Happy
Monday! (Is that an oxymoron? Heh.) Unlike about 78.1% of my weekends, this one
seemed to last forever, in a very, very good way. Thanksgiving started perfectly with
a Turkey Day 5k (an easy-breezy-fun-run), Friday was a very long day at work (mainly because I was
thinking about the people who weren’t at work), but I ended it with a couple of
games of pool and Big Buck Hunter (yep) in Uptown.
Saturday was the loveliest
day of all! It started out with a breakfast at Grandview Grill (my new favorite
breakfast joint) to reunite with my friends from high school. Then my sister and I
headed over to the new Anthropologie on Grand and did a bit of damage.
Afterwards, we had dinner at Punch Pizza (also a favorite spot) before buying
macarons at Surdyk’s (sub-par) and heading to First Ave. to catch The Pines and
Mason Jennings. Mason was amazing, as always. He played a good mix of songs
from his latest album, Minnesota, some from the album before that, and some
from the 7 albums before that. He threw in a couple of covers too, which I was
all for. After the show, we headed a block or two over to Kieran’s to meet my
friend David who I studied with in Hong Kong three long years ago. And you
know, I might have stayed up until 4am getting beat at card games.
Sunday I
headed to the mall with some girlies to do a bit of birthday shopping (thanks
family for having holiday birthdays) and then bolted out of there to go to yet
another Thanksgiving dinner, complete with cribbage and football.
Okay,
so you might not care about the ins and outs of my weekend, but when I write
about what I did, it not only serves as a little bit of a record, but also a
moment at least to reflect on it and appreciate it before moving on. Sooner or
later though, I’m going to be reflecting on something a minute or two after it
happens…hmm…
Anyway,
I’m super glad I had a couple of reunions this past weekend and can’t wait to
have more over Christmas! But for now, it’s Monday, there’s a LOT to do this
week at work (not so much socially), and I am, as usual, tired.
What should I
think about today?
1. Cyber Monday. Some might say I like to dabble in shopping.
2. Running. I did surprisingly well at both Thanksgiving dinners, only eating one plate, minimal desert, and barely anything else those days. Still, I feel a bit guilty and am going to go running after work.
3. Connecting. Sometimes when I have reunions, I get addicted to the idea of them. Especially because David wants to go to Toronto together to visit all of our HK friends. So now I'm thinking about every possible reunion I can muster up.
Was your weekend long or short? Was it hard getting up for work today? (Yes over here!) Anyway, I hope your Monday is super-cali-frag-i-listic!
