A Refreshing Weekend

This weekend I drove to DC with some of of my friends from high school. We went down to surprise another friend for her 25th birthday. More about the DC part later. The best part of the weekend was Friday night. I met my friend and her boyfriend (who I LOVE, I really hope she marries him, they are great together) at their place in the Bronx, and had a great time. Their apartment was beautiful, a cute one bedroom, right off the metro north, with a balcony that overlooks the Hudson River and a view of the Manhattan skyline. It was so nice. It has all the things that I miss since I moved to the city. They live right by several parks, so they can enjoy the nice weekends, have plenty of parking so don't have to worry about having cars (I dont have a car since I live in Queens so I rely solely on public transportation), and their apartment was so cute and homey. I was impressed. They've only been living there since late Dec, yet there apartment is more put together than mine, and I've been here for 3 years now (I dont even have a couch). I told her I was hiring her to come tell me what to do to my place until I can afford to move out and live by myself.

Anyway, by the time I got out of work and got up there it was about 7:30, initially we were going to drive down to DC Friday night, but instead decided just to wait and go first thing in the morning so we didn't get there at like 2am. Since we now had Friday night free, we went to dinner then just relaxed at their apartment drinking wine on their balcony. It was a great night, full of laughs, full of catching up, and just re-connecting. Since they moved to the city, this was the first time I've visited them. This whole weekend made me realize how much I truly enjoy their company, and value their friendships. Needless to say, there will be a lot more visits in the future!