Another Weekend in the Country

i can't even begin to tell you about the fabulous weekend i had!

Friday: met John and Justin for a fantastic dinner at a local-ish Chinese restaurant (where i learned Justin's true feelings about my blog*) and then retired back to Casa Del Homo for half a jug of sangria and, like, 4 hours of Apples to Apples, our new favorite board/card game. i seriously can't think of a better couple to play this game with, though i honestly want all my friends to come over and play! consider this an open invitation.

Saturday: Rufus and Chewie's 1st birthday! we drove up down to Connecticut to hang out with MS and Chewie. on the way we stopped off in New Rochelle to meet up with a former student of Stephen's who had moved to sunny Phoenix, Arizona and was in town for his family's annual pig roast. it was a total mob scene (no pun intended) of an italian family; seriously, though there was like 150 people there, 50 of which were kids under 12 who descended upon Rufus like a pack of wild dogs, the minute we stepped foot in the backyard. much cooing and petting and playing and fondling and squealing ensued as they passed him around like a joint, each taking a hit of cute off the little guy. we stayed for a couple of hours, ate some swine, and then headed to MS's where the puppies were reunited. we watched them play for a while and then went to dinner at a the Taco Loco where Stephen got attacked by kamikaze beetles, i drank an awful mango daiquiri and MS waxed poetically about a budding romance. we then returned to her place, gave the puppies their cake** and then just hung out till bedtime.


Sunday: woke up pretty early (it's very hard to sleep with two puppies in such close proximity to each other; damn things are worse than giggling kids at a sleep-over). we went to brunch at this great little place up the block, MS waxed s'more, went shopping a the pet store next door and then went back to watch the Waitress. we begrudgingly left shortly after the movie, in a vain attempt to avoid the traffic between Connecticut and Staten Island, to no avail. it took us a couple of hours to get home, but MS was nice enough to pack a container of Trader Joe's Sea Salt Brownie Bites which are way more delicious than they may sound.

all in all, it was just a tremendously fantastic weekend. i'm so glad we got to spend friday night with John and Justin and that Stephen got to see one of his friends (who happens to be trying to woo us to move to Arizona). it was so great for the puppies to be together for their birthday; Rufus really interacts with Chewie in a way that i never see with other dogs; and he really is the best behaved puppy i've ever seen, going right to sleep in his little car seat and staying quiet for the whole ride. the best part though, bar none, was being with MS and hearing her talk about her new guy; watching her blush and giggle and just behave like the rest of us, who are in love deeply smitten with someone...

**just because a cake is "fit for human consumption" and "made with all natural ingredients", that doesn't mean you should taste it...ever.

*see the newest quote under the my blog's title