Hot Child in the City

Day Twenty-Three

Sunday wasn't the most exciting day in the world. Elke and I were supposed to go to Time's Square for the kiss-in being held in honor of the 60th anniversary of V-J Day. To do this we had to be out the door by 12.30. I got up a little after 11.30, but when Elke still wasn't up at 12.15, I went back to bed. I'd been up late the night before and a car alarm went off 4-5 times between 10 and when I got up, so I didn't sleep very well.

When I got up later, Elke still wasn't up. I dicked around on the computer and then Garrett called. He went upstate to Saratoga Springs this past weekend to visit one of his best friends from high school and wanted someone to talk to on his way home. I was supposed to go visit him Monday evening in New Jersey, but was a bit nervous about navigating my way around the train schedules. Then I had the brilliant idea of him picking me up on the way home - it wasn't TOO far out of his way, as he already had to drive around the city.

So I hopped in the shower and started getting my things together. Elke finally got up sometime during my shower - probably around 3.30. I said a quick farewell and then off to Jersey I went.

The first thing Garrett and I did was stop at a liquor store so I could stock up on rum. The alcohol taxes there are much, much cheaper than even Ohio, so it was worth it. Then we went back to his house (he's living in the house his grandfather lived in for the past 30-40 years before moving in with Garrett's mom) so he could shower and then went to this crazy restaurant called Snuffy's. It used to be owned by the mob, and so was really overdone. They made it really cheaply ostentatious so that they could fluff up the expenses on their taxes or something.

Dinner was delicious. Afterward we headed back to his house to watch some Sunday night television (aka Family Guy). I also got to try out his new TurboGrafx video game console that he got off Ebay a few weeks ago. It was great fun.

He had to work Monday and was really tired from his weekend, so he went to bed earlier than I did. I just was NOT ready to go to bed when he was, even though I knew I had to be up by 9.00 at the absolute latest Monday morning.

posted by Megan @ 11:49 PM