Adjustments
One of the things about living in Queens (and in NYC in general) is how easy many things are compared to what you're used to.
Other things are ludicrously hard.
Finding a decent Dr. Pepper from a fountain? God mode difficulty. Every time I find a soda fountain with Dr. Pepper (not often--soda fountains are strangely scarce in Queens), I try it. They've all been lousy (even the Jimmy John's in Manhattan) with the exception of Chic-Fil-A, which has been a reliable 7. A 10, though? Not even close.
So I'll be taking a bus for an hour on Sunday to Brooklyn in the hopes that a standalone Jimmy John's (The ones in Manhattan are crappy JJ/Dunkin' Donuts hybrids) will rise to the occasion. Plus I have things to check out while I'm in Brooklyn.
Swimming? Also ludicrously difficult. The few pools in Queens are either nasty or so overcrowded that you're swimming four to a lane. Oh, or it's impossible to get there.
In Manhattan, there are more choices, and we settled on a gym in mid-town that takes about 45 minutes of walking/subway to get there. Not great, but fine, whatever. Until everyone was circle swimming there, too, and it's too far away (and expensive) for circle swimming to be worth it.
I may have found another option, no more expensive, but this pool involves a walk, a bus ride, a ferry ride, and another walk. Which still only takes 35 minutes in total. And they have 7 lap lanes, too, which sounds promising.
Yes, I really want to swim. Otherwise I would have given up well before now.
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