A Weekend of Bliss

Dave is flying out Thursday to see his parents in NorCal (northern Cali). They plan on having a close friends and family get together on Saturday and to be honest I could not justify in my heart and head the need for 2 roundtrip airplane tickets as well as missed days from work just for a random get together. Birthday, yes. Anniversary, yes. Holiday, yes. Backyard bbq and get together, no. Dave isn't quite pleased with my decision but oh well. It is what it is. It's not like he can exactly argue with my rationale nor am I stopping him from seeing his family.

To celebrate my 4 day mini vacation of doing whatever the want, when I want. I will be spending the upcoming few days doing the following:
* Eating sushi until I can no longer look at another Philadelphia roll. Dave doesn't like sushi but he'll often come with me to eat a bento box or teriyaki. While I do appreciate his effort, I'd rather eat sushi by myself in front of the tv with a glass of red wine by my side.
* Read the rest of the Wideacre trilogy. I must admit that Wideacre deeply disturbed me. To be honest I felt rather filthy after reading it but nonetheless it was a page turner. Now that I know what to expect I am looking forward to spending the weekend in bed and alternately swooning and then going ewww.
* Watching all 4 discs of The Last Emperor on DVD. Dave has no interests in movies (especially lengthy historical epics). After watching the Olympics on tv, I am looking forward to immersing myself in Chinese history. I may not agree with it's politics but I can't help but respect a Country with true history.
* Cleaning, cleaning, cleaning! I love to get in some raggy clothes, turn the rhapsody or sirius up loud and clean until everything is spick and span.
* Option: Working out at the gym and then ruining it all by going to Sunday brunch immediately after.

Yesterday was a very good day

First, my boss told me some very big news that was a huge compliment to me and make me very excited to see where things go in one year (sorry to be so cryptic but um, yeah. I'm FUHreaking excited).

Then while in French class a girl who is big into theatre casually mentions that the Phantom of the Opera touring show is coming to San Diego in July!!!!! So immediately after I get home I check and sure enough tickets are still available! WOOOO!! Once again I am FUHreaking excited!

Yesterday was a very good day.

Happy Belated Earth Day!

Yesterday I was away at meetings and then I had my French class until 9pm. By the time I got back to my empty home (Dave is away on a business trip and the cat has turned into a teenager who only graces me with his presence when he wants to be fed). Anyways, I got back so late and immediately crawled into bed for my seventh (or eighth I've lost count) viewing of Phantom of the Opera before falling asleep.

As a side note my head was about to explode after learning the use of the pronoun y in french class. I'm just impressed that I can say that I am going to the mall (Je vais aller au centre commercial). I really don't feel the need to learn to say I am going there (J'y vais). While it is shorter and easier to say I think I'll just stick with my longer version, k thx bai.

Anyways, back to topic at hand: every Earth Day I like to do a little something to better my footprint (somewhat like a green resolution). Last year it was installing bamboo floors instead of normal hard wood. That actually wasn't too difficult since the bamboo floors look pretty awesome (although more expensive).

This year I had 2 green resolutions.
1) Stop drinking out of plastic water bottles
2) Convert from plastic grocery store bags to re-usable bring your own bags.

I must admit my two newest resolutions haven't been difficult to implement only because I found such cute replacements.

For the water bottle I went with a Sigg aluminum bottle (no toxic plastic nalgene bottle for me). Not only is it super stylish (they have a million designs available) but it keeps my water colder longer and doesn't spill when tipped over (how it does that I have no idea. Magic). I highly recommend a Sigg water bottle to anyone who is looking for a cool new bottle. They even have cute designs for little kids which makes me want to give these out next Xmas as gifts. I have 3 so far (they keep adding cool new designs and I have to have just one more ...)



For the shopping bags I bought some cheap plain bags from greenbag.info ($1 each). As well as these super cute ones from GreenWorldBags.com. They are cute enough to not be boring but not too girly that my hubby wont use them when he goes grocery shopping.