We woke up early and hurried to get ready and were out the door by about 8:00 or 8:15 for church. (I've learned that traveling to church in large cities seems to take 45 minutes-1 hour.) I cannot tell you how tired I was, but I was ready to go! Once we got there, we saw what was unique about this church site--it's in the same building as the temple! We eventually all met up at sacrament meeting and took up some good space in a couple rows :D Another fun fact--we attended the singles ward, and Emily also came with us--imagine a 8-month year old pregnant woman attending the singles ward!! We all wondered what reactions guys would give if she took off her ring and pretended to flirt with them, definitely looking pregnant haha! Church itself was good--they had a musical program--accompanied by an organist who went full out. Afterwards they had a linger longer where they fed us the copy cat recipe for Cafe Rio. Everyone was very friendly!!
After church, a few went to try for the Wicked lottery while the rest of us headed back to our Air B&B. I was once again able to complete a full treatment while everyone else took naps, after which I squeezed in a 20 minute nap, which felt glorious!! (A lot of traveling with missing treatments and little sleep can take a toll on my energy, health, and moodiness ha.) Once we were all changed and rested we headed over to Central Park. Since it is about 6 miles wide, we saw a small portion of it, but it was neat to be there.
One of the best moments was when Kim said, "There's Buddy the Elf," and I thought she was playing around so I went along with it. And then out of the corner of my eye, there was Buddy!
We all asked to get a picture with him, and then we had him sing for us. What are the odds we actually ran into a guy who went around dressed as him, filming scenes from Elf? It was too funny!
As we began leaving Central Park, it began to snow! It had to be the most magical snowfall, as it lightly came down. We then passed through a darling little Christmas market, and then met up with everyone once again at Times Square. The snow came down a little more as we carried on through the busy streets, as the Christmas spirit was in the air.
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| The shops had some fun trinkets, like these marionettes |
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| I had always wanted to see the church's ads in person at Times Square!! Here's to this year's "Light the World" campaign! |
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| New York pizza at Times Square!! I couldn't go wrong with a basic Margherita! |
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| We all then went to "Juniorls", which was a famous New York Cheesecake shop. It thought it was good, but got more hype than it should have. The jelly topping was a little weird, as it was straight-up gelatin instead of the syrup pie-filling type of topping. Many in our group didn't like it. |
After Times Square, we made our way over to Rockefeller Plaza. Everything about Rockefeller had to be my favorite fun activities, especially at Christmas time!! It was all so magical!! We saw the large Christmas tree and ice rink, with all the lights, including the light show that was displayed.
After sticking around Rockefeller Plaza for a bit, we then went inside St Patrick's Cathedral. I was excited to walk through, as I gained a greater appreciation for cathedrals while in Europe, as it intrigues me to see how other Christians want to show their devotion and high respects to God. It was stunning, and had to be the closest feel to the cathedrals I walked through while in Europe. It sure made me miss Paris!! (But I still enjoyed where I was at in the moment.) :)
After another packed day, we were all very tired once again, and ready to just chill at our Air B&B. We decided to watch a movie, which ended up being Finding Dory since it was Nate and Travis's first time seeing it. We got some good laughs in and it was nice to hang out after a couple long days. I was once again glad to sleep that night (at about 3 AM) but felt dreamy about the successful, wonderful day we had!!
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