on my way home from work last night i stopped off at cozy to see if they have any more of the yarn i need for my baby-blanket project. i need more dark purple and they only had one skein (d'oh! i need 2 or 3 more!), but they kindly ordered more for me (with an admonition to "buy more than you think you'll need next time... you can always return it."). sometimes the people in there are nice, and other times not. still, where else can you buy yarn in durham? my knowledge is limited in this area.
i also stopped in at international delights for some take-out. i really don't go there very often... the ketchup-nazi frightens me terribly. (also the sign that says "do not talk to us while we're cooking your food" seems a little rude.) but i do love a good gyro, and their felafel is to die for too, so i got a little of both to snarf down before i headed out for the night.
charo & i went to see the duke symphony's spring concert. this is not something we'd typically do together, but her new beau plays bass in the ensemble and he'd invited her to attend. we had a nice time, giggling and smiling at him while the music played. musically speaking, though, i was reasonably impressed with the orchestra's string section, and the woodwinds seemed pretty strong, too. but -ugh- the brass left a lot to be desired. oh well. it was free.
afterwards we met up with charo's beau at francesca's, and we had the most wonderful time. he brought along a few of his friends: a french woman who is studying atmospheric engineering (whatever that is), her animated and funny boyfriend, and an israeli student who is studying the migratory patterns of birds.
such a lofty group! but we all just chatted happily about summer camp, hot dogs, scooters and duke basketball. we shut the place down and i was sorry to say goodbye to those new friends. i should have thought to invite them to the party on saturday.
speaking of which, if i've somehow stupidly forgotten to invite you to the party, please let me know... after offering my apologies i'll gladly send you all the pertinent info.
anyway, last night was the first time i've really spent any time with charo's beau. he is super-duper sweet, smart and funny. and so smitten with her. i'm really happy for them both... i hope they're together for a long, long time.
shortly after i got home my brother called. i was in such a good mood from the lively conversation at francesca's that i feel like i just yammered away on the phone at him, but i think it was one of the most fun conversations he & i have had in a while. i went to bed after that with a huge smile on my face. i feel happy.
oh, tonight is (tacos-and-)divaville night. the playlist for tonight's show will be here. it's on WXDU 88.7, from 6-8pm... so listen, ok?
Posted by xta at February 19, 2004 2:15 PM | TrackBack