chocolate raspberries

What a lovely Saturday morning. I'm sitting here at the computer with a cup of chocolate raspberry coffee, like the kind Mike and Ang would make when I would spend the night with them, and Brad just took a load of laundry to the basement (what a good husband I have!), and we are heading to Maine today for a concert, but not until this afternoon, so we have some time to just take it easy and enjoy the sunshine beaming in our windows. I've told Brad that one of the reasons I think I love coffee so much is because it reminds me of Mike. The first time I had my first cup of coffee was with him at Applebee's when I was maybe 12 or 13, and I kept the napkin with the coffee ring stained on it pinned up to my bulletin board even through college. I have two of the best brothers a girl could ask for.

I want to keep this blog relatively on track, as I have a tendency to procrastinate and forget to keep up with things that I start. Saying this, I will update my audience of one (thanks, Kristin) :) to our latest activities here in beantown. (And by the way, don't ever call Boston "beantown" to a real bostonian. They apparently don't like that. To be true, they don't like a lot of things, but I digress.)

So Bradford and I went on a hot date on Thursday night, to the mall to eat at Chik-Fil-A (the only one in Massachusetts!), and then to see the movie "Robots," with a handful of 6 year-olds, which was pretty funny.
A little cliche with Robin Williams at times, to be honest, but still a great movie. Strangely enough, we ran into David Taylor at the food court, a guy I used to work with at Linkage, and it was nice to see him. I have to admit that I would have been more excited if his wife, Anne, had been with him. She was one of the girls I worked closely with there, and I just loved her. Anne has since moved on from Linkage, and David said she likes her new job. Seeing David was like peeling off a scab I didn't know was there. Maybe some closure after getting laid off and not really getting the chance to say goodbye to anyone, and it additionally made me even more thankful to be where I am now.

Yesterday Brad took me to Panera for dinner (yum), and then to T.J.Maxx to wander around. This is one of my favorite things. They just have the most wonderfully random selection of things to look at! We always spend a long time in the home section after Brad pulls me away from the shoes, picking up neat kitchen gadgets and talking about our next apartment. Although last night I did find a really cool pair of Timberland sneakers for $20, and once I wear them in a little, I'll probably take them when Brad and I go hiking with Bryan and Tabitha at Acadia National Park in May. They're already really comfortable. I wore them in bed last night while we were watching a movie.

Brad told me that he likes to see me writing again. And not that I'm writing prose or anything else that's particularly important, but I think I did need an outlet, and probably could have done this a long time ago. Either way, I'm happy to be doing this now, especially since it's another fun way to keep in touch. :)