New York or Bust!

Ok, I'm brimming with excitement this morning...which is unusual because it's MORNING. But I believe I have cause to be brimming, not that I ever need cause to be excited...and infact I generally have no specific reason, I just am.........anyhow, to the point. My mother and I have been trying to have a vacation with just the two of us for several years now, but do to many circumstances outside our control. My father was put in the hospital on our last big planned outing in which we planned to vacation in Europe for a couple of weeks. And ever since then things just haven't quite fallen into place to make it happen...until now.

I recently decided that regardless of what I seem to have planned or where I am in my life, spending time with my mother in this way is important to me and it's important to her, so I bit the bullet and planned a vacation. All this to say, I truly want to go on vacation with her, it's just sometimes hard for me to commit to that much money coming out of my pocket.

Now to the fun part..telling you about my vacation! We got together and decided a trip to New York was the way to go. I've always wanted to go as has she, and it's an experience we'd like to share with each other. We have no real set plans for what we're going to do beyond the Broadway show tickets I had to preorder and the hotel and plane reservations I made. So here's what we got so far: going to stay in a hotel just off Time Square, near the hubbub of New York City life according to the information blurb about the hotel, and we're going to see Hairspray and Wicked on Broadway.

I must admit, the Broadway shows are what I'm truly excited about! Not that New York in and of itself is not exciting for me, but musicals have always been something magical for me. All the music, and dancing, and singing combined with colorful sets always give me a sense of wonder and I get lost in it all. Besides the shows, we are just going to be big tourists and do all the things that make us look like we're not from New York. I can hardly wait!