last night, i finally managed to have a productive night at home. it’s taken at least a week, probably more, but i’m mostly caught up on housework & laundry AND i actually cooked a vat of chicken chili & rice for lunches. i can’t remember the last time i actually cooked food for lunches. thank goodness it’s not a ramen week. i think the only things which are left & need doing is cleaning & assembling my new table and washing the bedding. hopefully, i’ll get all that done sooner rather than later so i can start the week off right.
the weekend went by very fast, but also seemed to last a good while, which is a nice combination. after work friday, i went bag shopping with christopher (which was really hard to do knowing i’d bought a bag for him while in amerika) then had dinner at his place before he went to the opening of a show at the exposure gallery and i went home to a much-needed early bedtime.
saturday was the longest-feeling day. i got up around 9:30ish, watched some stuff i’d downloaded, had a bubble bath and then headed out for all you can eat sushi with colene, jen, mel, nelson, ritchie, jamie & josh. i ate far, far too much of the yummy sushi, so afterwards i went home and slept for almost two hours. chris called & woke me up in time for me to get ready and head out to fetch him to traverse the wilds of south surrey/white rock to go see my officemate’s band play at the crescent beach legion.
you know what’s great about legions? cheap beer. pints of big rock honey brown lager for $4.10! i was seriously upset i was the driver just because it meant i couldn’t have more than one. thankfully chris was there to drink both his and my quotas. well… i’m not so sure his stomach and head were so thankful the next morning. then again, his biggest nemesis that evening was probably the scary hamburger he made me buy him after his fifth pint.
sunday, started off wonderful and lazy. a sleep in, toast & tea and a really, really, really bad movie. i dropped chris off at home, then headed out to the airport to pick up my dad from his european river cruise adventure. he had a great time and is now talking about a mediterranean cruise for next year! after taking him home, i reluctantly handed over his car keys and went to pick up the hessmobile from the parking lot. to my honest surprise, it started and ran really well for having been parked for fourteen days. picked up groceries on the way home, then spent the evening doing all the aforementioned chores & cooking.
one year ago today, christopher & i laid eyes on each other for the first time. we were both at a vandigicam brainstorming session at the soma cafe. we didn’t talk, or even really acknowledge the other’s presences, though. i say he was a snob because he didn’t even say hello when we were standing right next to each other outside. he’ll say he was as sick as a dog, really grumpy and he barely talked to anyone that day. i only mention it because i think it’s interesting that it took another three months before we were in the same place together, given our mutual acquaintances.