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CA Weekend, Homework
Aug. 30th, 2014 09:57 pmSo... I believe when I posted last, I mentioned we were going to California for the weekend. That went pretty well. It was nice to see my sister, her partner and my aunts, though we arrived pretty late both nights and I think irritated both of them. Oops. I guess I should have planned that better. Saturday, we got to hang out at the beach then go to Thai food with my aunts, and Sunday, we hung out at a park eating massive sandwiches before heading to the Haight for a little shopping with the Katies. It was hard to leave, knowing I wouldn't see them again until probably after session is over, but that's life.
Mike had to go to Livermore to prepare for his meeting early Monday, so we left Sunday night and stayed in a hotel. I took him to work early, went back to the hotel to sleep, exercise and eat, then left at checkout time at noon. After driving around for a bit because I had no idea how to get around Livermore, I was able to use our GPS to go to some high-end outlet stores and find a suit and purse for work. Pretty sweet. After Mike's meeting was over, we drove to Roseville, had massive cheeseburgers and stayed the night at another hotel because it was already pretty late. We got back home Tuesday, and we've been playing a bit of catch-up since then.
Today was also fairly productive. Mike won a TV through a work promotion (which turned into a $500 gift card somehow), and we were able to look at TVs and set up an appointment for installation for the one we bought. After we got home from the farmer's market (also fun, nice to get some local produce) and grocery store, I enlisted Mike's help in moving around the furniture in the living room, and the arrangement is a lot more useful for us. When I moved in, I had just the chair I sit in constantly and the couch, which seemed to make more sense in the middle of the room since I was the only one who had to deal with it. With Mike adding a chair to the mix, we've had a less efficient use of space for two people. We basically switched the chairs with the couch, and it allows us both to see the TV a little more clearly as well as share an end table. It's nice to change it up, and with the additions of the shelves and rug upstairs, the house feels a lot more functional lately. It's pretty nice.
There's other less pleasant stuff going on right now, but hopefully life will work itself out soon.
Mike had to go to Livermore to prepare for his meeting early Monday, so we left Sunday night and stayed in a hotel. I took him to work early, went back to the hotel to sleep, exercise and eat, then left at checkout time at noon. After driving around for a bit because I had no idea how to get around Livermore, I was able to use our GPS to go to some high-end outlet stores and find a suit and purse for work. Pretty sweet. After Mike's meeting was over, we drove to Roseville, had massive cheeseburgers and stayed the night at another hotel because it was already pretty late. We got back home Tuesday, and we've been playing a bit of catch-up since then.
Today was also fairly productive. Mike won a TV through a work promotion (which turned into a $500 gift card somehow), and we were able to look at TVs and set up an appointment for installation for the one we bought. After we got home from the farmer's market (also fun, nice to get some local produce) and grocery store, I enlisted Mike's help in moving around the furniture in the living room, and the arrangement is a lot more useful for us. When I moved in, I had just the chair I sit in constantly and the couch, which seemed to make more sense in the middle of the room since I was the only one who had to deal with it. With Mike adding a chair to the mix, we've had a less efficient use of space for two people. We basically switched the chairs with the couch, and it allows us both to see the TV a little more clearly as well as share an end table. It's nice to change it up, and with the additions of the shelves and rug upstairs, the house feels a lot more functional lately. It's pretty nice.
There's other less pleasant stuff going on right now, but hopefully life will work itself out soon.
