pleasantness

is there anything better in this world than a friend who will come hang out with you while you clean your house and just BE there? someone who will sip a beverage and flip through magazines and talk to you, making the whole cleaning thing rather pleasant? last night, this role was wonderfully fulfilled by our friend amy, who came home with us after dance class. i set her up with an apple martini, and she just hung out--she even dried the dishes!!! i admit, i had a little 'tini myself, which certainly made the time go by faster--it was 1am nefore we knew it! my birthday turned out to be pretty nice, especially given how much we needed to accomplish. the hippie took me to porter's for dinner, where i had my favorite calimari, a couple of glasses of fabulous red wine, a filet woth potatoes gratin and french green beans, and some wonderful peach pie with a little pink candle in it. dance class was a hoot as always, and thanks to amy and the martinis, cleaning wasn't so bad, either. plus, the folks in dance class refused to believe my age, which was an bit of an unexpected bonus. a girl could definitely do worse! :)