Trip to NYC and US Open Tennis

Well on Monday, we got back from a FUN filled vacation in NYC! We saw the Statue of Liberty, walked around Central Park, strolled the streets of Manhatton, visited St. Patrick's Cathedral, ate at many different restaurants, but most importantly, we went to Flushing Meadows, NY to witness some amazing tennis at the US Open Tennis Championships! For those of you that don't know this, I surprised Aaron with this trip. He's a huge fan of tennis and plays 2-3 days a week. Me, I'm the "tennis wife"...I don't play, but I attend as many of his matches as possible in support for Aaron. :)

View from our room at the Hilton Statue of Liberty

St. Patrick's CathedralAaron and I got to see SO many tennis matches. We saw Venus Williams, Serena Williams, Rafeal Nadal, James Blake, Mardy Fish, the Bryan Brothers, Safina, Jankovic, Roger Federer, Andy Roddick, Dementieva, and Djokovic! LOTS of tennis indeed! All of the matches were phenomenol, but the most nail biting match was Djokovic vs Cilic. Each set went for 1 hour a piece and they went to 4 sets total. I think the match was completed around 1AM and we had to catch our flight by 7AM. It was a LONG night, but we can honestly say our weekend of tennis went out with a huge bang!!! The weather was perfect, the food was delicious, the tennis was intense, and the company of my husband was AMAZING as usual! We came home with souveniers and empty pocket books, but it was well worth it! We even witnessed a gorgeous pink sunset (thanks, Liz) from Arthur Ashe Stadium! We took several pics of our weekend and I have posted them throughout this entry!

Our Liz Wink outside of Arthur Ashe Stadium! SO pretty!!!

Outside Arthur Ashe Stadium getting ready to watch tennis!

The tennis ball colored Lexus!
Venus Williams
Nadal
Serena Williams
Safina
James Blake and Mardy Fish
Jankovic
Roger Federer!!!!
Andy Roddick
Dementieva
Cilic vs. Djokovic

My health held up pretty well. I really think this round of Prednisone is FINALLY helping. I just tell this disease to "bring it on"...you'd think after 10 years, it would know who it's dealing with, but I guess it hasn't learned yet. SO, if it wants to flare-up, then that just means I'll have to prove it wrong! It won't get to me!!!

Now, it's back to work and school for me. I'm taking Biochemistry and Biology right now. The Biology...man, I should have just bit the bullet all those years ago in freshman college and taken the class, but since I didn't need it, I didn't take it. Now, I have to recall Biology 111. Should be interesting. :) The Biochem class will be challenging, but that's just because it's a higher level course. The last biochem I had was about 3 years ago, so it's a little more fresh in my mind, but it will still challenge me, which I love!

That's about it for the udpates! Thanks for checking in and enjoy the pics from the US Open! Much love to all of my visitors, and I'll try to post again soon!

Amanda