Pleasant Surprise!

I came home from work today to find that Marcus had cleaned and dried my dirty dishes for me this morning. I love that we balance the chores. What a sweetheart. For all you single ladies and gents, love is out there! It will come sooner rather than later, perhaps when you least expect it Keep your head up high! You are beautiful, intelligent, and sexy. Broadcast it to the world. Nothing is more desirable than a confident chick. Hm, random thought. Does chick come across as derogatory to women? How do you personally feel about it?

That reminds me, I highly recommend “The 10 Women You’ll Be Before You’re 35.” It’s a great book that covers all the phases of a woman’s life. The single gal, the chamelon chick, the health guru, the worker bee — whatever the phase, the book covers it. It’s witty and inspirational. Check it out!

TGIF! It’s the weekend :)

Another work week down. It’s Friday and I’m debating what to do this weekend. If I had all the money and time in the world, I’d venture up to the Maryland Renaissance Festival. It looks like a great time. Has anyone gone? Not to mention, the food looks delish! My coworker told me about the fried mac & cheese on a stick. Talk about gluttonous.

However, what I’ll end up doing will probably be a little more low-key. I have plans to catch up with a good friend of mine over a few cocktails. Apparently she moved back to the area from NYC. I’m kind of sad (but totally happy now that she’s back!), since she was my only real connection to the city. By the way, isn’t it funny how “the city” implies Manhattan? Especially for those who have lived in one of the five boroughs of NYC. In the event that I ever wanted to visit, she had always offered up her place as a place to crash. Should have taken advantage of that… drats!

I wouldn’t mind going up to NYC this Christmas for a weekend trip, or at the very least, a day trip. I could probably get a Saturday roundtrip train ticket for a decent price. I’ll have to drag Marcus with me (he and I have been dating for about 10 months now… I’ll have to save the “how-we-met-story” for another post ). I’m sure he wouldn’t mind. He’s pretty good about being spontaneous and enjoying the same things I enjoy, which is a huge plus! Yay. Speaking of him, he’s been uber busy with his job. He’s been working insane hours, oftentimes more than 24 hours at a time. I think last week he logged 100+ hours. Poor guy barely sleeps. I don’t know how he does it.

Glad I don’t have to do that with my job!