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the cape, no pics
Jun. 10th, 2011 12:43 amHad some sociality this week: Sunday through Tuesday I headed off to the Cape for what has become my traditional long weekend with Steve and Val. They're swell to keep inviting me. I'm not even sure why they do; I am SO BORING when I'm there. I arrive, we hang out, we go to Fanizzi's for dinner, we come home, we watch a movie. The next day it's cereal for breakfast, sandwiches from either Far Land or Angel Foods. Dinner varies. Evening entertainment might be a drive-in movie. Tuesday is cereal for breakfast, sandwiches from whichever of the two we didn't already hit, then I leave around 1 or 2 and drive home. Everything else is doing a puzzle, sitting in the sun on the beach, chatting, or just reading. This year I didn't even bring my camera. I felt like a break even from taking pictures. It's so nice, but it's not EXCITING. It is, however, EXACTLY what I want to do, so I think it's awesome!
It does give me a lot of together time with S&V, which is good. And it gives me away time -- much more important back when I lived with Mom, less important now that I have my own place. Still, a break in routine is good. I need to do long weekends away more often. It's very rejuvenating.
Wednesday I worked from home, and Brian got to work from home too, which was nice. We got to basically spend the whole day together, eat lunch together, etc. Also meant that since we weren't losing several hours of our day to commuting we could go and get some shopping done after work. The 8th was Dad's birthday, which usually makes Mom pretty sad, but she seemed to be mostly sane this year. I stopped by before Brian and I went shopping and put in her a/c and helped her change her sheets, so maybe that helped a little.
Today, Thursday, was brutal for most of the day. For some reason (it was raining) the commute was awful. It was slamming busy all day at work, mostly with dumb hard stuff, too. So busy my boss ordered in lunch for us, so we all worked through. Brian asked me midday if we could do our date night tonight instead of tomorrow, which sounded perfect to me. We both wanted to see "Fast Five" (THE ROCK?! VIN?! I'm so there) and the only movie theater in the entire tri-state area with a convenient showing time for it was directly across from Brian's office. I took the T into town to meet him, we hit a pub for some dinner, and then topped it off with the movie. Brian took me to see his office (located in the Park Plaza office building) and then we headed home. I am now watching the Red Sox at Yankee Stadium after a 3.5 hour rain delay. I should probably climb into bed with my Kindle, get some extra sleep.
I need to spend this weekend getting some tedious stuff done. Paperwork, bills, applications, etc. all need attention, so maybe I can plow through some. Anyway, that's the plan. Maybe a trip up to Pelham on Sunday to hit the arcade again? But only if I'm good and get everything done first!
It does give me a lot of together time with S&V, which is good. And it gives me away time -- much more important back when I lived with Mom, less important now that I have my own place. Still, a break in routine is good. I need to do long weekends away more often. It's very rejuvenating.
Wednesday I worked from home, and Brian got to work from home too, which was nice. We got to basically spend the whole day together, eat lunch together, etc. Also meant that since we weren't losing several hours of our day to commuting we could go and get some shopping done after work. The 8th was Dad's birthday, which usually makes Mom pretty sad, but she seemed to be mostly sane this year. I stopped by before Brian and I went shopping and put in her a/c and helped her change her sheets, so maybe that helped a little.
Today, Thursday, was brutal for most of the day. For some reason (it was raining) the commute was awful. It was slamming busy all day at work, mostly with dumb hard stuff, too. So busy my boss ordered in lunch for us, so we all worked through. Brian asked me midday if we could do our date night tonight instead of tomorrow, which sounded perfect to me. We both wanted to see "Fast Five" (THE ROCK?! VIN?! I'm so there) and the only movie theater in the entire tri-state area with a convenient showing time for it was directly across from Brian's office. I took the T into town to meet him, we hit a pub for some dinner, and then topped it off with the movie. Brian took me to see his office (located in the Park Plaza office building) and then we headed home. I am now watching the Red Sox at Yankee Stadium after a 3.5 hour rain delay. I should probably climb into bed with my Kindle, get some extra sleep.
I need to spend this weekend getting some tedious stuff done. Paperwork, bills, applications, etc. all need attention, so maybe I can plow through some. Anyway, that's the plan. Maybe a trip up to Pelham on Sunday to hit the arcade again? But only if I'm good and get everything done first!
