Cabinet Members

1. I decided to take my midday walk before lunch rather than after, in an attempt to get a little more shade, but it was still pretty awful and I ended up not being able to take that long of a walk. But I did stop in at a new to me cafe across the street from work called Da Vien and got an ube cream coffee, which was delicious.

2. I had a dentist appointment Tuesday but rescheduled it on Monday when I wasn't feeling well, in case I was still feeling gross on Tuesday, as I did not want to be stuck in a dentist's chair while having digestive issues. I wasn't able to get an early morning appointment for any day next week like I usually prefer and was only able to get 10am on Monday, and it's going to be a longish session, so I just decided to take the day off rather than schedule work around it.

3. We had been considering maybe getting a membership for the Natural History Museum as they are pretty reasonable (and we only need to buy one, as it's good for the member plus one guest), and then I got an email saying they're currently running a 20% off promo for membership, so I went ahead and signed up. It's actually good for both the museum and the tar pits, but the annoying thing is that the tar pits are closing as of this past Tuesday for two years for rennovation lol. So in this case it's only good for the one museum. But it gets you free access to all the separately ticketed exhibits, as well as 10% off food and merch.

4. Sleepy angel!

1. They got the AC fixed at work! The guy was already working on it when I got there and he seemed to get it fixed pretty quickly. Everyone else in the office was very excited about it not being so hot, too.

2. I finished up the second of the Star Wars movie poster puzzles.



These really are fun little puzzles, though I will be glad to move on to something a bit more challenging once these are done.

3. Carla arrived safe and sound in Wisconsin this afternoon. Unfortunately the AC was not working well on the train, which is not what you want for an almost two day journey during the height of summer, but at least it wasn't fully off, just spotty in the rooms while still being nice and cool in the hallway. And now she's in the hot, muggy midwest, but at least her aunt and uncle's house has AC.

4. There is a new yuzu green tea from my favorite bottled green tea brand (Itoen's Oi Ocha series) and it's on sale at work through today. I only noticed it today at lunch when I bought a bottle for myself, so I bought a case (12 bottles) before I went home, so I could have them to bring for lunch. When I just buy a drink here or there I don't always use my employee discount as I always use the self-checkout and don't always have my badge with me to scan, but if I make a larger purchase I always make sure to, so I got the employee discount (which is only 10% but better than nothing) plus the sale price.

5. Jasper loves hanging out on this box in my closet lately. If I can't find him, this is always the first place I look!

1. Woke up to a huge ant invasion in the dining room/kitchen this morning, which was not fun to clean up, but they seem to be staying away so far. Fingers crossed!

2. I have been having really bad stomach issues since yesterday afternoon and I am not sure what the original trigger was. In the evening I did have gyoza and the brand was garlickier than the one we usually get, so that definitely aggravated it, but nothing I ate earlier in the day should have affected me like that. D: I have been feeling really bleh all day because of it (and ended up working from home) but it has been a reminder that even with all my stomach issues, it's so much better than it was when I first developed them. I used to feel like this all the time and now it's really rare. I just hope this passes soon. :-/

3. I got Carla packed off on the train to Chicago this evening. She is going to be gone for a couple weeks to visit family.

4. This morning I went to Sidecar for donuts as they have a new summer menu, including one that is only available on Mondays. The Monday only one is a peanut butter filled malasada with raspberry icing. It was really good but not so much that I feel I need to plan a trip specifically on a Monday. I also got one of their other summer ones, a chocolate cake donut with potato chip streusel. The streusel was super good but I wasn't that into the donut itself. Carla got a passionfruit filled one that she was super happy with, so I'm going to try that one at some point for sure.

5. I love this picture so much. The randomly outstretched arm! His grumpy little face!