After battling Friday rush hour traffic, I drove up to what turned out to be an adorable coffee shop in Frederick, Maryland. Katie, who had been patiently waiting for me, asked what we were doing. At which point the following classic movie moment ensued:
"What are we doing?"
"What do you mean? I thought you planned this!"
"Are you serious? I thought you planned this! I got a letter from you saying to meet me here!"
At this point, we noticed that the cashier was smirking. Figuring she knew something we didn't, we approached her. She asked: "Are you Katie and Lauren?" When we confirmed that we were, she removed a clue from behind the counter. It contained $10 and told us to:
Coffee with my bff and a romantic surprise from my gf? I'M DOWN. We followed directions, thanks to a friendly barista:
And then found a place to leave one of our cars, and started traveling up 70 as instructed by our previous clues. Along the drive, we get texts with trivia questions--the answers to these questions will give us our destination! After a few wrong guesses and misguided google searches, we discovered that we were headed to the Blue Knob Ski Resort in Claysburg, PA.
Aside from a (minor) perilous journey up a mountain during a snowstorm in my 2003 Saturn Ion which got stuck in the snow that resulted in my need to call on my "Knight in Shining Volkswagen"... at which point she ALSO got stuck--We had a FABULOUS weekend.
The door to our cozy little cond-snow (I think that's what condos in ski towns should be called) had this little sign on it. Obviously we said YES, entered and were presented with boxes of chocolates, warm pajamas and lots and LOTS of wine.
It was a fantastic weekend, and I didn't even fall off my snow tube...
I thought I had her beat this Valentine's Day. I sent her flowers, planned a romantic dinner and got tickets to see Andrea Gibson in March. Turns out she's the romantic in this relationship. Still, I'm taking her to poetry:
"Just in case it is, let me also say that I want you
sleepy-eyed in the morning waking at my side
like a warm summer sky born from
so much softness the horizon cries every time
night fall comes to take you
let me also say that I want to make you [gluten-free] sandwiches and soup
and peanut butter cookies, though
the truth is peanut butter is really bad for you
cause they grow peanuts in old cotton fields
to get the toxins out of the soil
but hey, you like peanut butter and I like you"
Happy Valentine's Day!
Happy Valentine's Day!
