No Ben & Jerry's Necessary

Is it just me, or is it awesome when you get a day where you have absolutely nothing planned, and no one is there to disturb it?
I LOVE IT!
Last night, for the first time in a while, I had the apartment all to myself and it was lovely. Not to bash my roommates, but I just love my alone time. Some of you may laugh at what I did last night and think that it's pathetic, but I bet you haven't had a "Me Day" in a while, where you could just spend all the time to yourself, not needing to please anyone, no rush to be anywhere, able to do whatever you want, the nice calm quiet. Because if you have had one of those days, you would be wanting one right now.
So, last night, at approximately 5:12 PM, the night began. I began by deciding what I was going to have for dinner. I love to cook, so I decided to make Roasted Cumin Carrots (go to realsimple.com for the recipe...it's SO good) to eat with my leftover potstickers from the day before. I love carrots, but it seems to be one of the only vegetables I do like, so I like this recipe. They don't get all gross like they do from steaming, instead they get roasted and charred like you grilled them. And the scallions and cumin make them SO GOOD.
So that was a fun recipe to make. While they were getting to the point of deliciously great goodness, I made potstickers and dipping sauce. All while listening to my favorite radio station, WXRT. And while dancing around the apartment. Then I made my little plate with a portion of each thing, poured myself a tall glass of milk and sat there on the couch, listening to the music and enjoying my meal. After I finished it, I played some solitaire on the coffee table. It was so nice. I love nights like that. Later I joined Jake and his friends and watched the movie "The Guardian" for a little bit until I decided to retire early (11pm). I came back to the dorm and slipped under the sheets for a much needed sleep.
Overall, it was a very enjoyable night. I don't feel like "alone time" should be an "oh, let me pity myself and my lonelyness" time. It should be celebrated! I love having time to spend alone, watching DVDs of The OC episodes and eating a delicious meal. Who knows me better than myself? Why, myself of course. I don't need a tub of Ben and Jerry's to feel better...I just need to dance around my apartment singing to the High School Musical soundtrack. I had fun.


And I was reading the blog at the-n.com (home of Degrassi and South of Nowhere!) and for the week of Valentine's Day they have "crush outs" aka shout outs to your crushes. I was reading it and found this one, which was so fitting to this post, and I wanted to share it with you because when you read it, it's almost so cute you get a little tear in the corner of your eye.

"Ok self, you listening? Here goes... I've been with you for over 18 years now, and I know we've been through some tough times (ugh remember puberty? yikes! Let's not do that again, deal? ok good ;)), but I just wanted to tell you that I think you're rad. You're smart, can always make me laugh, and over these past 18 years, I've grown pretty fond of you. And this may seem shallow, but seeing you're face for 18 years has yet to get old, in fact I kinda like it. So feel good this Valentine's Day because there is at least one person on this planet who likes you just as you are, and lets be friends for a really long time, please? ok awesome!" - qtrocker5



See? Isn't it great to appreciate yourself?