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confetti bouquets and life events
Feb. 15th, 2019 06:21 pmUpdate on the last post is that we only made it to 3 of 4 commitments, because our last one (joining friends for Sunday BBQ lunch) ended up a wash due to Kevin having to go to the ER Sunday morning. Acute neck pain out of nowhere. We were worried it might be a slipped disc, but x-rays didn't show any cause, so the doctor ruled it likely just a freak muscle spasm and prescribed him some drugs (painkillers, muscle relaxants, etc.) and a day or two off. After the course of the week he's doing better and returned to a slow day of work on Wednesday and is now back enough to normal he's on a short weekend trip to Mexico City with some of his students.
On the other hand, I've been sleeping poorly all week and it is going to catch up to me this weekend. I really want to just read and sleep, but I still have errands to run tomorrow morning and I have to do laundry and cook and those general adult responsibilities...
We celebrated Valentine's Day by getting each other flowers because I love fresh flowers in the home. They're so pretty and smell so nice, and my houseplants are alternately thriving and dying. It's frustrating to figure out. My office plants are doing well at least! We also went out to a Valentine's prie fixe dinner at Maison Pucha, which is a fancy restaurant in the neighborhood we've been meaning to try. It was really, really good. The soufflé was a delightfully delicious cloud. I'm a fan.
Realizing I'm really into experiences these days -- food, of course, but also time with people, whether it's happy hour drinks or board game days or bougie things like the ballet or concerts. Bought tickets to Epik High in Houston mid-April, and Sarah might be able to come to Houston to visit me and go to the concert with me! Which would be a lot of fun. And the Broadway Aladdin show is touring in Houston in early July, so I'm going to look into those for Kevin's birthday present, since we'll be spending his actual birthday mid-May on a plane to China, for a two-week visit with my family. At long last. Bought the flights, gotta just get through the visa applications now.
Life continues! Work was quieter this week but picks up next week into a two-week frenzy. I'm going to have to shore up on extra sleep this weekend!
On the other hand, I've been sleeping poorly all week and it is going to catch up to me this weekend. I really want to just read and sleep, but I still have errands to run tomorrow morning and I have to do laundry and cook and those general adult responsibilities...
We celebrated Valentine's Day by getting each other flowers because I love fresh flowers in the home. They're so pretty and smell so nice, and my houseplants are alternately thriving and dying. It's frustrating to figure out. My office plants are doing well at least! We also went out to a Valentine's prie fixe dinner at Maison Pucha, which is a fancy restaurant in the neighborhood we've been meaning to try. It was really, really good. The soufflé was a delightfully delicious cloud. I'm a fan.
Realizing I'm really into experiences these days -- food, of course, but also time with people, whether it's happy hour drinks or board game days or bougie things like the ballet or concerts. Bought tickets to Epik High in Houston mid-April, and Sarah might be able to come to Houston to visit me and go to the concert with me! Which would be a lot of fun. And the Broadway Aladdin show is touring in Houston in early July, so I'm going to look into those for Kevin's birthday present, since we'll be spending his actual birthday mid-May on a plane to China, for a two-week visit with my family. At long last. Bought the flights, gotta just get through the visa applications now.
Life continues! Work was quieter this week but picks up next week into a two-week frenzy. I'm going to have to shore up on extra sleep this weekend!
