Weekend Bliss
I can't believe that it is Wednesday afternoon and I have yet to write about my incredible, relaxing, life-affirming weekend. Shame on me. So I am staying the extra 15 minutes at work to write b/c I know that tomorrow will be just as busy. I need to be better at carving time out for writing.

Anyway...I went to Albany this weekend to visit my best bud from NYU and, as usual, it was outstanding. We always manage to create the greatest weekends for ourselves. This was no exception. Friday night I escaped from work an hour early (yea!) and after an extra hour of traffic with no CD player (boo!) i arrived by 7:30. We had a quick glass of wine and then we (her long-time live-in BF Tom makes 3) headed out for out-of-this world sushi. So good. He went to work and she and I finished off the wine and a bottle of champagne (yikes!) while we battled it out in Scrabble and Gin Rummy. I lost every game. But I was having too much fun (and clearly too much drink) to care.

Sat we woke up early to much-deserved headaches but none-the-less headed to Saratoga for the day. We started at the spa where for $26 each we worked out in their gym, lounged in the steam room and took 45 minute hot mineral baths in the freash Saratoga Spring water. The tubs were deep, low and porcelain. My 5 ft body could have easily drowned. The water was brown but not scary b/c you knew it was the real deal from the earth. Such a nice change from over-processed America as we now know it. We greedily grabbed an apple each and filled our water bottles on the way out. Healthy and glowing...

We finished the adventure with lunch at a local pub and gourmet chocolate (Lake champlain Chocolates are the ONLY chocolates as far as I am concerned) and natural food store shopping. $30 of chocolate and dipping sauces later (and those were just my purchases!) we finally headed home. but not before stopping at Kohls to laugh at all the rooster themed soap dispensers and hand towels. I laughed so much that my stomach muscles were pulsating with over-use. That's living, folks.

We came home, ordered pad thai, flopped on the couch and watched Winter Passing. By far one of the best films I've seen in years. Rent it! Now! Seriously...go!

Sunday we woke Tom up early, got breakfast at a diner in a trailer (are there any other kinds?) and went open-house shopping. The weather was gorgeous and we walked from house to house in awe of our adulthood. We finished the weekend with pizza night (a tradition that i've heard about for years but had never experienced) at Tom's mom's house. I left Albany in a haze of happiness and a supreme gratitude for my life.

I hope that you all feel as lucky to be alive as I do. it is all in the little things.