okay, so it'll be a bit before pics are posted, as i've started using my "non-digital" camera again. i'm not sure if you remember, but it uses "film," and you have to get it "developed."
anyway, i just have to write about yesterday while it's still fresh in my mind, as it was awesome.
april 1st is not our wedding anniversary, but the anniversary of the night we met. the night we became inseparable. we do celebrate our june 17th wedding anniversary as well, but this one is the real one. patrick asked me to marry him a week after we met (well, it was about a week and two days) and i said yes, and in my mind, we've been married since that day. i think i will post pics from the night we met at some point, because they're hilarious and totally worth seeing again.
so we decided to celebrate properly this year, as we've never really gone through the dating/romantic relationship phase. we were just together from the beginning, so we never really courted or dated or whatever it is that kids are doing these days.
we woke up late...(which is now defined as any time past 7:30 am).. i got out of bed at 8 and patrick at 8:30. we made our morning coffee/tea and watched "choke," the newest movie based off of one of chuch palsa.sdfasfdioajsdfkla;sf(?)'s novels. (the same guy who wrote fight club--one of my favorite movies of all time...)
we weren't sure how violent or sexual it was going to be, so we wanted to watch it before veda woke up. it turned out not to be visually disturbing (for the most part), so we kept it on after veda woke up and distracted her when questionable scenes arose.
jessica was going to watch veda during the day, but there was a planning mixup and she wasn't able to, so we decided to have a family day in the city. patrick did the planning and surprised me with an excursion first to the seinfeld diner on the upper west side and then to the cathedral of st. john the divine.
we got off at 125th and walked down st. nicholas avenue to the middle/top side of central park and took photos of harlem--a strange renaissance happening daily before everyone's eyes. can't wait to see how the photos turned out. i absolutely LOVE harlem architecture.
first off, the seinfeld restaurant is GREAT!!! awesome staff, super cozy, doesn't look like the set in the show, but it's great...and relatively cheap! anyway, i would totally work there if i lived in that area. i got a reuben with swiss cheese fries and a cup of cream of corn soup. patrick got a cheeseburger deluxe, and veda had crackers and snacks from our plates. we both had coffee. it was great. our server was super cheerful, and that was great (as you don't tend to get that here, for the most part).
we then took photos outside (of course) along with a group of high school tourists and walked a block east to the cathedral.
it's jaw-droppingly beautiful. the park is amazing and has the coolest faerie-tale-esque sculpture with a mishmash of animals and folklore... the cathedral itself is amazing, contains a corner devoted to american literary greats & has hints of eastern religion throughout (strange, right? for a cathedral?). i really want to go back with more film.
and there, a miracle happened. i took veda into the restroom to check her diaper. she proceeded to tell me that she wanted to use the potty, and then proceeded to USE THE POTTY!!! it was amazing. i didn't even think to ask her, as i've been planning on potty training this summer. she's used the potty THREE TIMES since yesterday & does it correctly! diapers are soon to be a thing of the past!! and seeing as we spend about $40+ per month on them, it'll help our budget emensely! anyway, how COOL IS THAT???? i had no idea that she was so interested or able to do this!!!
so yeah, first potty experience at st. john the divine? awesome.
we celebrated the potty experience and left the cathedral. by that time it was way past her naptime and about time to head down to the TKTS booth (reduced cost--50% off or more ticket booth at times square).
we decided that we were going to see either phantom of the opera or rock of ages. patrick and veda went to the virgin megastore to get out of the rain, but it was closed (why were the lights out front on??) for good, so they came back to the line. by that time, i had made friends with an older couple in town from chicago who were also going to see phantom. they've been together for slightly less than a year. so cute!! i found shelter under their umbrella. ^_^
we got phantom tickets. they were only $10 more than rock of ages...and come on. phantom is one of my favorite plays of all time. i haven't seen it since high school and patrick had never seen a broadway show (aside from light in the piazza at the kennedy center, which was slightly lame in our opinions. definitely not memorable as phantom, etc. are.). only $62.50 for 12th row orchestra tickets!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by that time, we were both having our midday crash and ready to head home and chill before our night on the town.
we came home and hung out. drank some coffee, pondered life, and got dressed up. i decided to wear my fantastically AMAZING 1980s dress that i found in my grandmother's attic, which belonged to one of my cousin john's girlfriends in high school (in the 80s). it is awesome. patrick dressed to match with a miami-vice inspired (we think) tie. he looked hot.
i LOVE MY NEW BANGS!!!
(to be continued...)
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