magicbeans. nothing if not awkward.

stef and i drove out to purgatory chasm, getting not exactly lost, but somewhat misdirected along the way. she had asked me to come up with something to do for my birthday. (we didn't do anything much last night because the boys have really settled into the friday burrito night thing, but garth did bake me a very nice cake.) i've been meaning to visit purgatory chasm since at least last summer. we walked down through the chasm and then up and along another trail beside it. sat and talked in the woods for a bit. it started raining, so we headed back to the car, and of course it stopped as soon as we got there.

and this evening stef took me out to dinner. the thai place on hope that i hadn't ever tried. had my favourite thai dish, fresh basil and chili stir-fry. quite good. and then we walked down to waterfire and were just one of all the sickenly sweet couples milling about. but it was nice to sort of be on a real "date" and do normal couple sorts of things.