Sailor Soldier of Love and Justice

In a meeting today I suggested something clever and was told it was so good, I could leave at 5. I suspect that it was a joke, but I am totally leaving at 5 today. They said I could!

Got out of work early after making many fantastic saves. I skipped two meetings to get all my work done in time, but I have no regrets.

The metro was full of inconsiderate tourists that blocked the escalators and entrances, put their feet up on the poles and handle bars, and took so long getting off the train that everyone waiting to get on the train missed it.

Despite that, I saved one stupid kid that had a plan to get to reston town center but didn't have any further details than that. My bus doesn't go there, but it goes about 2 blocks from there, so I told him where to get off the bus and which direction to walk.

When I got home, I took my dog on a walk. It wasn't a long one though because she got hot and wanted to go home. She's a baby.

I intend on spending my evening cleaning so that the apartment is not a complete dump for the dog walker.

Having ben back makes me very very happy. For the first time in three weeks, I slept completely peacefully. I even slept late! It felt so good!

After a very lazy morning, ben and I met up with his friend aberdeen who is in town for a business trip. We saw potc 3 together. It was kinda disappointing. Better than the second one, but not by much. I felt like they forgot the excitement of the first movie. It had a few moments here and there, but for the most part it dragged along. Though I did very much enjoy the part where they set the monkey on fire.

Then for a bit we talked about horrible things that the chinese put in their food. I didn't want to go to china before, but now my desire to go is in the negatives.

On the way home we stopped at costco for discount gas. I saved 80 cents! Go me!

I'm sad that the weekend is over. I think I need another day of clinging to ben to get it all out of my system.

I am trying my hardest to make this weekend count.

Last night I went to make mango bread with fresh mangoes. Except the mangoes weren't ripe yet! Doom. Instead I made strawberry cupcakes out of a box. Not nearly as exciting.

All the cooking made me tired though, so I went to bed before ben. The new tv setup worked perfectly last night. I put Princess Bride on sleep timer and drifted off to sleep somewhere after the RUS's. The tv made going to sleep alone a tiny bit less lonely.

Ben must have been up really late because he's still sleeping. I was restless, so I got up and loaded the dishwasher. I tried to clean the kitchen up a little too, but it was kinda intimidating. I'm thinking now crafts and tv until ben gets up. Then we want to go to ikea. We need a stand for his new speakers, a table for the bird's cage, and more plates. Plus we're going to see if there are any interesting kitchen tools that might be useful when out CSA garden thing starts up.

I hope ben wakes up soon. I miss him already!