As Temperature Rises Above Zero, Minneapolis Woman Recovers from Meltdown and Ventures Outdoors Without Whining

It was a fun and low-key weekend. Friday night, Amy came over and we drank lots of wine and watched Frida, which I'd never seen before. It was a beautiful movie, I loved it. Saturday I volunteered in the morning to help low-income people file income taxes and in the afternoon I went shopping with Geoff and his girlfriend, Jessica, to help Jessica pick out a suit for her med school interviews. We found a smart and snappy little skirt-suit at Macy's. Then we returned to St. Paul and had a delicious meal at Bonfire. We ordered an incredible mess of fried onion stack that was way too big for us to eat. I had a really delicious creamy pasta with lobster, shrimp, scallops, and asparagus. (In case you're wondering, that stupid south beach diet is out the window, as I found it to be completely incompatible with my drinking regimen. No worries, though, I'm working out and improving my eating habits notwithstanding the occasional foray into the land of the delicious creamy pastas). OK, where was I? Oh, yes. After dinner, I met Shad at Creative Electric Studios for the excellent and weird William Schaff show. ("Cool" weird, not "OMG look at that crazy weirdo" weird).

Sunday I could no longer resist the accusatory vibes coming from my fabric stash so I grabbed the fabric that was resting on top (a groovy print called "Moon Flower" that I picked up at an estate sale--the fabric was stamped "Copyright 1960") and sewed up a little skirt. Then put on my new skirt and left to do some homework at Diamonds coffee shop. Later Shad and I had dinner at The Good Earth in Roseville (artichoke dip=wonderful; creamy asparagus soup=good but lacking a little oomph; goat cheese and artichoke ravioli in tomato-cream sauce=almost completely lacking in yumminess) and swung by Barnes & Noble to read magazines (it's almost like having your own!).

Going to bed now--have a big day tomorrow, beginning with 7:40 a.m. meeting. Ew.