Weekend Recap

Friday

• C arrived back home! (after being out of town all week for work) The energy at home went from still and quiet to barely restrained chaos more or less immediately, but at least now we are back to what has become our computer and video game under couch blanket time in the evenings -- no need to play video game OSTs from youtube to set up the same background music now that we're both back to sitting in the living room with the Nintendo Switch.
  

Saturday

• Slept in (consistently one of the best weekend activities that there could possibly be. 
• Had a late breakfast of coffee and specialty breads that C brought back from his trip. 
• A quick Trader Joes trip for a few groceries -- specifically some fresh produce to get us through the coming week and to stock up on frozen tteok bokki. 
• Attended a friend's baby shower: a lovely event for some lovely people. Was also nice to use the occasion as an excuse to catch up with a former classmate. 
• We made all our standard weekend phone calls to the parents today to say hi and check in. 
• Started some pea soup in the slow cooker upon arriving home to eat later during the week and had hot pot for dinner (this remains one of the best ways to use up aging vegetables)
• Started putting together a list of books to read for fun -- should be good
  

Sunday 

• More sleeping in. 
• Brunch complete with fresh coffee and pea soup made the night before
• Took care of the standard weekend house chores
• Finished a book
• Going to try and take a crack at first steps in restoring some cast-iron pans before dinner.
  

 

Taking my car to the body shop tomorrow morning because someone rear-ended me while I was stopped for a traffic light the other day and this was the earliest opening that they had available. I've already filed general claims/reports with both insurance companies, so I guess tomorrow the real fun of learning just how annoying this whole process is going to be can begin. At least I was not the other drive, though. I imagine it is exponentially more annoying to be the driver at fault and also to have solidly driven straight into the back of another car while driving your brand new just-washed 2023 Lexus SUV so fresh off the lot it still has cardboard plates -- sucks to be them.