A Good Day in NYC

hello. First let me bring you all up to speed, since i haven't posted in a while. I received IV ketamine last Tuesday and Thursday. This has been helping keep my pain levels down. However, I have a sinus infection now, got diagnosed with it on Friday by my primary doctor and got antibiotics for it, but had symptoms of it most of last week, but at first thought it was just allergies.

Yesterday i traveled to NYC. I wouldn't have gone due to the sinus infection, but i already had a ticket for seeing "kinky Boots" the musical for the 2nd time, and I had paid for the ticket myself and didn't want to miss it and waste the money. Plus i was feeling a little better from the antibiotic, and thanks to the ketamine, my RSD wasn't too bad. I arrived at around 11:05 AM. I went to the Housing Works thrift store on 9th avenue. Then I walked around a little bit. I went to this cookie place i love called Schmackarys that is on 45th right by 9th which was right by the theater. As many of you know, i'm gluten intolerant, so you may wonder what i would do in a cookie bakery. Well, they have at least 1 gluten free regular cookie flavor daily (that rotates, because they actually have 36 or so flavors in total of all cookies, and they have ten or so flavors a day, so all the cookies actually rotate, but i think they have the basic chocolate chip everyday). In addition, their macaraons are also gluten free, and they also have rotating flavors for those. In the past of the regular gluten free cookies, i've had the lemon poppy twice (this is my favorite so far), and green tea (this is also yummy, but different). Yesterday they had sweet corn, which i'm sure is delicious, but didn't really appeal to me. So instead i went for the macaroons, which was the same flavor as last time a cranberry walnut or something like that, which is yummy.

Then i went to Kinky boots. I was in the back row of the theater. I could still see. The only annoying part was behind the wall i guess were the lighting people or something like that, and they talked loudly during the whole show, so during the pauses of the show and when the actors weren't talking loudly or singing, you could here these two guys talking.

Then i went to stage door. One of the ensemble members, Ellyn Marsh, had told me last time i went, that she would take me backstage next time i went. However, she and many others had a rehearsal for next week's Easter Bonnet competition, which is a event where the ensemble members of each bway show create a skit and compete against the other shows. They charge admission to the event and the money goes to charity. There were these two little girls that were cousins that were so hyper (gosh if i could only have a little bit of their energy). They were saying that last time they saw the show, Billy Porter (one of the stars), had said that next time they came he would take them backstage. I thought they were joking, but one of the girls parents was there, and confirmed it. Well Billy came out and there were not many of us left, because he had taken a long time to come out. He told them about the rehearsal  but obviously he couldn't break these girls hearts, because they wouldn't understand. So he said i will take you quickly, but he kept telling them they had to be very quiet due to the rehearsal. Then this other girl that was between me and the girls and i asked if we could come and he said quietly. He could only show us stage left, because of the rehearsal. It was still pretty cool.

I had gotten a gift card for Ellyn to the cookie place, because i know she likes it, but i didnt know what kind of cookie she likes. Since i didn't see her, i gave it to Billy to give to her. She tweeted me a thank  you! She also facebooked me saying she will take me backstage next time for sure!

I had a blast! The show was even better than last time! The vocals are incredible!!! I love the songs so much, i can't wait till the soundtrack comes out! (May 28th).

I then caught a train home. Weird thing was, this lady said excuse me, excuse me to me, and at first i thought she perhaps wanted the seat next to mine, but i saw she was in the seat across the aisle from me, but then she said,  you look just like my daughter, but she's much older, and she proceeded to show me a picture. All in all it was a great day! Now i'm exhausted and sore, but not too bad considering!