Vortexia's Secret

Thought i'd share a couple anecdotes. but for some reason i woke up really sore this morning. my back and neck hurt and i'm not sure why. but in better news... this weekend was one of the best i've had in a long time. thursday night was fun and cuddly. friday we got all packed up and took care of a couple quick errands. dropped J off at his house and flipped through some baby pictures with his mom. he was a cute baby, and surprisingly you could tell it was him from a young age. most babies have that typical "baby" look to them, but he already had some of those features that distinguished him as J. cute, cute. then that night was just a relaxing kind of evening. we were supposed to go out with friends but it was too up in the air if J would be free or not. so we postponed till sunday. saturday morning i had to take my car in for an expensive maintenance check. they didn't find anything wrong with it, so hopefully that means that the little quirks are nothing serious. they did confirm that my driver side door leaks, though, as they ran it through the carwash. yes, i tried to tell you guys that earlier. but it's almost $100 for them to just diagnose what's wrong and then determine if it's under warranty or not. then we were off to a friend's grad party on saturday night. fun to see old friends, weird to see others, fun to meet new people.

sunday was pretty lazy. family stuff for some of the day, then J and i went over to our friends' apartment to watch movies. it's kind of nice when both couples are broke because there's no expectation to have to spend money. we watched a movie, then talked for quite a while. talked about their upcoming wedding, bachelor/bachelorette parties, plans in general... it was cute to see how we connected in various ways. the other girl and i have been friends for 4 years now, so that's no problem. we knew the boys would get along great once we started talking about them. we've double dated a few times now, and are always like "yep, we knew it!" get them started on cars, computers, movies, and other boy stuff and it's like they were never strangers. then as couples, we both had that little unconscious pull toward each other. it made me smile.

oh! but i forgot the funniest/worst part of the night. they live in a rich part of town, so their apartment had a gate AND an arm barricade across the entrance. i dialed them at the call box and they let me in, but there was a guy in front of me just waiting to be let in by somebody else. i'm used to that at my complex, so i figured oh well, no big deal. well, the arm barricade is truly set just long enough to let one car in, and apparently is motion sensored, but the call box is too far away to be picked up as 2 cars needing to get in. so the guy in front of me gets in without a problem. i hurry in past him, and just as my windshield is at the barricade, it comes down KARATE CHOP! right onto my windshield and scrapes all the way along my car. freaking crap, i now hate the stupid punk in front of me. thankfully the barricades are plastic and not wood, so i don't have a smashed windshield, car damage that another car wash and scrubbing won't take care of, and no bill coming in the mail for breaking a barricade.

monday may have been my personal favorite though. my fam had dinner at lunchtime so that i could leave whenever i needed to. i spend a good little while organizing, throwing away, and just generally getting started on the enormous headache that i'll face in a couple months when i have to move. this apartment came furnished, so i didn't have to worry about cleaning out the old crap that i've been accumulating at home in all of my furniture. it's kind of like my way station/storage room. well, no more. most of the furniture will have to be cleaned out and moved to the new apartment, the stuff taken out of it will have to be just a small organized box or two, and i will have to get rid of a whole heck of a lot of stuff. not fun. but anyway, i made a small start on that during the day, then headed over to J's. they were doing a big memorial day dinner with all the typical cookout foods. his grandmother was happy to see me (she's still in town) and the rest of his family seemed to be as well. we took a little walk into the back yard because he wanted to show me the plants he put in, but i had to piggy back because they have poison ivy all over the place. after we came back in, we alternated between watching a taped braves game with his grandmother, helping in the kitchen, and sneaking away on our own. the food was great. we helped clean up after dinner, which made his mom very happy. i was then allowed upstairs (doesn't happen very often), so we watched tv, laughed, kissed, and cuddled. fun times. unfortunately i had to leave early because it's a long drive back to the apartment from his place, and i had some heavy bags to cart upstairs to the apartment. i didn't know what the place would be like with the new moves that happened over the weekend, so i didn't want to take chances. i felt so loved and loving last night that i was giddy and had a hard time falling asleep. i think that about brings us up to date. i'm sure there's more to say, but i have stuff to do before class tonight.

P.S. Keep them in your prayers.