Pirates, Babies, and Other Things...

So I guess it’s been like ages and ages since I’ve updated this here blog. I’ll admit it….I’ve just been kind of lazy. I’d like to apologize in advance for the mini novel that is to follow.
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Hands On Eating:

I met up with some former school folks for our occasional international dinners. This time we ate out instead of cooking and it was decided that we’d have Ethiopian. Now I’m not sure if any of you remember my last experience with Ethiopian food…but it didn’t end well. We had ventured to this place that was basically someone’s front room. If I recall correctly, Nifer found some buried treasure on her plate. She struck gold when she dug up a random spoon and a piece of a rib (even though she hadn’t ordered any ribs). Afterwards…let’s just say I didn’t fare to well and totally got sick. Needless to say…I was iffy about trying Ethiopian food again.

However, much to my surprise…I totally LOVED it! We went to a place that Kevin recommended called Kokeb. First of all…we were in a REAL restaurant and this place even gave us actual hot towels to wash our hands with before we had to dig in to the food. The food was amazing and so good compared to the other place. Seriously…it was like night and day. I am so glad that I was willing to give Ethiopian food another chance!

Dancing with Aloha:

Went to a Hawaiian fundraiser for a hula group that Nifer & Aimee’s coworker was part of. It was fun and we got to sample some delicious Hawaiian food. The best part I think was the dancing. Can I just tell you how absolutely adorable the kids were?! My favorite was this little girl named MacKenzie. She was so cute, but unfortunately was not the most coordinated when it came to the dances. I think this was part of her appeal. I mean who doesn’t remember being that awkward kid at something at some point in your life? However, when they began to do the Tahitian dancing…look out! MacKenzie was on fire!!! She was head and shoulders above the other little tykes! Guess she was just storing up all her hidden talents.

Name Your Poison:

There was about a week or so that I really didn’t do too much. This was due to a bad case of food poisoning from a pre-packaged salad I bought from a local grocery store that shall remain nameless. Unfortunately, I did not have enough sense to call the nurseline until after days and days had passed with no sign of getting better. I was told that most of the things I was doing that I thought was helping my situation was actually making it worse. So…once I started doing what the nurse recommended… low and behold I got better in a jiffy!

Pirates and Babies:

Sarah & Greg had their baby shower. I was recovered from the food poisoning just in time. The theme was Pirates of the Crib. It was very cool and the decorations were great! I love that Cabatit clan! There was a pirate ship made out of a baby bath thing and baby blankets. The crew members were little baby toys with bandanas. Even some mini pirate rubber duckies made an appearance. We had some good food….good games…and even found ourselves making mini babies out of pieces of gum. One of the best things there though was the wonderful cakes that were created by Sarah’s sister Anna who just completed the Pastry program at the Art Institute not too long ago.

Gambling:

I did try my hand at poker again. So this would have been my official 2nd time playing poker. Yeah…I still have a long way to go. I think I finally have down the whole whether or not I have a good hand thing. My next move will be to figure out if other people may have a better hand than I do and all the other little strategic tricks. I just hope that I’m actually improving and not getting worse.

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Welp(that was just for Trina)... those were the main highlights of the last month or so. And...done.