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Monday, August 24, 2009

In a New York minute...

... we were back in California again. Seriously. The trip felt "that" short. Enjoyment factor: 100%. Pain factor: well there was some, but most of it was forgotten seeing Rian having fun.

Little did we know that Rian's vomits the night before flying were actually a symptom of his cold. Ped assured us it was a bit of stomach virus and would be over in a day or so, so we continued our journey. Our fwd flight to JFK was a red-eye, and we were hoping to carry a blissfully asleep Rian through the flight with us. But Rian had totally different intentions. Mommy and Daddy didn't get even an hour of shut-eye on the 5-hr red-eye to JFK. On the way to the airport, Rian fell asleep, only to wake up moments before boarding the flight. After that, he remained cranky and oscillated between asleep and awake. That's the time when we discovered he had congestion - so this was a cold :-( and we were going to stay with a 3 year old and an 8 month old sweetheart ... sob sob.

Day 1 in NY was spent recovering from jetlag and cold. Rian was miserable, and we tried to catch up on sleep. We were ready in the evening to go to the park, then buy some milk. Day 2 was catch up day as well, and we had a short trip to a desi restaurant called Tandoor. Yummy kabobs! Day 3 was a Saturday and Aatya had come to meet Rian too. We planned our trip and were actually outside the house very early - at 5pm :D Rian saw Central Park, the Apple store in NY city, and we all had dinner in an awesome place called Sambuca.

We should have listened to Bhai and Bhabhi and taken a cab home. The gaon-wale that we were, we got stuck in the subway for 2 hrs trying to get back on a Saturday night :D when trains were not that frequent. The worst part was temperatures ~105-110F inside the subway stations, waiting for trains. The best part was seeing Rian so excited, soaking in all new things: the trains, the heat, the people, the musicians, the noise. We were exactly under Times Square for almost an hr :D stuck in the subway!

Feel sorry about Kaia who caught a cold :-( and hope she recovers in time for her immunizations. Thanks Aria for sharing your fridge magnets, Rian was in love with them. Also must mention all those doggies that made Rian go "ha ha", and towards the end, everything literally made him go "ha ha" :-) Love the city, must visit at least once a year. But for now, happy to be back home in my gaon!