Anywho, I figured I would cut this off the other post and put it in the proper date.
I sat up until about 3am or so watching -some movie or something-. Trinity and Jimmy were supposed to leave at 2am, and I think they fell asleep. I thought about waking them or checking on them, but then I saw one of them and they left around 2:30am. I fell asleep shortly and woke about a quarter to 4am to the loudest buzzing ever. It was the phone next to the door. I ignored it the first two times because I had no idea what it was. I finally got up and started to think it was probably Jimmy, as if he forgot his key or couldn't get in. I opened the door and heard a guy telling someone "thank you so much, sorry for waking you." I assume he was calling all the apartments, trying to get someone to open the door. I had no idea where Jimmy was, it was late and it should've only taken a couple minutes for him to drop off Trinity. I decided to head back to bed.
I woke up around 10:47am or so and felt great to sleep in. I browsed the internet while Jimmy got ready for work. He told me about Trinity missing the bus and then her flight. :( He left and she came out and asked about going to the parade later, and insisted on taking me, even though I know she dreads it. So after about an hour or so, I got a shower around 2pm (heh) and got out and was dressed by around 2:30-2:45pm. She was pretty much ready, which I was surprised. And off we were to the Mummers Parade! The whether this morning read about 37 degrees, feeling like 33 degrees. It was pretty high. (Middleburg was 49, feeling like 44 and rainy around 10:45am)
We walked down the road to the subway and got on, which didn't take but a minute. As we walked up the stairs of the subway, people were EVERYWHERE (A little after 3pm). We walked around a bit to see some of the shows and I got a few pictures. This went on for almost an hour and a half.
By 4:30pm, we were across the street and had just seen "the green dude." The crappy part of the parade ended at 5pm, but we had enough so we headed over to the bar where Jimmy worked. On the subway ride there, there were some obnoxious guys that were really loud and they even got off at our stop and were pretty annoying. Trinity told me about the art sale/show every Friday near Jimmy's work.We arrived there around 4:50pm. They made me try some .. weird thing in a grape leaf wrap with rice and black olive. It wasn't bad, it tasted like pickle. Then I ordered the small pulled pork sandwhiches with cheddar instead of swiss (as suggested by Jimmy) with regular fries. It was filling for sure! After a quick bathroom break, he tried to get me to talk to the Mexican cooks in Spanish. He told them I was shy in Spanish (truth was, I didn't feel comfortable with him standing right there). "timido." So I sat down and they insisted on us eating dessert. Trinity and I agreed on the fried cheesecake things. A long time later, Trinity told Jimmy to tell them to hurry. I heard him tell them in the back, "dice 'tengo hambre'" which means, "she says 'im hungry'" Come to find out, they made two separate, very elaborate plates, instead of just one. It was four little cheesecake wraps with chocolate sauce and then a big whine class full of icecream and whipped cream in the center. I was WAY too full to finish it. In fact, I felt like throwing up. I was tired and I had a headache, so I tried to keep my attention focused on the college football game, Oregon vs. Ohio State (Rose Bowl). It was pretty good. We stayed until the end of halftime and then finally left.
I think we left just around 7pm. We hit up the subway and then had to catch the other subway (which goes perpendicular to the one we were on).
It seemed like a long wait because I felt horrible, and we were waiting for the subway BELOW the actual subway, so it was loud and there were TONS of black people waiting. I see a lot of black people on the subway. I saw some weird tranny guy, it was pretty...interesting. We got off and walked home, entering through the back. Trinity and I talked about school, mostly classes, books, then apartments.I think we got home around 7:35pm. Not sure why it seems like it took so long to get home. It was probably just the wait, combined with the walk. From there, I've basically sat on the computer (heh) until now, about 12:05am. Well, at 11:40pm I started typing this. I'm fixing to get a shower to lay down and finish watching T.V. At 8pm, the Fancy Brigade (the better part of the parade) was on T.V. It's kind of like guard competitions, but with ... The Mummers. They are groups that dress up in insane costumes and dance and have really weird shows. It's a little absurd, but kind of interesting. 100points goes towards just the costumes, 50 toward something else, 20 for another, and I think 30 toward overall effect. Then, Family guy was on, and now, Friends is on. It's an old season. Right now, whether is 32, feeling like 31 right now. Cloudy. Middleburg is 42, feeling like 36 and clear right now.
Shower at 12:30am after talking to Ben and typing this from 12am-12:30am. Out at 1am. Chatted on FB IM with Ben until 1:30am. Going to finish watching 650 LB Virgin: The Weight is Over and try to fall asleep (1:42AM). Jimmy should be home around 3am.
Middleburg: 42 degrees, feels like 36 degrees {Clear}
Philly: 32 degrees, feels like 23 degrees {Cloudy}
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