I just had a really great day. It was such an interesting day full of weird experiences, although in reality nothing too out of the ordinary happened.

I got up and walked to the train station. I found out the train into the city only runs every hour from the station near where I live… That was a bummer because there was a train right there when I got to the station I didn’t make it on. I was supposed to meet this guy in the city and realized I wasn’t going to make that so I cancelled. He seemed to understand. When I got into the city I walked through Chinatown for a bit because I had a little time to kill before an acupuncture appointment I had scheduled in the afternoon. I went into this Buddhist Temple in Chinatown and sat down in the large area. I guess I’m not really sure what this area would be called. As soon as I sat down this woman pops up, walks over and hands me an apple. I have no idea why she decided to give it to me, but I was hungry and thinking on the way there I should really get something to eat so it was a perfectly timed gift. I ate it after leaving the temple and couldn’t help but think that maybe it was a poison apple. I then realized what a wonderful compliment that would be for a Tuesday afternoon – to think that someone would think I was important enough to want to poison. I ate the apple not quite knowing what would happen next, but unfortunately it wasn’t poisoned. I guess I’m still just ordinary me. I suppose there could be worse things.

So after the apple tragedy I went to my acupuncture appointment. That was, again, very interesting. I learned a few things, but there was certainly a lot more that went right over my head. She’s clearly very smart. Once the acupuncture was over I sat down and ate some lunch then walked over to get my haircut. I went to this big place with a bunch of different people who cut hair in the basement. It was… again, interesting. It was also pretty inexpensive which was the main reason I went there. I think I’ll like my haircut when I get up and mess around with it after showering in the morning. If nothing else, it’s certainly not the worst haircut I’ve ever gotten in my life. After the haircut I wandered around Central Park for a while before meeting my friend at an AA meeting. While walking through the park I saw two people who were clearly having sex. They were quite a ways away from me and at first I thought maybe they were dancing or just joking around. It didn’t take long before it dawned on me that they were, indeed, having sex. It was pretty ballsy of them because the park was packed today since it was about 80 degrees. I could see all sorts of people pretty close to them and it wasn’t hard for me to figure out they were doing it. I suppose maybe other people just weren’t paying that much attention to anything around them. After Central Park I went to an AA meeting I’ve not been to before. A buddy of mine who goes regularly met me there. It was great to see him again. The meeting was also filled with the really pretty gay types. Overall it was a pretty good meeting and everyone was very nice. I went to fellowship afterwards and sat across from this really good looking guy. He was so attractive! Unfortunately he was also like 3 days sober so nothing will ever come of that. Well maybe if he stays sober for 6 months or a year and our paths cross again it could. Or, perhaps the universe will deliver another one just like him to me sometime soon? Yeah, I’ll keep my fingers crossed for that.

I’m so exhausted. I left the house around 10 am and didn’t get back until about 11:30 pm. Aside from a few hours that I was sitting down I spent the rest of that time walking around Manhattan. How fun! I’m so grateful to be able to go into the city like I did today and for the gorgeous day that we had!

Gratitude List:
Sleeping well because I’m physically exhausted
High hopes for a cute guy entering my life soon
A perfectly timed gift – a delicious apple