It all started with lunch. We usually eat lunch together – his workplace is literally a mile away from my house – and I had become strangely dependent on this midday routine. But for the second day in a row, he went out to eat with his coworkers instead. And I was upset. (Even though I know I shouldn’t be. I’m working on it, ok?)
He texted me after lunch. “What are you doing for dinner though?” (I don’t know.) “Do you want to eat together?” (I didn’t respond.) “Hm???!?!?” (Ok.) “=]”
And at 5:15 he showed up at my door.
“Let’s go some place nice that we haven’t been to in a while.”
After making him wait nearly an hour while I finished up my work and begrudgingly tried to pick a restaurant, we were on our way. Or at least, in the driveway, preparing to leave for Cheesecake Factory. Then Chili’s. And then finally… California Pizza Kitchen in San Jose. 
The wait? 45 minutes. >______<
But it was okay, he needed to buy a new pair of shoes. So we began to walk through the mall, making our way through the crowds in search of a shoe store. Just as we were walking past the Build-A-Bear store, he said to me, “It would be cool if they had a walrus.”
[side note: After watching Toy Story 3, Ryan told me that his favorite childhood toy was a stuffed animal named Wally the walrus. He used to chew on Wally's tusks. I have yet to meet Wally - he's up in the attic.]
“Maybe they do!” I said, darting into the store to look at the toys. “No, they don’t. I already checked. The abominable snowman is pretty cool though,” he said, checking out the furry white creature. I liked Clarice the reindeer. Suddenly he turned to me. “Do you want to get one?”
Uhhhh YES I wanted to!!!!
I chose the happy hugs teddy, watched him get stuffed, and put a cute little heart inside. We went over to the next station and filled out his birth certificate – his official name is Chet Baker (named after the famous jazz trumpet player). Awful, awful name, in my opinion, but I’m not the one who paid for him! And three minutes later he was rechristened Han Solo. We browsed through the many outfits covering the walls – “Who would want a C3PO outfit??! He was so annoying!!” – and I opted not to get one, at least not yet. But of course he’ll eventually have the Han Solo outfit, since that’s his new persona. lol.
Here I am with Han Solo RIGHT NOW!!! He makes me so happy. 
It was really nice to get out of the house, even out of town, and do something different than the usual Netflix dvd at home. We even tried something new at CPK – the chicken lettuce wraps appetizer. It was good. But not as good as my favorite smoothie, the pineapple colada! It is seriously like paradise in a drink. Amazing. I wish I could have that every day.
Whoops, I almost forgot. We DID go home and watch a dvd from Netflix… hahaha. Smoking Aces was pretty good… lots of people died though. And it was kind of unnecessarily complex. Too many characters involved. I would still recommend it because I was impressed with Ryan Renolds and the chaos was entertaining. If you watch it and don’t like it, I will stop giving my opinions on movies because I am already unsure of my skills as a critic. 
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