Entry 109: What to do? What to do?
Valentines Day has turned out pretty decent all things considered.
I took Alice out to dinner and what was suppose to be live jazz, a little dancing, and "Good Night, and Good Luck". As things normally do with my plans, they did not go as expected.
We were going to go to Outback. We arrived early (5:30ish), but the wait was 2hrs. Change in plans number one. The other option was Texas Steakhouse. Problem solved. We had a great dinner, the waitress was awesome, and everything was cool.
Next up was Jazz at City Bistro. Not so much. We got there after a quick trip to Best Buy (Dorks we are and dorks so shall we be)but it turns out that even though they did have live Jazz tonight, you had to have a table reserved because some no name band was "headlining", if you can call it that. So there was no music and no dancing. Strikes one and two.
We decided to head back to her apt. to chill for a bit, rest up, what have you. We watched some TV, talked. All pretty good I guess. However it seems that the latter part of the plan - the movie - is out the window. Wich wouldn't be so bad if I hadn't already purchased the tickets. Strike three.
Weighing the good and the bad of the evening, the good wins. No fights, kick-ass gifts, and great company. The real question is, what to do now? Alice is in for the evening, and after a recharge of tea and Mt. Dew, I'm ready to go. The movie has already started, so waking her up and going to that is out. No biggie. But what now?
I've been invited to a party or two, I could head down to the bar for a bit, or think of something else. I feel bad just leaving her though. Granted she is worn out from a ton of work and other stressful things, but I guess this isn't how I wanted the night to end. More than likely this will be our last Valentines for a long time. She's leaving to move home after she graduates this summer. So time isn't working in favor.
I'm not disappointed in tonight. We had a great time, even though things didn't go as planned. I just wanted everything to work right, to go to plan, just this once. Sure it was a tall order to fill, but it would have been great to have filled it. I went above and beyond the call of duty considering we're not dating and that we're just friends, I just wanted tonight to be as special as possible for her. She deserves it.
Happy Valentines Day.
- jnv
I took Alice out to dinner and what was suppose to be live jazz, a little dancing, and "Good Night, and Good Luck". As things normally do with my plans, they did not go as expected.
We were going to go to Outback. We arrived early (5:30ish), but the wait was 2hrs. Change in plans number one. The other option was Texas Steakhouse. Problem solved. We had a great dinner, the waitress was awesome, and everything was cool.
Next up was Jazz at City Bistro. Not so much. We got there after a quick trip to Best Buy (Dorks we are and dorks so shall we be)but it turns out that even though they did have live Jazz tonight, you had to have a table reserved because some no name band was "headlining", if you can call it that. So there was no music and no dancing. Strikes one and two.
We decided to head back to her apt. to chill for a bit, rest up, what have you. We watched some TV, talked. All pretty good I guess. However it seems that the latter part of the plan - the movie - is out the window. Wich wouldn't be so bad if I hadn't already purchased the tickets. Strike three.
Weighing the good and the bad of the evening, the good wins. No fights, kick-ass gifts, and great company. The real question is, what to do now? Alice is in for the evening, and after a recharge of tea and Mt. Dew, I'm ready to go. The movie has already started, so waking her up and going to that is out. No biggie. But what now?
I've been invited to a party or two, I could head down to the bar for a bit, or think of something else. I feel bad just leaving her though. Granted she is worn out from a ton of work and other stressful things, but I guess this isn't how I wanted the night to end. More than likely this will be our last Valentines for a long time. She's leaving to move home after she graduates this summer. So time isn't working in favor.
I'm not disappointed in tonight. We had a great time, even though things didn't go as planned. I just wanted everything to work right, to go to plan, just this once. Sure it was a tall order to fill, but it would have been great to have filled it. I went above and beyond the call of duty considering we're not dating and that we're just friends, I just wanted tonight to be as special as possible for her. She deserves it.
Happy Valentines Day.
- jnv