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[virginialynn]

oh i missed them. how i missed them and sometimes i don't even realize how much so. today was the best day. it really was and i desperately needed a day like this, to remind me that i have them. as usual, i was running late and rather deal with the wrath of angela, that one incurs when they are late, and which i understand as being something absolutely rooted in her and something cultivated throughout the years, sherwin swung by to pick me up. thank zee lord. anyway, and then after a quickie pick up at neciecon's we got on with it, on with our day downtown. after the disappointing signage informing us that nadege was closed on mondays until september, and knowing that this was the last week until september. hell it's september now that it's barely past midnight, and that it was our sheer anticipation for today that got our day pushed up to monday. so alack, we were left without macarons and other sweets but we ran across the street to madras kitchen for butter chicken dosas and mango lassis for them, lychee and lime lassi for me. several bee attacks later and learning that denise does not appreciate my ducking behind her for defense against the bees, while angela sat on her bench entirely unaffected by the bees, even the pervert one that flew down her top. unbelievable. so we walked towards red tea box and ah, you cannot know how nice it was. we had peach iced tea with jasmine, osmanthus blossoms, peach and orange and mint and honestly, it was the cleanest, most refreshing iced tea i have ever had. it was lovely. i had been wary about trying this place out since reviews vary but one consistency is the terror of an owner that seemed to ruin the experience entirely for people, causing patrons to swear the place off but we had the nicest server -so attentive and patient. i had the chai coffee toffee tart and angela and denise had the kaffir lime and passion fruit curd tart and we just sat there, lingering in the room with mismatched plates and bright blooms clustered in silver vases and bowls, shelves lined with tea pots and tea kitsch. a low volume of pleasant chatter with the few other groups in the room with us and ah. it was just so good. i'm so happy i managed to get out there since wanting to try it from second year. afterwards, we went to uo to see if there were any sales and i picked up my first pair of real boots. i know, living in the great white north where winter can stretch itself out to a good six months if it wants to, and i've never owned a pair of leather boots but i do and i love them even it pained me to no end with the money spent on that and two pairs of flats since my mother surreptitiously chucked mine out claiming them to be unhygienic. pah. so we walked from queen and bathurst to bay and davenport to the cno to get neciecon licensed up, then back again to queen and spadina to get angela's fifth (!!) pair of boots this summer (good lawd), and then back to spadina and harbord to visit ley before his shift started, and then from there to st. george and bloor to go home. the amount of walking was so so much but it was so nice outside and we were there, talking our heads off, mostly just angela and i, because apparently i'm a talker, who knew, and i was just so okay with it. we were all over downtown but god i missed them and the conversation. we covered it all, and after traveling home to my house for even further dissections of our lives and the thread of nostalgia that always works its way into our conversations, i went with denise to drop angela off. thank god since when we were driving past the cemetary, all the street and store lights suddenly went out and we were terrified, but it was so much fun. ah i love them so so much.]

i know that was a very dry commentary on my day and it in no way conveys the amount of fun and happiness i felt being around them but it was. it was the most fun i've had in a very long time. i miss laughing like nobody's business, barely formulating thoughts and as i turn to look at one of them and i catch only their peripheral vision, they just quietly say, 'i know' without any further elaboration on what caught my attention and why, knowing that angela likes citrusy flavours and denise does not necessarily, their knowing that i haven't owned a proper pair of boots and not making me feel bad about my grand purchase, knowing that they love me unconditionally and understand me completely without much explanation, feeling so comfortable around them and knowing that i love them and know their quirks and preferences is just so so nice.