500

background music : 500 miles by the proclaimers


hep. this is not some partial sequel to the spartan movie. this is the number of miles i logged in to and from my weekend trip with Z. i swear. when i parked into my little spot here at home, my trip odometer read 500 miles.

and to think a year ago, i was terrified to even venture out of my town's main roads. these days, 100+ miles roadtrip is like going to the grocery.

the weekend was awesome. weather-wise, it could be better, but i am very excited at the prospect of warmer and sunnier weekends. here's a rough weekend backtrack :

arrived thursday night.

friday : post office, home depot, public library, a look see at BJ's warehouse
you know how it is with women and clothes shopping? i think there is some sense of parallelism here with guys and shopping at DIY stores like home depot or lowes. Z was like in a candy shop when we went to home depot. it wasn't that much fun for me, but i understand since i am like that when i'm in a comicbook store or a toy store. while Z was busy going through aisles and aisles of cabinets, toilet bowls, tubs, metal fixtures. i was taking note of the men to women ratio in the store. note to single ladies : home depot is a pretty decent, non alchoholic place to check out guys, if you are into the DIY, boy next door, handy man kinda guy. the guys there were pretty decent.

after home depot, we checked out their local BJ's warehouse club and took advantage of their free trial offer. it was so-so. i like costco better.
we picked up a tv /lounge pillow and headed home. talked ti' our ears bled.

satuday was philly day!!!it was a spur of the moment decision brought about by hunger and the unwillingness to stay home and watch dvds. the sun was out so we headed off to see this polish supermarket/bistro for lunch.here's our yummy sauerkraut soup


followed by the main course. polish meatballs in creamy dill sauce with potatoes, fried beets and a side of sauerkraut and apple salad for me ...

and for z, goulash in potato pancake with mushroom sauce and  a dollop of sour cream    that was a great lunch.  we took home some polish candies and polish donuts.   we had originally planned to get a couple of drinks at one of the local bars but we both decided against it after realizing we were both exhausted.     i was in for a surprise  the next day.  while i was told to stay put in his bedroom, look at what Z prepared for me for breakfast...happy girl  after a leisurely breakfast, we headed back home and had lunch at out favorite filipino resto.  we took the next bus to NYC to catch the 6pm service at times square church.    that was the end of my great weekend.   when i got back to school today, my kids scolded me for leaving them.     but that's another story altogether.