Elusive, Irresponsible Blogger
Last Thursday I was knee-deep in Olympics on Hannah's couch, winning a silver medal for indigestion with the hot wings sitting in my stomach. Out of the blue, Hannah turns her head and looks at me. She pauses before she speaks, which makes the following statement extra dramatic:
"What if we drove to New York this weekend?"
The idea didn't even have a moment to resonate; the decision had already been made. Besides, what else would we have done on a Saturday - sit on her couch and watch HGTV for 5 hours? Probably. We could spend that valuable ass time in a car speeding towards our favourite city.
Friday, 4pm , Hannah calls an emergency meeting to inform me that Zacky would be joining in on the adventure. Apparently telling your brother about a big adventure and then asking them to feed your cats while you're gone doesn't always go over well... but why not bring someone to share in the fun, right? Especially someone as starry-eyed as Z.
Friday night, 8pm, the three of us are tucking into some din dins and planning a to-do list. The idea was to pick up our rental car at 8am and be in NYC by 5. "You know, if we were smart, we would have left after work," Hannah mused. 5 minutes later she's on the phone with Hertz - they have one car available and they're closing in 20 minutes. We throw down our forks and sprint up Yonge street, just in time to pick up the most pimp SUV I've ever driven (which, of course, isn't saying a lot).
On the road by 10, checking into a hotel at 2:30am. Rolling into NYC by 3pm on Saturday, buying $5 sunglasses in SoHo by 4 and riding up an elevator with Jeremy Sisto to a penthouse party at midnight. Sleeping at 4am, back in the SUV driving out of NYC by 11am. Dropping off the rental at 9pm, back on the couch eating wings at 9:30 ... the most delicious, exciting, tiring and spontaneous full circle I've rode in awhile. These are the things I will remember and long for one day, you know?
"What if we drove to New York this weekend?"
The idea didn't even have a moment to resonate; the decision had already been made. Besides, what else would we have done on a Saturday - sit on her couch and watch HGTV for 5 hours? Probably. We could spend that valuable ass time in a car speeding towards our favourite city.
Friday, 4pm , Hannah calls an emergency meeting to inform me that Zacky would be joining in on the adventure. Apparently telling your brother about a big adventure and then asking them to feed your cats while you're gone doesn't always go over well... but why not bring someone to share in the fun, right? Especially someone as starry-eyed as Z.
Friday night, 8pm, the three of us are tucking into some din dins and planning a to-do list. The idea was to pick up our rental car at 8am and be in NYC by 5. "You know, if we were smart, we would have left after work," Hannah mused. 5 minutes later she's on the phone with Hertz - they have one car available and they're closing in 20 minutes. We throw down our forks and sprint up Yonge street, just in time to pick up the most pimp SUV I've ever driven (which, of course, isn't saying a lot).
On the road by 10, checking into a hotel at 2:30am. Rolling into NYC by 3pm on Saturday, buying $5 sunglasses in SoHo by 4 and riding up an elevator with Jeremy Sisto to a penthouse party at midnight. Sleeping at 4am, back in the SUV driving out of NYC by 11am. Dropping off the rental at 9pm, back on the couch eating wings at 9:30 ... the most delicious, exciting, tiring and spontaneous full circle I've rode in awhile. These are the things I will remember and long for one day, you know?
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