Last night Will and I went out to dinner and desert with a friend of his from school and that friend’s girlfriend.  I’ve been hearing about these friends for a long time so it was good to actually meet them and join them in their “oh my god I am so glad that the term is finally over thank god thank god thank god thank god”-ness.  It reminded me of how I felt when I was heading into finals week and feeling relieved that one term was ending and jazzed for the next term to begin.  And it kind of made me feel old since my college days are long behind me now (until I decide to go back and actually get a degree).

We started at Olive Garden and I think I ate so much that my stomach exploded.  Yes, right now I am pretty sure that Fettucini Alfredo is just haning around draped over all of the rest of my organs saying “so how do we get digested now?”  and then, even though we were all stuffed, we drove into downtown (where the friends live) in search of this cupcake place that they love but that they weren’t exactly sure how to get to while driving.  Oh yes, walking around in downtown is much different than driving and finding a place to park because of all of the one way streets.  It took us long enough to find the place and then find parking that we actually managed to find room in our bellies for cupcakes.  And that’s saying something.

The cupcake place (the name I can’t remember) was very cute.  It was all brown and pink and white–there were big polka dots on the walls and the tables were all round and even at 9:30 (a half an hour before they closed) the place was hoppin’.  Will compared it to Voodoo but seriously, this place was way too cute.  Pretty much the only thing it had in common with Voodoo doughnuts was that it sold yummy treats. I told Will it was like saying Miley Cyrus reminded him of Nirvana…which this morning I realzied was kind of insulting to the cupcake place which, really, was adorable and fun.

I like that we are slowly but surely making new friends in Portland in addition to starting to find time to spend with friends of ours we knew before we moved up here (who we looked forward to hanging out with but never seem to be able to).  Will and I are….well, we’re lazy.  We enjoy meeting up with friends and hanging out but we never seem to think about doing something like that spontaneously.  We’re pretty much “home, dinner, television in the evenings” kind of people….which is nice though I distinctly remember being an “okay, what should we go out and do” kind of person not so very long ago.  Maybe I’m old.  Or lazy.  Or both.

Still though, it is fun to get together and hang out and talk and laugh.

Today Will had to be at work at eight (gross) but I slept in until 11:30 again (this is becoming a serious bad habit) and snuggling with the cat on the couch for a while. Then I got up and cleaned.  Oh how I cleaned.  I mopped and swept (but not in that order) and sanitized the counters and vacuumed and even stuffed a lemon down the garbage disposal to get rid of the “old food” smell in the kitchen.  Thankfully it only took a few hours because our apartment isn’t huge but wow.  It’s clean.  And that makes me happy because it means that on Wednesday when I’m waiting for my friend Kt to get here (she’s house sitting) all I have to do is a quick wipe down of stuff and maybe some dusting and can spend the rest of the time visiting and showing her around the neighborhood.

Tomorrow I will probably spend working but that’s okay.  I’d rather get the work done and have extra $$ for the trip than not do the work and feel like I’m behind when we get back!