The Wisdom of a 17 year old boy.....



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 It is 8:30 in the morning and I was in NYC last night for burgers.  Yes, you read correctly, burgers. AND...to wish my friend luck as she heads to climb Everest. (minor detail)   I headed out at 4:45 and was in the big apple by 6:30, eating burgers by 8, and back on the train by 11:30, in bed by 1:30.  All this was done by the coaxing of a very wise and wonderful 17 year old who pressed me relentlessly telling me I was going to New York. 

I had been out of step with a dear old friend for sometime now.  We like to call it a seperation, because we have been in each other's lives for so long, a divorce will never happen.  So this dear friend is leaving to climb Mt. Everest tonight at 8:30 pm.  A 23 day trek up a mountain.  Without the lodge, the fireplace and someone delivering cocktails, or even a yak delivering the drinks, this is not an adventure I would ever have the cajones to embarq on . 

this is a really tall mountain........20,305feet. WOW.


My friend and I literally got back in touch at noon yesterday.  I told him about it after school and he is saying to me." Why are you not going to New York?"  "You always tell me how easy it is to get there, why are you not going right now?"  "You know you should be going to New York, right now."  "She leaves in 31 hours, you must go now."  He was right.  It was 4:45 on a rainy Thursday I ran upstairs, got changed and ran out the door.  Now, for those of you that know the PA Turnpike, Route 1 and getting into Trenton at rush hour is a nightmare, let alone a rainy one.   I did not have an ounce of traffic.  I got there in record time, got my ticket and was ready for the adventure. By 6:30, I was stepping off the train and heading to the upper west.........

This morning as the boy was eating his pancakes he looked up and said "You really looked tired." I actually looked like I crawled out of the crypt this time.  Well, its the best exhaustion I have had in a very long time and it never would have happened had this boy not pushed me out the door.

He texted me while on the train to let me know he had cleaned his room and got some things done while I was on this adventure.....really, does this kid get any better? Spacibo Cybil.  I owe you one.