Its Amazing!

So how's this for authentic.... for breakfast we ate at McDonald's on Times Square! It's so beautiful.
Dean said last night that he wonders if when people come to Arkansas do the say "oh there are so many trees!" This comment was spurred by the fact that there are billboards EVERYWHERE! So many billboards, but definitely awesome. We're off to the show next and can't wait to tell about our walking adventures in the big city.

Finally Here!

We finally made it to New York City! The plane ride seemed to take forever last night, with repeated questions of "is that Manhattan?" and "we must be over New Jersey." Flying in, the lights all over the place were so dazzling, it's something everyone should be able to appreciate once in their lives. We have lots of fun, amazing things to do today that we'll still be talking about years from now. When we drove past Times Square last night Katy ooohed and aahhed at all the billboards and it made me quite happy :)

Sidenote 13 seeded Cleveland State came through for me on my NCAA bracket 84-69 over 4th seeded Wake Forest last night bringing me to 26-6 for my first round picks.

Little Rock Airport

Dean - Well, we're here at the airport in Little Rock, about to embark on our wonderful journey to New York City! We left about 30 minutes later than we thought because I had to print off five copies of my 10 page virology paper on Filoviruses, but we had plenty of extra time built in.We just had some wonderful fast food for lunch and we are going to board in about 25 minutes. I was telling Katy on the way here that I can't wait to try all the amazing foods in New York because we will be staying mere feet away from Restaurant Row with food from more countries than the whole of Little Rock probably has.

All Packed and papers finished

Dean and I have been looking forward to our New York trip for months and finally the day has arrived. We leave today at 2:40 from Little Rock and we are so excited. The last 24 hours have been hectic though. For one we had to pack (and do laundry, and clean off the laptop so there will be room for all the pictures :)) and then, more importantly, we both have papers due this morning. My five page Children's Lit paper is just finished and I love it! It is focused on the differences between the classic German folktale,"The Goose Girl" and the 2003 Shannon Hale novelized version with the same title. It's one of my favorite books and now one of my favorite folk tales.
We'll be updating this week with lots of pictures, videos, and general happiness of our week in New York. :)