a nice afternoon out

elisem is in town for a few days, and she and I got together this afternoon to drink tea, talk, and for me to collect and pay for the earrings I bought in her last sale. It was a very pleasant couple of hours, comparing notes on what's going on in our respective lives, with back story and some advice (which I explicitly asked for).

From there, I went to the gym and saw Emilie. ( the usual, from memory )

Then I showered, and left the gym. I felt it start to rain as I was walking toward Eighth Avenue under a construction shed; the rain got heavy fast enough that I took refuge in a Starbucks until it went from scary amounts of lightning and very loud heavy rain to something that would be reasonable with an umbrella. I checked the weather forecast while sipping my hot chocolate, and found a severe thunderstorm warning, with something about winds of up to 70 mph. A good time to stay put.

Between the gym, stairs at the cafe, and subway stuff (partly to dodge a thunderstorm) I did more stairs than was really good for my knees, and will need to be careful tomorrow.