This has been a jam packed week. I don't know how I could've fit in a full time job.
Monday was mostly spent recuperating from bacon poisoning. I need to remember to stay away.
Tuesday involved a yummy recuperating meal of soon tofu where I learned that the owners love my pal Hills, and hate me, a fellow asian. When I asked for refills they glared and said they'd have to charge extra. And then proceeded to hug Hills and ask if she wanted more. WTF? Sigh, such is life. It was also the annual VS fashion show that I love so much. I watched it while flipping over to the news to see what the police were up to downtown at occupy la. Is it a sign of maturity when you've outgrown half nekked models walking down the runway in elaborate angel wings? Perhaps it is...perhaps I'm growing up. This year, it just didn't do it for me as much as it did every other year in the past. Or maybe models juxtaposed with people fighting for their beliefs in non violent ways just wasn't the way to do it, because it reminded me even more that I was just sitting at home, comfortably, watching stupid models with hot yet unattainable figures talking about things I don't care about, instead of fighting out there with the good people. But the truth is, I'm a scared little kitty kat and I don't want to be pepper sprayed or arrested.
Wednesday started out lovely and normal. Around 5p I was on the phone with a friend and heard shenanigans outside my window. I figure it was the neighbor kid playing with something that happened to be banging on my window. And then as it turned from 5p to 6p, I thought, "well, this is just getting annoying and a little bit rude, don't you think?" Turns out, there was no one outside my window. It was the santa ana wind. By 7p it got crazy, and by 8p my lights were flickering. Throughout the night there were loud bangs from what I assume were things flying around. I went to bed around midnight in hopes that everything turned off would not surge the power in my little apt garage. By then the power had went out three times but quickly came back on. I couldn't sleep all night because the wind was loud and scary and crazy. I just laid there wondering just how sturdy they built my garage, and if they'd be able to find me under a collapsed rubble. And also how strong those pomegranate trees outside my bedroom was because if it fell it would come crashing on top of me. I was woken up by loud winds at 4am, and realized the power had went out again. I was tired of resetting my clocks. And then I thought about moving my car in case the palm trees I was parked under decided to fall, but figured it was too crazy outside to even attempt. Coming from OC, I am accustomed to these yearly winds, but I can't remember ever being in a wind storm this bad. I survived the night and in the morning went out to survey the damage. It looked disastrous. Palm fronds everywhere, leaves and branches everywhere, and the worst part: a large fallen treebranch crushing a car. And then I realized it was my neighbor's car! When I went to let them know, I realized she was out there as well. Everyone on our block was ok, except for their car. Poor front neighbors. The branch was so large that it blocked the whole street, and cars driving by had to turn back around. The pictures don't do it justice, because by the time I took them, some gardeners had sawed some of the branches off to clear the road. I'm just so very grateful it wasn't my car, and that no one was hurt.
Thursday consisted of meeting a new friend for lunch at a place that sells PIES. Let me repeat. A whole restaurant with just PIES. Oh yum. Unfortunately, we got there too late and there weren't many pies to choose from, so when I added an apple dessert pie on top of my mac and cheese pie to share with my pal, they said they'll give it to us for free since there was so few choices left. SWEET! Free pie! On top of that, it was exactly the type of apple pie I liked, plus they gave us wonderful ice cream on the side. I was in pie heaven. We left very full and happy. When I got back from lunch I noticed several neighborhoods without power, and by 7:30, our entire block went down. That's when I booked it outta there! Thankfully I had dinner plans and by the time I got home, the power was back on. Friends in other neighborhoods just got their power back today, that's 4 days without power!
Friday consisted of groceries, cooking, the museum, and more cooking. The awesomest thing about the whole day would have to be seeing this in person at the museum:
As well as this beautiful speaker cabinet made in the 1950s. It was absolutely gorgeous, unfortunately, I didn't think to take a picture of it.
Saturday involved an early wake to make a breakfast casserole that was brought to Sara's baby shower. The shower was fun, and it was even nicer to hang with her and her girls. Also, we made these ornaments while I was there that turned out FANTASTIC! They're so pretty I can't stop looking at them. It's too bad I don't have a tree to put them on. But so far, I have 3 holiday items in my apt which may just be the most holiday decorating I've ever done. I also went to a choir concert (yes, the choir that I quit months earlier) to see Vonne, and oh boy she was FANTASTIC!! Her solo had so much energy and force...I'm so proud of her and her team. I don't regret quitting, I've realized that just because I'm not good at something doesn't mean I have to stick it out til I am. Well, with some things sure, but I have to pick my battles, and this wasn't a battle I wanted to fight. Especially when I can watch my dear friend do it so much better than me!
And finally....today I went to meet a friend for brunch. We had a nice long chat and I ate way too much and had too much coffee and then stuffed myself on beignets with raspberry sauce. But we did walk it off after with a trip to a craft show that I vowed never to go back to two years ago, but figured, what the heck, I may be inspired to make some more stuff. We stopped at this booth with dresses and she pulled one out and was looking at it, and I was trying very hard not to look too hard because so many things were calling my name. But something caught my eye and it was game over. I went to try it on, it was too big. She saw me try something on so wanted to try something on as well, and oh my, her dress fit her like a glove and looked so chic on her. I asked for a smaller size, they said whatever is available is out there. And since I didn't see my size out there, I was ok to give it up. So we debated on her dress for a while and when she went to purchase, I went back just to check again if my size would happen to be there. Welp. Guess what. It was. I tried it on. It fit. So I decided to splurge. Now is not really the time for me to need a new dress nor buy one, but dammit...ladies and gentlemen, meet my new baby:
And then I come home to find out that probably because it was a local designer at a local fair, I paid only about a third of what the internet price is. SWEET! I never would have bought it for the internet price. I'm gonna wear the shit outta this dress!!!
That, dear readers, was a peek at my week. Excited to see what next week brings!
