Holy cow, what a crazy week. Everyone has gone home and I've been enjoying watching TV without people talking around me. They're all very funny, but sometimes the constant comments get tiresome. We had a good week, and Thanksgiving wasn't as hard as I'd thought it would be. I talked to Alex for quite a while, which gave Eric and Vicky a chance to contribute to the cooking. Erik (or K, as the boys decided to call him) is a huge upgrade from the old BF. He's funny and treats Vicky very well. We introduced him to the joys of live role-playing games and made him watch The Princess Bride.
The kids actually got in Monday night (they originally planned to come Monday morning but had some stuff to take care of downstate, so they changed tickets). Eric had to work, so Danny, Greg and I hopped on the train and went to Chinatown. It was a lot more fun than I thought it would be. Danny introduced us to dim sum, which basically amounts to Chinese (Cantonese) appetizers. You get 2-4 items in an order and share, which allows for maximum tasting. There were a few things I didn't much care for, but overall it was very cool. The weather could have been better. It started out raining, and by the time we got down there it was snowing, but not pretty snow. It was the kind that scours your face. I'm sure it was coincidental that Danny came down with a cold the next day. Good--ness!! He's a bigger baby than most men when he's sick.
Of course, we shlepped Vicky and K down to Millennium Park and Navy Pier, and we checked out the Christkindle Market (sort of a German themed open air market) in Daley Plaza. And we ate a lot. I haven't stepped on the scale, but my jeans aren't tight, so I think I might be safe.
By now some of them have gotten home. The beds are stripped, air mattresses put away, laundry is washing, the kitchen is cleaned up, and I've ordered a new coffee pot since mine died yesterday morning. My friend suggested I pour boiling water over the grounds, and it worked so well I decided I can make it work a couple more days.
This week it's back to writing, and I have GOT to start Christmas shopping. I think I might be doing a fair amount online this year. Y'all have a good week!
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So happy to hear K is an upgrade.
Congrats on the K upgrade and a great Thanksgiving. {{hugs}}
I usually do my shopping online and at the small local stores. I have a friend who is an amazing knitter. I'd like to buy scarves from her for my sisters. Unfortunately, her prices are out of my reach. Trying to figure out how to afford them. Wish I had something to barter with, but she's more web savvy than I am. She has skillz and then some.
Dim sum sounds good! We do have a Chinese restaurant in Ada -- China Super Buffet -- but not very authentic, I'm told. Tastes good, though. I'll have to see if they have dim sum or maybe the buffet takes care of that.
Dim sun is more of a type of restaurant than a type of food. They do traditional foods (not Americanized--I didn't see any fried rice or crab rangoons). Danny says they sometimes have people pushing carts between tables and you can take what you want, or they sometimes have bars with conveyor belts instead of tables. The one we went to they give you a paper menu and you mark the quantity of the things you want. They're not easy to find. If OKC has a Chinatown, that would be the best bet.
I Googled and found two dim sum restaurants in OKC. Will have to try them sometime. It sounds interesting.
Hey, how is your book coming? When do we get to read what the outline turned into?
Funny you should ask about the book today. I'm back to work on it finally. I had no access to my office for a week, and I've lost the charger for my laptop. Not that I would have gotten anything done while the masses were here with us. I plan to get some good work in before Christmas, and I think I'm past the halfway mark. It's somewhat possible I could finish the draft this year, but we'll have to see what the holidays bring.
Hope you can. I'm looking forward to reading it. Time to publish that baby!
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