So where do we go from here....?

 Great day, yesterday, all about Friends. Went to the reunion; chatted with some people I have not seen in a long time; got some good appreciation from the graduating class of 12; then the Meeting for Worship, followed by hanging out a Linen Hall (I like that bar---too bad I don't hang out in bars any more) and finally, a trip to Avenue C to celebrate the retirement of one of the teachers from Friends. Kind of young for that, but I guess he has had enough, and there are some things for him to do in Charleston, where he and his partner are moving to. His partner, Angela, turned out to be a really warm and attentive person; as the afternoon progressed, more teachers and their spouses from Friends arrived, and I had some very good conversations with many of them. Time to around 6---returned home on the 2 train and had a nice conversation with a friend of Angela, who lives a little north of where I do. A day of total integration into a social world---so different from the pattern of my life at this point. Really nice, but where do we go from here? 

Money is tight---tutoring will continue---really like my students and am finding more satisfaction from being with them then before---what about all the plays, movies, concerts, events that are flooding the city now and in the next few weeks---how much do I want to experience them? Not sure. At least three of my friends have theater projects from now through early June---do they come first? All are fairly inexpensive---what about what I call the "$38.00 projects", i.e. those plays available for around that sum of money, where I have no personal connection, but might be interested in checking out. What about just taking the subway into Brooklyn---hanging out at the Center for Fiction (my favorite) and then taking a nice walk down 5th Avenue in Park Slope. Some kind of strange fantasy draws me there---stopping off at the large coffee shop-bar on Douglass near 4th and sipping coffee while reading. It is all there for me---but can it be done? Tune in next time....