Sometimes, life feels like a roller-coaster. Peaks and valleys, peaks and valleys. Generally, though, I wouldn’t trade where I am for anything. Though, a nice trip to Europe would be nice right about now…
Last week, I worked and worked and worked. On Thursday night, I had some friends over (who, of course didn’t have to go to work on Friday). It was a blast, until Friday morning, when I had to go to work and no one else did. Ah well. It was still worth it. We watched ANTM, the drinking version, and a movie.
On Friday night, I took Isaac to the airport for his two week vacation to Southeast Asia. I’m incredibly jealous. He’s having a blast gallivanting between Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam while I’m stuck here, working. Darn him! He flew to Taiwan first, which made me miss Taipei so much. I spent a couple of months there back in 2005 and 2006, when my mom was working over there. Such a wonderful place. I need to figure out how to include more travel in my life. Yes, I was in Europe from January to April, but that was 8 months ago! Time for another trip out of the country…
On Saturday, I had brunch with some friends, which was delightful. I do love brunch. What’s not to love about an excuse to drink mimosas? On Sunday, thanks to LivingSocial Adventures, I took my mom to a sushi making/sake drinking class. It was fantastic. For just $55 per person, we got four glasses of sake and made five rounds of sushi. So much fun!
The menus.
First round of sushi in progress - an inside out roll.
Spicy Tuna roll.
Yum!
I'm now a pro - especially at the eating part.
I’ve made sushi a number of times before, but I learned how to make some different types on Sunday. I can’t wait to try out the new techniques at home.
That night, Carrie and I went to trivia night at a local bar. We ended up being joined by the bartender, the trivia host’s girlfriend, a friend of the girlfriend, and one of Carrie’s friends. We had a big team, which helped us secure the win! Wahoo! It was certainly a much better showing than the last time we played trivia there…
Yesterday, I got my bar number! So, I guess that means I’m now completely, officially a lawyer. Crazy. I keep thinking someone is going to call me and say, “Whoops! Just kidding. You didn’t actually qualify to be a lawyer.” Or they are going to call me and tell me that I failed the bar or something. But, once the number is posted, it must be true. Right? They can’t take it back now!
Overall, things are going well. But of course, there are the lows – missing Isaac (I’ve never been the girl who misses people. What has he done to me?!), being sick with a massive cold, being completely swamped at work, and going a bit stir crazy from lack of travel. I think I’ll try to plan a weekend trip for sometime soon… that should help.
Also, ski season is starting soon. That’s bound to make me feel better. Let it snow! Let it snow!
Fall in Seattle.
Just So Jax 