I find it amazing that my apartment once looked this "Neat". But it is getting there again. Because RQS and I have a virtuous circle relationship, it seems that when I work on cleaning up my apartment, RQS is inspired to work on hers (and vice versa.) This weekend, I went to RQS's place for a change, and we did a little work on cleaning out junk from her place.
But first....
Last week, RQS expressed a desire for me to go down to her place for a change, and I said yes. This decision was fortunate, as I have to get a handyman to come to fix the tiled wall near my bathtub. So, I took care of several errands before driving to RQS's house, one of which included donating 2 large boxes of books to a local library's thrift shop, returning another book to my local library, and talking with my building's super.
Once on the road, I hardly hit any traffic, and I reached RQS's place earlier than usual. RQS was waiting for me with a couple of lobsters to be cooked. Yum! It was a good evening for a lobster boil, and she noted that it was more enjoyable than eating lobster at any local restaurant. Both of us were tired, and we decided to hit the hay a little early for our next day's activities.
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The sun came out, and there was more than enough light coming in through RQS's windows to cause me to wake up much earlier than usual. After relaxing in bed for a while, both RQS and I (mostly her) proceeded to declutter her apartment. By the time we were ready to go for dinner, she had a couple of boxes of books to go to the donation bins. I was tasked with bringing her old bookcase down to the trash area, and her apartment looked much cleaner for the work put into it.
Next, we got showered and dressed, and off to "Curry Hill" for dinner. Our first stop was at the bookstore, where I picked up a guidebook to Bermuda. Then, it was off to Third Avenue for dinner. We found a nice place via Yelp, and were lucky to get seated without reservations. RQS said that the food was a little better than our usual NYC go-to pace. As for me, I felt that it was as good or slightly better. But it was $20+ more expensive for a similar meal. (It was worth it.)
Why did we go to "Curry Hill" instead of Greenwich Village? Tipsy Scoop! We wanted our booze infused ice cream. And we got it. Yum! We paid for it though. We couldn't find a bus that would take us back to the subway which would return home. In the end, we walked over 1/2 mile to find the bus stop before going into the nearby subway to go home.
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Sunday came, and so did more apartment cleanup. While RQS was organizing things, I fixed a problem on her computer which prevented some things from printing. Once we showered and dressed for the day, we delivered more stuff to the local donation center before I left for the evening.
