I suppose that as part of my return to blogging I could do a wrap up of what I've been up to since my last blog entry. (See extended entry.)
I had taken a floating holiday from work last week (because if I didn't take it before the end of the month I would lose it - and last Wed. was a good day as I had no meetings) and hung out in the City with Meta. It was a really nice day - we wandered around doing some random shopping (bought books, didn't buy shoes, Meta bought a comic book) and had sushi. Because we farted around so long, we didn't get to the exploratorium until around 3:30ish, so we didn't get to play very much as they closed at 5. We wandered back towards Meta's place, and stopped at a nice tea shop and had a pot of chai (mmmm...). Then we hung out at her house for a bit waiting for KWC and then went to tapas. The tapas was fun except for the mariachis (which I think Meta was going to have play at her next party). They weren't very good, and were (to me at least) just annoying.
Friday night I played the monthly poker game with the boys. I'm not sure what's going to happen to the poker game for now - one of the regulars is leaving (moving out of the area, but still in CA), so I think the race is on to see who we can get to fill the spot that's a good fit with the group. The game is casual, the guys are fun, and I like the dynamic of the group (usually). There have been one or two times that I was uncomfortable about things that people said, but in general it's pretty fun even if I'm losing, although I was up a bit last week. The way I tell if I'm up or down is by volume of my change container (and/or if I gave up or gained any paper). Not very scientific, but then I'm not about to go through and count all the change.
Saturday I did some stuff during the day and then went over to Alyssa's house for Girls' Night. That was nice - we had some dinner, some conversation, some chocolate, and watched some episodes of Sex and the City (I think it was season 2). It was nice to hang out with the girls. We got to see Gina and Mason. It was kind of cool to see the softer side of Gina in dealing with her new son. It'll be interesting to see what happens to this group of friends as they all go off and get married and start having kids. I kind of wonder where that will leave me as I don't have kids and won't be able to relate, but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.
Sunday was another nice girls' day. Susan and I went to Santa Cruz for brunch (at my favorite brunch place - the Crepe Place - worth the drive, and in the summer worth the wait to sit in the garden). From there we went to Capitola for our usual circuit of town - hit the shoe store, sit on the benches near the sand and watch the waves (and kids) for a while, get an ice cream (we missed the new age-y store this time) and then head back. Came home and caught up on tivo, and just vegged out for a while. That was nice, but didn't feel like enough resting as I felt like I was coming down with something - not sick yet, but trying to decide whether to be sick or not. I hate that phase - swollen glands, feel generally crappy and cranky, but not sick enough to call off any events.
Monday I had dinner with Joy. She's really funny, and we have interesting conversations. She's a fun link to the past, and being around her grounds me and reminds me not to give a fuck about other people's opinions of my life. We had Thai food in Mtn. View, and then walked to Zucca and had drinks at the bar. She ran into another friend there, ambushing him from behind with a big kiss as he sat minding his own business on his barstool. She twisted his head around to kiss her, and I thought she was going to twist his head off for a minute.
Posted by cshell at April 24, 2004 09:21 AM