so it is...

over, or so I think. Have worked at Friends for the last three days, no work today, though I did pick up my check, and not hired for tomorrow. If that does not happen, the my vacation has begun--well it hasn't. As I was writing this a text arrived from a teacher, asking me to take her program tomorrow. Good news,  it is fun to work the last day---it will give me a chance to say a formal goodbye to everyone. And I will be rested from today,
The rest of the news:
Saturday, I was tired, so the evening was lost. Just stayed home and recovered from the sessions of the day.
Sunday: finally broke the ice and made my "brooklyn voyage" It began at Cobra where it was good to sees my bartender buddy Olivia---I stayed there for about an hour---no other conversations and no sports---not a good combination---but a very rich donut had filled me up, and I was able to walk from Wycoff and Jefferson to DeKalb and Broadway, that is the span of Bushwick, actually by way of Myrtle. On Dekalb, grabbed the 38 bus and went to BAM, chilled out in that area, and finally, going back on Fulton and then north on Bedford, arrived at South Fourth. Nice to see a lot of people there, but also, one of the patrons who is a regular there, just won't stop bloviating. I had the bad luck to sit next to him, and this got me angry. But I left, happy that I had made my "triangle" (Bushwick to Fort Greene, to Williamsburg) voyage. More to come? We will seel
Now to discuss something that is unsettling; After I deposited my check today, I walked west on 23rd street between third avenue and fifth avenue. The amount of luxury building that I saw was staggering! At least four new projects, all going high---even one in a little sliver space. How long must this go on? Where is the city going with this? How will this effect prices. I can feel the development juggernaut moving so aggressively and with it, higher prices for food and everything else. Whose city is this? By the time the next Mayor arrives (he will probably be a democrat) will there be absolutely nothing to be "progressive" about.? I wish there were more conversations, more awareness of this. Yes, I have BAM, where we are all aware of this and fighting it. but why are we allowing one class of people to dominate the rest of us?
All right, cityboy, chill out---let's try to put it together.
So it looks like there is work tomorrow, then two weeks off to perhaps "find myself" We will see