New York New York, It's Good to be Home

I went to New York City this week. That sounds so jet-setter and fabulous. It wasn't quite fabulous, but it was alot of fun. My family and I went up there Sunday morning, and spent two days doing family stuff. We went to the UN, a Yankees game (YECH!), Little Italy, Mass at St. Patrick's, Central Park, the Museum of Natural Science, and a Mets' game. It was an awesome two days. One of my dad's business associates was able to hook us up with the most awesome hotel I have ever stayed in in my entire life, excluding the Four Seasons in Dublin. We stayed at the New York Marriot Marquis. This hotel is the biggest hotel in the entire city. It has 2000 rooms, and is right in the middle of Times Square. It even has its own Broadway theater! It was amazing. One of the coolest things was the elevator. You put in what floor you wanted to go to and it told you what elevator to go to. It was so cool. The trip itself was alot of fun. However, spending time with my family was a little strange. I dunno, I love my family and I love hanging out with them. But the way that I feel like they treat me, or the way that they do things with me is that I can't be the person I have become around them. They don't see me the way everyone else sees me. and it makes life really difficult. It makes me feel like they force me into a hole that they see me in. And I hate it. I'm not that person anymore. I'm growing and changing and becoming a whole different person. They just don't see that. I mean damn, I have my own crazy life that I'm living and staying in tune with the person they want me to be is not really in my line of sight. I don't want to be that closed in, one dimesional, flat person who likes the same things that everybody else likes. I am not that person anymore. I am not like any of my siblings at all. I have a tattoo, I drink like fish, I smoke every once in a while, I work in a restuarant, I take risks that maybe I shouldn't take, but that's me! And I wish my family would see and respect that.