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Well, it's January 7, and all the Christmas Trees in the Rainier Square lobby still stand. So does the Holiday Tree at Westlake Center, for that matter. So much for the January 6, "Epiphany" theory. I bet they'll all be down by the end of the week, though. Maybe the standard is to take it all down the weekend
after Epiphany? I don't know why I care about this so much. But now I want to track when all this stuff is taken down both this year and next year. I want to identify patterns!
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I have hardly more to tell you today than I did yesterday. In fact, much of the past 24 hours was either the same or similar to the previous. I didn't go to a movie. I had a veggie burger for dinner. I watched two episodes of a TV show. Although Monday evening the episodes were of season 2 of
Fallout and yesterday evening the episodes were of season 1 of
The Night Agent. Both were on Prime Video, though.
I even had "chai latte" drinks both nights. I found a couple of mix packets in a kitchen cupboard that I had brought home among my samples from the Co+nvergence conference in Saint Paul in August, and then forgot about them. One of them is vanilla and one is strawberry; I had vanilla on Monday and strawberry last night. They're fairly tasty, though not as good as the regular chai I make myself. But, I should burn through them, right?
No chai tonight. It's Action Movie Night. I'll be making pasta to bring, and making myself a cocktail. Hmm, should I have a hot buttered rum, or a Moscow Mule? Decisions, decisions.
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I am delighted to report that Shobhit now seems on board with my determination to go to Whistler this year as our anniversary trip in June. As opposed to World Pride Washington D.C., which doubled as our anniversary trip last year and lasted six nights and seven days, this trip will be two nights and three days. Fine by me. We already have a two-week trip to The Netherlands and Belguim on the books for late July and into mid-August (and which will almost certainly preclude my being able to attend Co+nvergence this year—and which is also fine). On the upside, June 14 actually lands on a weekend this year, a Sunday. So, we can drive up on Saturday the 13th, have our anniversary as our one full day there, and drive home on Monday the 15th.
Anyway. Shobhit was a little resistant to the idea of Whistler at first. I think I wore him down on it a bit, but probably the biggest thing to soften him on the idea was the fairly hefty raise I'm getting this year. It lessens the financial concerns a little. The thing is, although Shobhit has been there a couple times on corporate work trips in the past, I have never been there—and as soon as I learned about their "
Peak 2 Peak Gondola" it immediately landed on my bucket list.
Whistler is clearly more expensive than most two-night trips are. Oh well. We can deal. I got on FaceTime with Shobhit last night and for a while we did dual searches for hotels. We found a hotel claiming they will beat any lower price found elsewhere for their rooms by 5%, and Hotels.com is definitely cheaper. I tried to call them but got no answer; I sent an email and am now awaiting response. Yes, we're being cheap. Every dollar counts! For instance, a dollar I save on this trip is another dollar I can spend in Amsterdam. Et cetera, et cetera.
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[posted 12:37pm]
