Bold and Brassy!!

I got a flat tire last night whilst driving to The Ottobar. Luckily, Carmin was going in her car and could pick me up and we never missed a beat, and I didn't get stranded somewhere in the dark, on the side of the road. I have to get all four tires new and let's just say I'm about to be out $619.00. One thing that was nice, was when I texted Nick about the flat, he asked if I needed him to come get me or do anything. Then when I got there he offered to put the donut on so I could drive it home (that was before he understood that I'd left it on the parking lot of a repair shop anyways.), which I thought was very nice and considerate.

But last night proved to be a pretty good time. I'm glad Carm came out for a while. It's so wierd how she knows two of Nick's friends. Sometimes Baltimore really feels like a small town. Anyways, it was awesome to hang out with Nick and everybody was talking and laughing. They played some really good music. I was surprised Rob wasn't out, maybe he had a classified deadline or something. Lame for somebody who gave everybody else shit about not going out enough. At one point, Nick and his friend Laurie must have gotten in a fight outside because when he came in, he was very sullen and depressed for a while and said he was just having alot to deal with right now. I'm not really sure what that means, but I just sat with my arm around him, rubbing his back and at one point, he put his head on my shoulder and just kind of buried his face for a while and I ran my fingers through his hair and tried to convey that I care. After that, he seemed to cheer up a bit and we started singing along and his overall mood improved for the rest of the night. I ended up driving his car home, because, well, for obvious reasons, which I didn't mind at all. I was only the second person other than his parents to ever drive his car other than him. When we got back to mine, we ate our Subway sandwiches and watched a little QVC and HSN (the hilarious catchphrase for last night was "Bold and Brassy"). He said he was going to leave, but ended up dozing off and while I was so tired myself, there wasn't enough room on that damn sofa and I got tired of teetering on the edge, so I slept in in my bed. I could hear Nick breathing (alternating between breathing and snoring haha) out in the living room, and I would listen for it when I woke up to know that the hadn't left yet. When it was time for me to get up (Carm was going to take me to drop off my keys at the repair shop and then take me to work), I went out to the couch to wake Nick up, and he had me lay my head on his chest for a few minutes as he worked his way towards conciousness. A couple minutes after he walked out the door, he called me to offer to take me to work, which I thought was very nice. I wish people from work had been around when he dropped me off.

Had to go pick my car up after work. Dropped $619 for four new tires and an oil change. I didn't really need all four tires now, but you can't do just one new tire and they said they would need to be replaced sooner rather than later, so I went ahead and replaced them all. Why not? I swear, Carm and I cannot get ahead. Everytime it seems like we are going to be caught up with things, some unforeseen disaster drops expense in our laps. God help us once we have this house. I really need that golden goose to fly over.

Anyways, I ate far too much yesterday, and I had done so well Monday and Tuesday and felt really good about myself. Yesterday, I ate too much at conference (shouldn't have eaten lunch at all), then there was yet another going away party in my department, and I had a piece of cake, a brownie, and some cheese and crackers. Carm and I went to the grocery store when she got off and we bought more food than we intended, but all good stuff. I got some of those tortolini's like Nick made the other week, so I'd like to make them one night. I really have been enjoying cooking, and even though it hasn't been anything homemade or difficult, it's still an accomplishment for me and it makes me want to take on more challenging and ambitious meals. We had salad and pizza for dinner. I liked the other pizza, four cheese Freshetta Pizza Amore, better than this one, which was Pizza Amore Supreme or Deluxe or something, with pepperoni, sausage, three types of peppers, onions. Sounds very good, and it wasn't bad, but I just think the other one was better, and this just had a little too much going on. Also, there may or may not have been bacon on it, which I wasn't too crazy about. Honestly, I wasn't even hungry. I could have gone the rest of the night not eating, but Carm was hungry and wanted us to do our dinner thing, which I love, so that was that. I have been eating those chocolate covered expresso beans like mad. Well, not too much, but fairly often.

My crisps arrived from England yesterday. I'm totally excited and told Nick that we'll have to try them next time we hang out, which he said will likely be tonight. I guess his vacation got approved to go with his parents to visit his brother in Ithica at school this weekend, so I would like to see him before he leaves. His friend Rob's band is playing at the Metro Gallery on Saturday and Christina and I are going to go as Nick's representation haha. His band is actually really, really good, so I would like to see them anyways. I may ask for her number and see if she wants to drive together.

I got so sleepy last night (despite the expresso beans) after dinner when we were watching No Country For Old Men, that I had to take a nap for an hour before Top Chef came on.