Rebecca's Recap of April 20-Chai
The first weekend of April was also the end of Passover. To break the fast, Sara and I went out for pancakes at iHop. That weekend was dead-of-winter cold, despite the recently warm weekdays. That turned out to be the pattern for April, and it got old fast. For almost the entire month, it was sunny and mild Monday-Friday, then cold or rainy or both on Saturday and Sunday.
*@#*$%&*!!!
But I refused to stay cooped up indoors. So one weekend, I hauled my crochet items to a little resale event at the animal shelter - and on the way there, I locked my keys in my car at McDonald’s, had to walk home for the spare, and arrived late. Ugh. Another weekend, I went to the damn dentist - and on the way back, I started chewing my tongue (which was completely numb from the novocaine), wondering what the hell huge foreign object the dentist had left in my mouth. Ugh! I really shredded my poor innocent tongue, which was sore for days!
This weekend, we finally had some good weather, so Sara and I went to the International Food Festival; we'd never been to this event before because the Food Truck Festival usually happens this weekend, but that event was cancelled this year, and I guess the Muslim community (who I believe mostly host the mostly-Middle-Eastern International Food Festival) saw an opening. I had brisket and coleslaw, Sara had a kebab and curry, and everyone enjoyed the sunshine. I hadn't realized that there's such a big Muslim community in this city, and it was nice to see some diversity.
I also did some work on our lanai this weekend. My blackberry plant is putting out new shoots and green berries for the third year in a row (!!!), and encouraged by this, I decided to try my hand at some other things. I planted several cucumber seedlings and one tomato plant that I bought at my local garden center, and some onions that I found sprouting in my vegetable drawer. (I despise tomatoes, but Sara likes them, and the plant was on sale. She has yet to say anything nice about all the work I did on the lanai.) I have such a bad track record with plants, but if I can get just one edible thing out of this, I'll consider it a success. I also pruned back a big wild thornbush that had been taking up way too much room on the lanai.
But probably the BEST news for April is that my most annyoing coworker C--- has decided to work somewhere else. He was gone for all of last week, and to celebrate, I came home from temple on Friday and made brownies! I really could not be happier to see the last of him, and how much of his body he showed whenever he bent over. He was a pretty obnoxious, know-it-all mansplainer. A------ has been a lot better now that she doesn't have him to talk trash with her.
I finished two more books in April, one adult (Tell the Wolves I'm Home) and one kids (Little House in the Highlands), and they were both really good!
*@#*$%&*!!!
But I refused to stay cooped up indoors. So one weekend, I hauled my crochet items to a little resale event at the animal shelter - and on the way there, I locked my keys in my car at McDonald’s, had to walk home for the spare, and arrived late. Ugh. Another weekend, I went to the damn dentist - and on the way back, I started chewing my tongue (which was completely numb from the novocaine), wondering what the hell huge foreign object the dentist had left in my mouth. Ugh! I really shredded my poor innocent tongue, which was sore for days!
This weekend, we finally had some good weather, so Sara and I went to the International Food Festival; we'd never been to this event before because the Food Truck Festival usually happens this weekend, but that event was cancelled this year, and I guess the Muslim community (who I believe mostly host the mostly-Middle-Eastern International Food Festival) saw an opening. I had brisket and coleslaw, Sara had a kebab and curry, and everyone enjoyed the sunshine. I hadn't realized that there's such a big Muslim community in this city, and it was nice to see some diversity.
I also did some work on our lanai this weekend. My blackberry plant is putting out new shoots and green berries for the third year in a row (!!!), and encouraged by this, I decided to try my hand at some other things. I planted several cucumber seedlings and one tomato plant that I bought at my local garden center, and some onions that I found sprouting in my vegetable drawer. (I despise tomatoes, but Sara likes them, and the plant was on sale. She has yet to say anything nice about all the work I did on the lanai.) I have such a bad track record with plants, but if I can get just one edible thing out of this, I'll consider it a success. I also pruned back a big wild thornbush that had been taking up way too much room on the lanai.
But probably the BEST news for April is that my most annyoing coworker C--- has decided to work somewhere else. He was gone for all of last week, and to celebrate, I came home from temple on Friday and made brownies! I really could not be happier to see the last of him, and how much of his body he showed whenever he bent over. He was a pretty obnoxious, know-it-all mansplainer. A------ has been a lot better now that she doesn't have him to talk trash with her.
I finished two more books in April, one adult (Tell the Wolves I'm Home) and one kids (Little House in the Highlands), and they were both really good!