nausea from the food earlier, but the kind from motion-sickness which i have been experiencing frequently since i’ve been here which was probably due to the unfamiliarity of NY traffic motion and so forth. sleep usually takes over as a reaction when i get nausea. so i dozed off for i don’t know how long and woke up feeling better. i then proceeded to entertain my brain with a Family-oriented magazine in the lobby. but then about 20 minutes into reading i started feeling nauseaous again. i had just put down the magazine and closed my eyes when Justin tapped me on the shoulder. oh well. so much for that idea however i was good to get walking again. Continue reading