Now by this point you must be wondering, when is my actual birthday? Well it’s on November 20th and if you’re wondering if I really do celebrate all month yes I do. Actually if I’m honest it all started as a joke years ago that I w9as going to celebrate all month long and when I tell you my friends took this and ran with it they RAN. You’re probably thinking why the whole month, well I am extremely lucky and blessed that they love to celebrate me as much as I love to celebrate them. They also like to reserve days throughout November to spend time with me and go on dates and adventures. So this past Saturday my mom and another close friend took me out for a day that turned into a weekend of fun. In October my mother kindly and mostly threatened me to make sure I made no plans with anyone for November 6th. Why November 6th? Honestly I thought the same thing but I didn’t really question it because I was just excited plans were made.
So the day finally came, and plans changed up a bit. My mother’s initial plan was for us to go to Spa Castle, this place in Queens I believe to just soak in some hot tubs and relax but then last week she told me that the plans would have to change because the spa would be closed for at least another week. So the plan was to visit the Brooklyn Bridge which was in fact on my bucket list. I’ve always wanted to walk it but we just never had the time to and it was the perfect time to go. So Jackie picked us up and we were ready for our girls day out in New York, we stopped at Dunkins of course and we were on our way. I tried to think of other things to do while we were in New York and I thought it would be good to visit the Met Museum but when I mentioned it in the car neither of them seemed as excited about going. Not going to lie I was confused because I thought they would want to get tickets and go as much as I did but nope they weren’t interested.
I tried not to pay too much mind to it and just enjoy what the day had to offer. We got to the Bronx and parked so that we could take the subway to Manhattan since it would leave us right where we needed to be at the entrance of the Brooklyn Bridge. It was a beautiful day and I literally can not complain because it was gorgeous outside. The entrance was pretty packed with people which I expected but it wasn’t too bad. So we proceeded to make the walk up the bridge, was I regretting the fact that I was wearing a long coat? Maybe a little, was I excited to finally be on the bridge? Oh absolutely! I had so many thoughts running in my head, should I pose this way or that way? How am I supposed to even take pictures when the sight in front of me deserved just as much of my attention.
As I asked my mom to record me walking on the Bridge I may have forgotten to mention something important about me. Me and Heights are not the best of friends, growing up I loved going on roller coasters and thrived off of the bigger the better but now in my late 20s heights just do something to me. Even looking down and knowing I’m up so high makes me a little nauseous and light headed. Later on I will be writing about an adventure I had over the summer that involved heights, guts, courage, and closing my eyes and holding onto Jackie for dear life.
Now y’all already know I mentioned my love for BTS and Taehyung took pictures a few years back on the bridge so y’all know your girl had to! To be on the actual bridge was such an amazing experience.
To not only be able to see the New York skyline but also the design of the bridge up close and the history alone of how long it took to build made me emotional and like I said a tad nauseous but I made sure not to look down much. We were on the bridge for probably almost two hours and were of to our next adventure. I had no idea what waited for me next but boy did I cry.
To be Continued..
Love,
Janny Mari
One Day at A Time with Janny Mari 