Maggots, Reptiles, and A Walk Around The World

From around 9:30AM-3:45PM, I walked allll around town with him. [and into Nutley, too!] Today was unbelievably amazing. I hate there constant ups and downs we go through, but it's all definitely worth it when we have days like today. The day began when I got dropped off at the high school for "band practice"and made my way to your house. Even from the start today, I knew I had worn the wrong shoes: Urban Outfitters cheap, high top sneakers with crappy soles. As I waited for him, I sat behind the chiropractor's office, tried to drown a maggot with iced coffee, and re-laced my shoes. Our first stop was JP's Dry Cleaners. The walk wasn't too bad and like I did for all of today I enjoyed our conversation on the way there. We can literally talk about anything and our conversation always stay alive. The aspect of not bringing bikes today really helped. We were actually able to talk instead of trying to get a few sentences in as we both bike up and down hills, ahead and behind one another. After the cleaners, when walked all the way to Nutley diner. That HAD to be about an hour walk! There we shared some chocolate-chip pancakes, but no Belgian waffle with ice cream and strawberries as I had envisioned. Out waiter was also annoying; it was mainly her high-pitched voice.

Then, I took him to Mandee right next door. It was pretty funny how upset he was that he was actually in the store. He didn't want to, but I convinced him to come in :) I looked around, being a girl, looking at clothes, but also not

forgetting I was broke. I loved the feeling of shopping with him. It made me feel like we were older - a teaser for the future. I know for a fact that I'll be dragging him around shopping, 10 years from now, too! I tried on some sandals that I was considering buying, along with hooker pumps! I have no idea how people wear those. The walking didn't stop there. We had to walk all the way back to the cleaners, but not without a short roam around Franklin Ave. We joked around the Dollar store, which I very much like [the store]. We also stopped by CVS before practically walking around the whole world to JP's. But hey, the exercise was good. Wandering down Washington Ave. , I notice a golden Honda Odyssey dive by. My awesomely-amazing sunglasses prevented me from seeing who was in there, but I turned to him and joked, "Berrrnaaadiiineeeee!!! :D" His reaction was nothing, as he was already standing there in disappointment and anger. It was her. He was angry that we had to see her because he had been doing a great job avoiding her all summer. I noticed we were right by the pet store. Wanting to keep the mood cheery, I grabbed him by the arm and skipped there, claiming we HAD to go in. A walk around in there definitely did the trick. We observed all the reptiles and pets up for sale, along with the food. I found out reptiles make him feel uncomfortable, while showing him the buckets of live meal-worms made things no better. :)

Finally, we headed back to his place where we did something I will always love: just laying there with him. At first, I was simply lying next to him with my head rested on his arm. Then, he suddenly curled up into me. "Usually the girl does this, but you took too long," he said. I laughed, but couldn't deny enjoying the feeling of having him in my arms for that period of time. I reverted back to his first position, and we just laid there again. I laughed and finally spoke, "Am I taking too long?" "A little," he responded. I proceeded to curl into his nook. The relevant part of my day ended when we walked to Dunkin' Donuts, bought my brother a sandwich, and drove Jacob back home. We left much earlier that usual because my nerves would not settle. Someone comes home at 4PM and any minute at the hour of 3PM had me shitting bricks. I'm slightly scarred and fearful to ruin things with his family. Last year, I met his mother on 3 bad occasions, and then I finally got along with her on good terms last month. I didn't want to ruin anything, if she cause me over their house.

Photos are of my pancake and us at Mandee. Look, he likes it there! :D [but don't look, at my messed up left eye]