NO MORE PANERA

Nick & I were at Panera for so long today. So very long. It wasn't our intention. We met for coffee aroud 10:45. I had a mocha, he had a tea, we both had asiago cheese bagels with plain cream cheese (his toasted, mine not). I had made a plan in my head to see "Walk Hard" at Crossroads at 11:20. When I checked the time it was 11:30.

I thought maybe I'd go to the 1:30 show instead. That gave me time to enjoy my bagel and relax. Besides Nick was showing me his New Year's photos. Fabulous shots of us sitting in enormous bathubs and sneaking about in mysterious stairwells and looking sassy with confetti in our hair. He made a facebook album but his battery was almost dead. We had to move to the couch in the corner because their was an outlet over there to plug into.

Once on the couch there was plenty of room to laze about. We tagged his newly made album and took photos of ourselves. Nick told me he had had dinner with the Hanavans last night and heard a rumor that Louise was sad. Then we wanted to visit Louise immediately, but alas we have other committments that prevent us from leaving before the end of Feb.

We were playing with Nick's computer and I said "I want to make a video of us saying hi to Louise so she doesn't feel sad." We realize that we cannot take away anyone's unhappiness completely, but like to think we can distract them for a moment and let them know we care. We filmed 3 short clips about how we love Louise, but also mostly about chickens, and then spent the next several hours editing them into a masterpiece. By the time we were done it was 4:15. We had spent 5.5 hours at Panera. That was just too much.


We parted ways in the parking lot - both of us with dreams of salvaging the day and ridding ourselves of the scent of burnt coffee grounds. Did Nick succeed with his plans of returning curtains to Target and going tanning? Who knows. All I know is that I failed in cleaning my apartment.