All too soon, Monday came and we had to drive down from Croton to RQS's place. The storage area in my car had stuff from a prior weekend's visit to BJ's that had to get to her apartment.
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Neither of us wanted to get up early today. But we knew that if we didn't get moving by noon - 1 pm, we'd never get the chance to both stop at Trader Joe's and find a good parking spot. (Her area of NYC has alternate side of the street parking, and I didn't want to leave her at 7:45 am to avoid parking tickets.) Traffic moved fast, until we reached the bridges. Both the Whitestone and Throggs Neck bridges were backed up due to lane closures, and it took us more time than usual to get into Queens from the Bronx.
Once in Queens, we had no trouble making it to Trader Joe's for a shopping run. I picked up some candy for early Xmas gifts, while RQS stocked up on needed goods. Next, we were off to RQS's place where we stopped to unload my car and get stuff into her apartment. And then, the fun began. When hunting for a parking spot, one has to zig-zag through the streets until an acceptable spot is found. Today, I had to find a spot on the Westbound side of the street - and this took longer than expected. First, I made my usual loop down the street for two blocks until I could reverse direction on an adjacent street and continue my search. After completing most of the first loop through the neighborhood, we encountered a problem: Two ambulances blocked the street for an emergency call, when they had open space to park their vehicles. I was pissed to say the least - especially when none of the personnel seemed in a hurry to do what they came to do.
After a few minutes, both the car behind me and I backed up, going the wrong way on a one way street, escaping the defacto dead end street. We were lucky to have done so when we did, as there was a bus about to come up the street, and we would have been boxed in by it. Yet, we escaped the blockage, and circled through the neighborhood until we found a spot 3 blocks away from RQS's place.
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After dinner, I had to sign on for a closing session for the study in which I participated. While RQS kept busy in one room, I took the test to see how my skills may have improved via directed game play. I feel a little strange, as my part in this study is almost over. Tomorrow will be my MRI in Queens, and then it's over.
