Wherefore art thou Mr. 3000?

In the interest of avoiding crowds, Vanessa and I usually don’t celebrate holidays (special occasions) on the traditional days. Thanksgiving is usually pushed to Saturday and Valentine’s Day is pushed to any day but the 14th. That was the case this weekend as well. Friday, I got out of work early and picked up 3 movies for us to watch over the weekend. We went out for sushi and watched Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind at home. Toward the end I noticed she had a blanket pulled almost completely over her head. I pulled the top back a little each time to be “greeted” by a yes-I’m-still-awake glare. The next day I started talking about how much I liked the movie only to find out that she was sleeping through the last half hour.

Saturday we went to a little sandwich and cookie place we like. The cookies are great, but a little expensive at $1.30. W grabbed some sandwiches, a cookie each, some chips and headed to a park to eat. After a quick trip to Borders we went home for a long day of relaxing. That night we had reservations at a restaurant. She didn’t know where we were going, but she had it narrowed to 2 places. To go to The Cat and the Custard Cup we would turn left. For The Wild Artichoke we would turn right. I decided to try a little experiment, so I turned left (The Cat and the Custard Cup). She started ‘booing’. That made me feel good and bad at the same time. Good, because I actually had reservations at The Wild Artichoke, and bad, because imagine how crappy I would have felt if we were going to Cat. Anyway, I had made the right decision, so I turned around and she was ecstatic.

Dinner was absolutely amazing. We shared calamari and each had a salad. For dinner I ordered a Rosemary Crusted New York Steak (10 ounce New York Steak, served with sauteed fresh mushrooms, topped off with a melt of gorgonzola cheese, served with mashed potatoes and sauteed vegetables). It melted in my mouth. Vanessa had some pasta with artichokes, eggplant, mushrooms, and some other stuff in it. The wine was nice and dessert was delicious (Crème Brulee and a Lemon Tart). Afterward we went home to watch The Forgotten. We both enjoyed this one and Vanessa was able to keep her eyes open.

Yesterday I had planned to get a lot done and visit my mom, but I wasn’t feeling that good and by 2:00 pm I knew it would be a wasted day. I put some laundry away, but other than that I spent most of my day doing nothing.

Tonight we will stay home and watch the super romantic Mr. 3000 while eating taquitos, potstickers and chips w/ guacamole. Call me Romeo.