If you had told me five years ago that I would be
eating quinoa with avocado and calling it an acceptable lunch, I would
have…. Well. I would have asked you what the hell quinoa was.
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Today I had the unexpected pleasure of learning how
many people in my office pronounce it “vayse” and how many people
pronounce it “vahse.” I’m in the vahse camp.
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In my continuing efforts to maintain my position as
Favorite Aunt I have had my niece and nephew come and stay with me for
overnights, separately, for Fun Times with Auntie. When my 9 year old
niece came to stay I bought her a cupcake and
a bag of cookies and took her to a movie (Muppets Most Wanted). Then in
the morning we got donuts for breakfast and went to the flea market
where she bought a bunch of little glass animal figurines (a girl after
my own heart). And THEN we went to the trampoline
park. When my 11 year old nephew came to visit I took him to a baseball
game and then we went out to dinner at this kind of cheesey arcade
gamey place (where, for about $40 worth of tickets, he got a pair of
wind up chattery teeth). Then in the morning we
got donuts for breakfast and went to the flea market where he bought a
crossbow and a Samurai sword and a lighter and I think I just figured
out why my sister said she doesn’t want me to take him to the flea
market anymore.
Speaking of Muppets Most Wanted, how awesome was that A Chorus Line reference? I wonder how many people got it.
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Last Friday night I went out to see my friend Lisa
perform in Foreverland, which was just spectacular. And this is going to
sound like a backhanded compliment but I usually hate live music. If
I’m going to a bar and I hear there will be
live music, I’ll pick a new bar. I don’t go to shows because I get
tired of standing and bored of watching music. But anyhow I USUALLY hate
live music, but I LOVE Foreverland. Enough to have seen them FOUR
TIMES. This last time was 80s night, so the boy and
I got dressed up in our 80s finest. I bought him some 80s finest at the
Salvation Army, but he gets full credit for making a trip to Old Navy
for the sole purpose of purchasing a purple headband. And I wore… stuff I
just had lying around, which basically justifies
every impulse buy EVER. And I grew up watching my sisters do their hair
so I knew how to attain some killer 80s bangs.
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| I’m pretty excited to have a boyfriend (BOYFRIEND) who will dress up with me. |
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Ugh. I actually wrote this post yesterday when words like quinoa and donuts didn't make me feel queasy and then today I had to leave work after an hour and a half because I felt so sick. Waves of nausea and cold sweats and having to call a lyft to take me home since I couldn't drive. The worst part was that I was in the middle of seeing a patient and had to excuse myself, ask one of the docs to take over my appointment, and cancel the rest of my day. Every once in awhile I get annoying nonspecific symptoms and abdominal pain so bad that I cannot function and it's super embarrassing and inconvenient. Especially when I'm IN THE MIDST OF A WORKDAY. Ugh. I'm cranky.
