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I was going to take myself to see one of the nominees for Best International Feature after work yesterday, but I decided to bump it to Thursday after Shobhit asked if we had time do do some grocery shopping.
So, he picked me up at work, and then we did the standard round: Costco, then PCC Columbia City because it's easier than Central District on the way back from there, then the QFC on Rainier Avenue. Shobhit later walked the two blocks from home to Trader Joe's to buy frozen naan, but I didn't go because I really didn't want to do more shopping. We had rice and beans on the stove by then anyway.
I'd have loved to make chai, but even by 6:30 it was too late. It would have been 7:00 before it was even ready to drink. I prefer to be able to fall asleep at night. When we do have chai, I make it as soon as I get home from work around 5:00. I made hot chocolate instead, using the last of the Swiss Miss packets Danielle brought the last time she visited. I think I've been spoiled by the Starbucks cocoa we've gotten many times at Costco, but which we are now out of and Costco is not currently selling. But it's so, so much better. I only had the Swiss Miss because it was there. I'd never buy that stuff, the quality is so much lower.
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We watched a couple episodes of
Down Cemetery Road on Apple TV. We have one episode left to watch now. I really like the show, but one scene we watched last night was a really stupid "fake-out" where we're meant to think it's a bad character and it's really a good one, but the whole thing was very obvious from the start. Thankfully Emma Thompson is really great on the show.
There's not much for me to update you on today, really. I often stay that at the beginning of a post and then manage to blather on and on. Seems better to wait until the end of a post to say that, when it's clear I actually do have less than usual to say.
I guess I could mention I finally told Gabriel about my 50th birthday party in Olympia the other day. Barring any work conflicts, he sounded like he'd actually plan to be there. It actually would be wonderful to have all four of "The Untouchables" there at once—Danielle, Gabriel, Barbara, Laney. (This group originaly included just the first three, but now I put Laney in the same category.) I'd love to get a photo of us all together. It won't be the end of the world if I don't, though. How many years do I have left to care about it, anyway? I'm clearly well into the back half of my life now. And I'm thrilled!
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[posted 12:32pm]
