2.10.2003
happy 7 years and two days
so, last saturday was andy and my 7 year anniversary. the day as a whole was very pleasant... me and andy got up, went to the bank (didn't really get accomplished what were trying), i dropped him off at his work, then i went with neneng, crissy, chakee and trizza to borders (to our dismay since neneng was the only one who voted for borders as the rest of us were voting for barnes and noble) and we were "studying." why, do you ask is "studying" in quotes? well, neneng was supposed to be studying for her real estate license exam, crissy had homework to do, neneng was supposed also be helping chakee and trizza with organizing themselves for school (at least that's what i thought the three of them were gonna do), and i was supposed to start studying for the GRE. we didn't get to borders until later than we thought, so crissy and i didn't really do what we were supposed to. i bought a new GRE book (which i have way too many for someone who isn't actively studying like i'm supposed to be) and ended up writing my friend, Jennifer, a letter. and crissy could barely focus long enough to read her filipino homework like planned. anyway, i'm glad i bought a new GRE book because the books i have, one is full of tests only (no strategy stuff, which i need), and the other one is a psychology GRE book. i have 3 other books that i borrowed from someone, and there is already writing and problems worked out and stuff, which i thought would help since she had taken the princeton review class, but it was just throwing me off, so i wasn't working out the problems on my own. but anyway, blah, blah, blah.... it was cool hangin with the gals. anyway, so we went home, and andy and i headed off to our massages. they were amazing! we went to IPSB for our massages and if you want to get one for super cheap, you should go. massages do wonders for your body, and i can't rave enough about them. anyway, after that we went to dinner at Trattoria Acqua in la jolla and i thought it was pretty good. andy wasn't too impressed with the service, but other than that, i thought it was nice. we ordered the carpaccio* as an appetizer because it was just so "pretty woman" and i've always wanted to try it. *as an inside note: carpaccio is thinly sliced filet mignon that is served raw. i thought it was pretty good. andy couldn't really get past the texture, but i didn't think it was that bad. anyway, after that, we went clubbin. we went with crissy and her friend, and andy's friend, kyle. the idea was to hook up crissy's friend and andy's friend, but people proceeded to get pretty hammered, so it wasn't necessarily the ideal situation. the club had some serious house music, that i don't dig... and the dude playing the flute blew me away. there was no cover, so that made it alright, but i was D.D. so being okay with the music was proving itself to be a pretty difficult task. anyway, that was me and andy's anniversary in a nutshell. we've been together 7 years now, and it seems to be getting even better than i thought it would be every day. that isn't to say we don't have our arguments and we don't make each other crazy on occasion, but we've come a long way, and we've had our rough spots that we've had to get through. being in a relationship isn't all rainbows and ponies, so you have to work at it and you have to compromise, but all in all, i'm happy. love is weird, i guess... some people just look for it and look for it, but until you realize how much someone can love you back, you realize how lucky you are that you have it. i guess it's kinda easy to fall in love with someone, but it's a pretty tough shot to have that person love you back... and since you can't MAKE someone love you, we should all be so lucky if and when it lands in our lap. okay, before the schmaltz police come knocking on my door, i'm going to end this entry and create a whole other one about the rest of my weekend. oooooooooooh, by the way, one of my co-workers just walked past and i asked her how her weekend was and her and the guy she had been dating had just broken it off on saturday. see, that just confirms what i was talking about. she really liked this guy and he wigged out and now they aren't dating. hmm.... love is a pretty fragile deal.
so, last saturday was andy and my 7 year anniversary. the day as a whole was very pleasant... me and andy got up, went to the bank (didn't really get accomplished what were trying), i dropped him off at his work, then i went with neneng, crissy, chakee and trizza to borders (to our dismay since neneng was the only one who voted for borders as the rest of us were voting for barnes and noble) and we were "studying." why, do you ask is "studying" in quotes? well, neneng was supposed to be studying for her real estate license exam, crissy had homework to do, neneng was supposed also be helping chakee and trizza with organizing themselves for school (at least that's what i thought the three of them were gonna do), and i was supposed to start studying for the GRE. we didn't get to borders until later than we thought, so crissy and i didn't really do what we were supposed to. i bought a new GRE book (which i have way too many for someone who isn't actively studying like i'm supposed to be) and ended up writing my friend, Jennifer, a letter. and crissy could barely focus long enough to read her filipino homework like planned. anyway, i'm glad i bought a new GRE book because the books i have, one is full of tests only (no strategy stuff, which i need), and the other one is a psychology GRE book. i have 3 other books that i borrowed from someone, and there is already writing and problems worked out and stuff, which i thought would help since she had taken the princeton review class, but it was just throwing me off, so i wasn't working out the problems on my own. but anyway, blah, blah, blah.... it was cool hangin with the gals. anyway, so we went home, and andy and i headed off to our massages. they were amazing! we went to IPSB for our massages and if you want to get one for super cheap, you should go. massages do wonders for your body, and i can't rave enough about them. anyway, after that we went to dinner at Trattoria Acqua in la jolla and i thought it was pretty good. andy wasn't too impressed with the service, but other than that, i thought it was nice. we ordered the carpaccio* as an appetizer because it was just so "pretty woman" and i've always wanted to try it. *as an inside note: carpaccio is thinly sliced filet mignon that is served raw. i thought it was pretty good. andy couldn't really get past the texture, but i didn't think it was that bad. anyway, after that, we went clubbin. we went with crissy and her friend, and andy's friend, kyle. the idea was to hook up crissy's friend and andy's friend, but people proceeded to get pretty hammered, so it wasn't necessarily the ideal situation. the club had some serious house music, that i don't dig... and the dude playing the flute blew me away. there was no cover, so that made it alright, but i was D.D. so being okay with the music was proving itself to be a pretty difficult task. anyway, that was me and andy's anniversary in a nutshell. we've been together 7 years now, and it seems to be getting even better than i thought it would be every day. that isn't to say we don't have our arguments and we don't make each other crazy on occasion, but we've come a long way, and we've had our rough spots that we've had to get through. being in a relationship isn't all rainbows and ponies, so you have to work at it and you have to compromise, but all in all, i'm happy. love is weird, i guess... some people just look for it and look for it, but until you realize how much someone can love you back, you realize how lucky you are that you have it. i guess it's kinda easy to fall in love with someone, but it's a pretty tough shot to have that person love you back... and since you can't MAKE someone love you, we should all be so lucky if and when it lands in our lap. okay, before the schmaltz police come knocking on my door, i'm going to end this entry and create a whole other one about the rest of my weekend. oooooooooooh, by the way, one of my co-workers just walked past and i asked her how her weekend was and her and the guy she had been dating had just broken it off on saturday. see, that just confirms what i was talking about. she really liked this guy and he wigged out and now they aren't dating. hmm.... love is a pretty fragile deal.
