A weekend in review.

So when I last posted, I had stated I had never cooked a steak before. Call it being raised by a vegetarian mother, and the fact since I've been on my own, I've found meat to be so expensive. I can get a lot of vegetables and some pork chops for the cost of 2 filet mignons.

That being said, this was a special evening I was planning, and since his favorite meal was steak, and I so rarely cook dinner for anyone, I wanted to do it right. Bill wins the prize for giving me a great recipe to work from (ok...previously I said Brent...forgive me...I took cold medication today). I used his idea and worked from there. Marinade consisted of Onion powder, garlic powder, fresh rosemary, olive oil, and soy sauce. I bought the best steaks I could afford at a market that only sells free range meat ($32.95/Lb.). Cooked them in the broiler for about 8 minutes, and they were perfect. The rest of the weekend?

So since I was off Friday night from the dinner, I met the bowling team and once again bowled my worst. I keep watching my average fall further and further, but really...I don't care. I joined this league to have a good time, not win or lose. I can't even remember what my scores were (although I can say...they were really bad...something under 100).

Saturday morning, I went to Kerri's house to help her paint her upstairs bathroom. Kerri loves to decorate, and she had chosen a rich chocolate brown for her bathroom walls, and wanted to wall paper two walls with this really nice wallpaper she had found. Initial time estimate was 5 hours on Saturday morning. Actual time it took to finish...9 hours (over a 2 day period), but that was because the room's woodwork and ceilings were not taped off.

Now I admit...I am a perfectionist, especially when I paint indoor rooms, but I also really enjoy doing it. I love changing an entire look of a room with just a couple of gallons of paint. This room went through a dramatic change.

So Saturday evening, I cooked the steaks for my friend. Now the two of us are not classifying what we are at this point besides friends. So this was sort of a combo of friends getting together/sort of a date thing. I'm calling it a "freight" (I.E...two friends on a date). We've both been burned pretty badly in the past 6 months, and are just spending time together. If it grows into something more...then we can go from there. Neither of us wants to hurt the other, and we are agreeing to keep the lines of communication open between us. Mostly though...neither of us wants to complicate our lives right now with something besides friends, so this is the best for our current situation.

Watching him in the dark room by the light of a television on Saturday, I was just struck by how distinctive his features are. Most importantly though, I find I really enjoy speaking with him as I don't try to hide portions of myself. I find I can tell him almost anything, nearly as much as I tell my therapist (She alone knows everything...poor woman).

So we had a wonderful meal, the Pinot Noir was a really smooth wine (a birthday present from last year), and afterwards, we just sat on the futon (I will get rid of that thing for a sofa soon), and enjoyed each other's company.

Sunday, we went to a Diana's restaurant (AKA Dirty Diana's) for dinner and rented Leagally Blonde. I have to say this...I loved this film. It was hilarious, and had I known it was this good, I would have spent the bucks to see it in the movies, as opposed to waiting for video. Now I need to rent the second movie.

I've noticed I'm rambling with this writing but I think it has to do with taking two Contact cold and flu pills. My sinuses were telling me that I might be coming down with something, so in case I took the pills. Now...it a bit hard to concentrate.