Dinner and a Movie

Tonight after work(yay for long staff meetings) I went with some coworkers to McCormick and Schmick's for Happy Hour. Talk about amazing. One of the little surprises of DC is discovering hamburgers for $1.95. Two words. Yum-Yum. :) I had a blackened chicken sandwich with fries and a coke, and a mini berries and cream for a dessert. Total: $6.40

Again. Yummy. A glass of the house wine is $6, and they have amazing martini's for less than $10. Pretty nice deal considering the food doesn't cost more than $4.95, and most of their items fall into the $1.95 range. I work for a non-profit-- I'll take whatever deals I can find. :)

After dinner I headed on home and had some time to catch up with my grandpa and my best-sister-friend. We discovered long ago that we were much more like sisters than friends, and I've come to value that term so much. You're stuck with your family no matter what. It doesn't matter if you're irritated with each other, or think you might be making bad decisions. While you might drop friends at some point in your life, the label of "family" means that you're generally stuck with each other for better or for worse. So, while not at all blood related (which is good, because I used to have a MAJOR crush on her brother, haha) she is my sister.

I haven't caught up with her in a while, so it was great to leisurely walk home and chat.

Once home, I've been unpacking clothes, and have found myself completely dismayed at how wrinkled everything is. I know that I had an iron at one point, but I'm afraid I might have left it at my old place, and considering the terms I left my old roommate.... well... I'm thinking I'll just buy a new iron.

My old roomie and I used to get along really well, but over the course of time, whether it be the lack of space to move around in, or the fact that I never did my chores on time(oops), she decided that she couldn't stand to be in my presence and was completely cold every time I saw her or emailed her.

After I moved out, I emailed her and said that I was sorry things had gone so badly between us because I valued her as a friend, and was happy to be her friend if she ever decided she wanted to rekindle the good relationship that we used to have. I haven't heard back yet, and honestly didn't expect to, but, needless to say, I'll be looking elsewhere for an iron. Of course, as soon as I buy one, I'll unpack the box that I absentmindedly left the iron in, haha. That's how life goes sometimes, I guess. At least, that's how mine goes.

MRNO is watching Ironman at the moment-- A movie that I have yet to see, but would very much like to. I'll borrow it at some point, I'm sure. In addition to blogging, I'm at the moment talking to a friend (ROTCBoy) who has strangely become one of my, dare I say it?, best friends. Considering our history, I tend to gulp at the idea.

We've known each other since we were about 15/16 and have had a volatile relationship ever since. We get along well on paper but our personalities used to clash like crazy. As we've both matured, (and I've moved 3000 miles away) we've started talking more and more to the point that it's strange if more than a couple days go by without some sort of contact between us. And we talk about just about EVERYTHING. It's been wonderful. He's been really supportive of MRNO, which is great, because I expected his conservative self to reject the idea immediately.

The day has been a beautiful one, mostly because life is what you make it, and I choose to color my world beautiful. Will you color yours today?