what a weekend...

stephanie's visit was phenomenal, and i can say without a doubt my life was completely changed. no, literally, she rearranged my entire loft. while it was sweet before, now, it's just freaking "radass" (as stephanie would say) i'm amazed at how much fun we had in a short period of time, and in the 40ish hours stephanie was in detroit, i managed to try at least a half dozen things that i hadn't done before (my favorite of which was mrs. grass chicken soup with golden nugget.) it felt awesome.

after a night out with friends in dearborn on friday, we took the evening in to chillax and get to know one other. the next morning, i took steph to some of detroit's finest establishments (avalon bakery) and art installations (heidelberg) we enjoyed coffee, roamed the city, enjoyed a sticky bun and scone, and talked like we were best buddies. we made a pizza together. i learned how to get cheese that is stretchy on a pizza, and i helped a literal stranger rearrange my entire apartment. it's freakin' sweet. and after all of our talk about hitting up the jazz club (cliff bells) and maybe another establishment to dance the night away, we ended up watching 300 on the couch in HD. i respect a girl who can watch 300, let alone yell, "SWEET!" with a cackle as a persian gets his leg cutoff with a sword by a bulked up spartan. that's when i knew stephanie is the radass she aspires to be.

for someone who i met for just a couple of hours at a wedding, and talked with back and forth for the past few weeks, there wasn't a single minute of the time we were together that i considered awkward or strange, considering we knew very little of each other. but with steph, i felt like we had known each other for ages, that we had been best friends forever, and we were finally seeing each other after years, of well...not seeing each other.

i can say without a doubt that the weekend that just passed was something new, exciting and completely different. it felt like my life started something really good.

strangely, after re-reading what i just wrote, i realize that none of the words above come even close to describing the weekend. just so many things, feelings, emotions, activities, it felt like nothing i was familiar with.

it was like i met a new best friend and i'm sad (understatement) that she's gone! i wish my new friend lived closer. a lot closer.

UPDATE: while we certainly did blow a lot of sunshine up our asses the last few weeks...we learned we are two kick ass people, so it was okay, we were just telling the truth about each other.