Good Morning, Day.

okay, i really have to go to bed because Ash and I are running are race at 9:30am tomorrow morning.  that's right!  We are in New York Road Runners club, and I got the newsletter on Monday that they have a group of Young Professional runners in NYRR and they are hosting a fun run on Saturday.  I think I'm doing the 5 mile route, then it concludes with hot chocolate and christmas goodies! yeahhhh you got it!  if we're supposed to be there at 9am, we are leaving at 8:15am.  it's all of about 2 miles from us.  that's kinda funny right?!  but we'll catch the bus to go over so we don't have to walk that before running.  

For those of you who don't follow me on instagram: kristen_n_nyc, i wanted to share with you my pictures from this morning. 

I think I have mentioned before, but I just love what I see most days coming out of the subway in the morning.  I walk underground until the closest point to my office (this station is HUGE like 4 blocks wide so I stay underground for the shortest path) where I come above ground.  it's the middle of union square, so it's not coming out right at a building.  I see wide sky.  On monday, Wed and Friday when the Union Square Farmer's Market is in action, I come out to a booth of fresh flowers, or jams, or like this morning - gift boxes (think they had jams in them)  

I snapped all of these this morning in about 30 seconds as I was rushing off to work, late, as usual!  I just love coming out to work to all this.  I walk just over to my street close by and am off to my elevator on that block to get up to work.  

When I worked at Anthro I wasn't crazy about this area - but maybe I just wasn't seeing the right things.  on the other end of union square, on one sunday morning, there were lots of homeless people sadly trying to keep cold last winter.  there is that.  

i'm glad i don't see that every morning. i don't know if I could handle seeing something like that every morning, feeling so helpless.  

Glad I have been given a great morning start, even when the train may be packed full and people being obnoxious, to walk out to the fresh air and this open blue sky is just awesome.