Plays Well With Others

Extending the weekend …

That’s exactly what Wifey™ and I did. She had to work on Saturday and got Tuesday off in it’s place, and I took it off, so we could have a three day weekend together for a change. I enjoyed have those four days off, especially since it only cost me one vacation day. Always good.

We basically tooled around town, did some errands and had dinner at a friends house ‡ basically took it easy.

In the town we live in, there’s a new Sephora opening up. For those unfamiliar, like me, Sephora seems to be a trendy makeup and perfume store for girls. Not a guy place at all. One step inside and I’m choking from the multitude of smells fighting to enter my nostrils. But girls like that kind of thing, and since the one near us hasn’t opened up yet, we headed a few cities over and bought a gift certificate for my sister there. Like I said, I wasn’t that impressed, but maybe it’s because I’m not a girl. I much preferred the mexican restaurant that was torn out than the Sephora that’s going in it’s place.

We also went to a friends house for dinner. Unfortunately, they live in a cracker jack box and it was one of the hottest days of the year. When I spoke to them, they suggested going out to dinner. When we got there, they’d already cooked a dinner. It was nice of them, however I would have preferred to sit in an air conditioned restaurant rather than their sauna of an apartment. I think Wifey™ and I lost 10 pounds a piece just through sweat loss. Dinner was good and we watched Queen of the Damned, which I found pretty boring knowing nearly nothing about the Anne Rice series it was based on. So half asleep and sweating bullets, I was pretty much ready to bolt when the movie ended. See, the problem with their apartment is that it’s filled with clutter and it’s too small. It’s a one bedroom and the kitchen is probably a 5-foot by 5-foot space within a 12×12 space. They have no dining room, so once you sit down you’d better like it there, because there’s no getting up for the rest of the night. You’ll be watching TV from that spot, and eating dinner there too. By the end of the night, your body feels like its been on a five hour plane flight. Just achy and sore. We pay almost twice as much for our apartment, but have three times the space and a dining room and extra bedroom to show for it, plus our kitchen is twice the size. Regardless, we all do what we have to to make it work for us.

Yesterday, I had my first Starbucks experience. Although, Starbucks was the trendy thing to do for awhile, I’ve never been one to do things because of trends, so yeah, it took me this long to finally have a Frapuchino. Actually, it was a Vanilla Creme Frapuchino. Very tasty. Our bagel from Noah’s went very nicely with it. You should really try their Asiago Cheese bagels if you haven’t before. Yumm.

Anyhow, we mostly just relaxed on our extended weekend. Slept in, took care of things that we usually don’t have time to do, strolled the downtown shops. Nice and relaxing, just the way a vacation day should be.

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