KJ Day

date: Dec 27th

drink: Red Truck Wine - some blend, i think... and some unknown cabernet

what: private holidays and reality checks


So, J - the focus of so many of these blogs - is jewish. Whereas i'm more of the christmas-celebrating persuasion... therefore once we decided that we'd be exchanging december holiday presents, the next step was to pick a day to do it. sure the december holidays coinsided this year, but seriously, i think i kinda had to spend my christmas with the family i've known for 33+ years rather than the boyfriend i've not even known 3 months... so we settled on Sat, Dec 27th. which, according to my card and J's iphone, is now forever known as KJ day and will remain our own private holiday.... so yeah, presents were exchanged and we both did pretty freaking awesome, if i do say so myself...


i'll excuse you while you vomit. but bring the bucket back with you...



after that it was a trip downtown to Risotteria - a place i'd been by numerous times but never managed to think of at the right times until saturday...

before i get into that, its worth noting that in addition to all the eating and gossip girling, Friday night ended up being the night of what will forever now be known as 'the couch conversation' - some serious conversation about where we both are in the relationship (pretty far in for something so new) and where we thought things seemed to be headed...

so, anyway, post-holiday saturday night began with me having a panic attack - something that hasnt happened to that degree in a really long time... (and is only now occuring to me probably has a lot to do with the seriousness/scariness of all the talking on friday...) which was handled 100% right by J - walking and talking and just general distraction...

luckily the end of my thinking i was going to die right there on bleeker street coincided with our table being ready at the restaurant... and from there, we accidentally (?) moved onto reality... the reality of what the couch conversation really meant... bottom lines. non-negotiables. the things you forgot to consider when you were planning the future the night prior.


once dinner was over, we moved on to Four Faced Liar for a continuation of all that talking... more drinks were consumed but the conversation quickly left reality and returned to hearts and flowers and rainbows and sunshine and puppy dogs... (this is why i drink. life is much sunnier and less-serious after multiple glasses of wine) and anyone paying attention (luckily no one) would have guessed that we were on like, a 2nd date or so - what with all the giddiness and kissing...

glad you kept the puke bucket nearby, huh?