Social vacation!
I took Tuesday and Wednesday night off from afterwork rides or other socialization (although work was quite social) and it really recharged me. Last night at K's, even though I was tired from not eating enough (or sleeping enough, watching Apollo 13 on Wed night had me all wired way too late!) I was in such a good mood hanging out. We had a small crowd due to the Marathon Sports race, but it was a fun group.
We've been laying low, enjoying the mtn biking, staying out of the rain, spending lots of time in Boston (for work mainly, but also a great afternoon walk with Lori), and I took advantage of the no-social-time-enforcement to cook a lot on Tuesday and Wednesday. I made a huge carbonade (beer-braising brisket with tons of onions), chicken schnitzel, and little pork meatballs that are basically Chinese dumplings without the wrappers. I needed some cabbage and garlic for the latter, so I went outside and cut a cabbage and pulled up a garlic. Very satisfying!
The gerbils loooove cabbage. It's very cute. They are not terribly tame at all but that is just fine. I bask in their cuteness.
This weekend, party with everyone who's not away. Next weekend, off to the greater Cooperstown area! Just spoke with a bike shop guy from there - so friendly! He said town is already filling up for Jim Rice's induction.
We've been laying low, enjoying the mtn biking, staying out of the rain, spending lots of time in Boston (for work mainly, but also a great afternoon walk with Lori), and I took advantage of the no-social-time-enforcement to cook a lot on Tuesday and Wednesday. I made a huge carbonade (beer-braising brisket with tons of onions), chicken schnitzel, and little pork meatballs that are basically Chinese dumplings without the wrappers. I needed some cabbage and garlic for the latter, so I went outside and cut a cabbage and pulled up a garlic. Very satisfying!
The gerbils loooove cabbage. It's very cute. They are not terribly tame at all but that is just fine. I bask in their cuteness.
This weekend, party with everyone who's not away. Next weekend, off to the greater Cooperstown area! Just spoke with a bike shop guy from there - so friendly! He said town is already filling up for Jim Rice's induction.