S U R P R I S E !!!!

early. early. early.
holy cow. early.

I am fairly certain that I woke up beFORE Thursday did. I had carefully prepared everything so that I could easily throw my clothes and shoes onto my body, grab my bag, and undoubtedly stumble my groggy self down to the lobby and out onto the airport shuttle. I knew exactly how it would go.

different times, different cities, different states.
flyin' around town....

I was right on the money. Right around 3:30 AM this morning, I found myself fully dressed and dragging a still half-asleep me downstairs. I joined two other airport-bound commuters on the shuttle, one of which happened to be the 1st Officer of my flight. [Small world!] This would later result in my being offered an upgrade from coach to 1st Class, which I, for some reason, politely declined simply due to the effort entailed in relocating myself and my carry on. Pretty sad. Haha.

Anyway, one disembarked-and-reboarded flight later, I found myself boarding again at my layover in Denver. From there, it was smooth sailing [flying, rather] into Phoenix, where I awaited the arrival of my completely unaware best friend and her boyfriend. They pulled up to the curb, where this happened:

LOL. Love it. As it turned out, Sam had told KP that he'd accidentally veered off the wrong exit en route to Ikea [which we still visited afterwards], and to the relief of having to fib so much, it totally paid off. She was absolutely surprised. Thank you AGAIN!, Joe & Sam!!!

 

 

 

surprise visit to the best? check.
trip to ikea? check.
doin' the whole shebang.... in phoenix?? cheeeeeck!

gallo blanco | sprouts

Anyway, we spent some time at Ikea before toting off to Gallo Blanco, an adorable yet oddly-menued [word?] restaurant nestled in a vintage hotel on the outskirts of Phoenix. It was quite the cute little digs; I ended up buying shirt logo'd on the back for Gallo, but with a sentiment that I absolutely share. Plus, American Apparel did a solid job on the actual shirt. Thanksmuch! One more pitstop at Sprouts [no, we didn't buy the coconut head; he was cute though! lol]

dinner! y-u-m!

i made the cut! 2 outta 6 isn't half bad..
.. thanks, best!!

It's about closing time now; we just put some finishing touches on Kalyn's photo framing project, which I'm sure they'll get to hanging as soon as we depart from their guest room. Joe gets in tomorrow evening; it'll be great to see him. For now, it's off to bed - we're heading out to visit KP at work tomorrow morning. I hear it's an extraordinary specimen of a country club.

Ahhhh, Phoenix. Hi :)

xo | cmd