Feeling a lot better

[redbird]

This morning, I stopped at a cart on the street corner to get a roll for second breakfast, and the vendor greeted me, observed that it had been a long time since he'd seen me, and asked where I'd been. I told him that I'd been sick and therefore taking the crosstown bus, but I'm better now.

Not only am I mostly over my cold/cough, but my knees are doing a lot better than they have been in months. I've been taking the stairs down to the subway some mornings (shorter walk, which can mean less time in the cold—useful while I had the cold) and less dealing with icy sidewalks.

I don't think my knees are at 100% yet. I took the elevator back up this evening, and I'm still using elevator and escalators at the 34th Street end. But most of those escalators are part of the commuter flow for large numbers of people (through the Long Island Railroad concourse) and of course I don't have to wait for them.

I'm going to wait a bit before doing lots of stairs, and I will probably continue to prefer accessible subway stations for some time. So, no quick jaunts down to Excellent Dumpling for lunch just yet, but I suspect I'll be taking the direct route more than I have been in some time.

Tomorrow I see Emilie, and we'll see what she says, and what she suggests I do next.

Comments

[jesse_the_k]

Yeah! for street corner vendors who remember you! (NY isn't a totally anonymous place).

Double yeah! for happier knees.

[amaebi.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you're feeling better!

Excellent Dumpling sounds divine! Where is it?

[redbird]

Lafayette Street, half a block south of Canal, in Manhattan. Despite the name, they don't have that many dumplings: but they have a variety of lunch specials, and manage to be fast, cheap, and good.

[amaebi.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I also looked it up, and it sounds excellent-- and I'm in Yonkers for a week. :D I'll find out whether the friend I'm visiting is interested in Saturday morning dim sum....

[redbird]

It's not a dim sum place. It's a place to go for a bowl of noodle soup, or a plate of noodles, or duck in black bean sauce over rice. Or, yes, an order of pan-fried pork dumplings. They get a lot of business from the courts (court officers, lawyers, and people on jury duty, the last being how I found it), and random tourists and locals.

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

Hooray for feeling better! *cheers*

[mjlayman.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you're feeling better!