the best day in a long while

so saturday was just about the perfect day for me. lots of quality time (my highest "love language", for those who have read the book), good food, and rest.

i woke up at about 1030a. i had some good dreams and was able to sleep late because my parents thoughtfully closed the hall door to the back of the house so i couldn't hear them bumbling around in the kitchen. i enjoyed a slow paced morning (or what was left of it :-P), drinking coffee (with hazelnut creamer, mmm), chit-chatting with my mom, doing a load of laundry (yay for my task-oriented side!), and got a shower. i even straightened my hair, which i do about twice a year. and since i cut my hair a few weeks ago, it only took me 30min!

about 1pm, mom and i left to go get lunch. i had a coupon for 2 bowls of crab and lobster chowder at the surf club, a restaurant that's in the wyndham resort hotel (the old ramada at 57th st). it was amazing!!! it's on the ocean, with a glass wall overlooking the water. there are about 6 booths in a lower level right at the glass wall, all shaped in a semi-circle, so we sat looking straight out onto the water. we had a view of about 100 boats about a mile off shore, fishing. also, the chowder was amazing! it definitely beats clam chowder from a can! we also ordered a crab and spinach spread, which was also quite delicious. and of course, great quality time with mom!

on the way home, ann marie called! she has been sick for the last week, and i was out of town before that, so i hadn't seen her in about 3 weeks. she was in a cookie baking mood (also one of my FAVORITE activities that i don't get to do enough of), and thought of me! so we made plans to bake later in the day. i then stopped at blue ridge mountain sports, my favorite store. i love just looking around at their clearance rack and seeing what sorts of new stuff they have in. while i was trying on pants (that didn't fit), amanda called! amanda was my roommate my sr yr of college at OU. we've been playing phone tag for about 2 months now, so i was SO glad she called when i had time to talk with her! i was also glad she saved me from trying on a sweater that i didn't have the money for, so i just headed for my car and made my way home. we talked for almost an hour, which was so good! i hadn't talked with her since her wedding in october. yay for more quality time!

i called ann marie when i got home and put in another load of laundry. 20 min later, ann marie arrived with chocolate chips (her husband joel's fave) and we baked up a storm. i love that girl! she can get me talking more than anyone else. i don't usually like to just spill all i know unless it's someone i've known for a long time, or i think the person legitimately wants to know. well, somehow, ann marie is very animated and inviting in conversation. it was great! i definitely felt like she really wanted to know what i was saying, even with crazy stories from a huge range of subjects. so i got to bake cookies, eat some dough, get quality time in with a great girl, and even finish a load of laundry. check!!!

next up, dinner and a movie with the girls. i had wanted to see "definitely maybe", so i made plans with mary and diane. we went to bangkok garden (YUMMY thai food!) and i had some masman curry. mary found the red curry she had in chicago but couldn't remember the name of. and diane, who loves tofu, enjoyed her pad thai tofu. YUM. more great food and great company. we headed off for the movie theater next, and the movie was good. not amazing, but cute and enjoyable. it made mary want to move to nyc! and at the end, in the credits, they thanked the university of oklahoma. i wish i knew why! hmmm... oh, well.

so i headed home and went to bed by 1030. i had to open at work sunday, otherwise i would have been up more than 12 hours! it was easier to go to bed than normal, because our power was out!! our block and the street behind us were the only ones affected. my poor parents had been in the dark since 6pm, and it came back on at midnite, then off again twice in the night. (and again sunday from 3pm to 10pm. craziness!) at any rate, my parents were bored enough to go to bed themselves, so the house was quiet.

yay for a great day!!!