I had a good time this weekend with my mom, even though the weather was awful and made me want to die. Humid and pushing 90 on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday - it will be even worse this week. Hooray!

On Saturday Chris and I met my mom at her hotel room, then we all went for pizza at a nearby Italian place. The pizza was excellent. Chris threatened to replicate the restaurant’s interior design in our own apartment, complete with fake ivy and grapes. I told him to go for it.

After what was either a late lunch or an early dinner, we saw Mad Hot Ballroom at the AMC in Times Square. We were puzzled when we got to the theater and saw a line of incredible proportions stretching the length of a hallway and around a corner - it turned out that these people were waiting to see Mr and Mrs Smith. Unfathomable. In any case, our movie was great - as others have said, think Spellbound, only the kids are just learning to do their thing rather than already being awesome at it. I generally despise children and I still liked the film, as did Chris.

After that we fought our way through the Saturday night crowd in Times Square (my mother was as horrified as we were) and stopped for a Mister Softee on our way back to Roosevelt Island, where the moms got to see our apartment for the first time. The cat didn’t even bite her, so I guess it was pretty successful.

Yesterday it was just me and my mom, and we decided to go shopping in SoHo. I always make a point of visiting the Pearl River Market when I’m nearby, so we stopped in there for Pocky and fabric and shoes and paper balloons shaped like pandas. I also picked up some more stuff for the apartment, which is always fun.

Today I’m just dreading the heat and wishing I had one more day to relax, even though I kind of had the day off on Friday so I really shouldn’t complain.