Sunday, October 9, 2011
Oct. 9th, 2011 11:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bearshortyToday summer returned for a day, which meant I could wear my nice shirt for our get together. Finally, after month and month we all managed to figure out our schedules and the baby schedule for Marianna and have our gigantic birthday party.
Since we all last saw each other all together, seven out of eight of us, all but Janna, had birthdays. So our giant birthday celebration today meant that Marianna, Yeva and I, all got presents! In addition to the gift card that we all pooled money together to give to Marianna, we pooled together other presents for her – little owl necklace from Janna, baby outfit from Yeva and little owl cross stitch on a bib and cake from me. Marianna loved it all. I got Yeva her nursing book and Janna made her earrings And Yeva got me a summer dress with sparkling body spray and Janna, a book to store recipes in and other cooking type notepads. (Marianna sent me an Amazon package a few months ago). So we were all in the birthday mood.
So in the morning, I stopped by the Russian store to get cake and then went on the train and ferry. I thought I would have to wait 30 minutes for the train but it was late so I caught an earlier ferry too. The ferry terminal was ridiculously crowded. I never seen it this crowded and wasn’t sure we would all fit. We did. Most of the people were those who just finished running a half marathon so the ferry smelled a bit like a locker room. And the subway too. But I read my book and National Geographic and the long traveling time passed pretty quickly.
We met up at an Indian buffet, which was really good. Janna, Bert and I did have to wait for everyone else, who as usual got there late. (Well, Bear was on time but he stopped by Marianna’s and got drafted into driving them). The buffet was really delicious. I even tried goat curry for the first time, which was certainly interesting.
In the late afternoon, Janna and Bert left for Bert’s football game TV appointment and the rest of us headed to Marianna’s for cake and just to hang out. Then Bear drove me home and we hung out at my house after he got some Wendi’s chili and then we went for a walk.
So it was a great day. I loved seeing everyone. And little Galya is getting so big. She behaved really well at the restaurant – I think she liked the music and the attention and didn’t fuss much.
But just after Bear left, I had one of those blood pressure spikes and that was not fun. It always feels like I’m on a ship (not dizzy but unstable) and someone is squeezing my head really hard. And my head doesn’t let up for a while. I’m so glad I don’t have to work tomorrow because of Columbus Day, I suspect I will need a whole day to feel normal again.
Since we all last saw each other all together, seven out of eight of us, all but Janna, had birthdays. So our giant birthday celebration today meant that Marianna, Yeva and I, all got presents! In addition to the gift card that we all pooled money together to give to Marianna, we pooled together other presents for her – little owl necklace from Janna, baby outfit from Yeva and little owl cross stitch on a bib and cake from me. Marianna loved it all. I got Yeva her nursing book and Janna made her earrings And Yeva got me a summer dress with sparkling body spray and Janna, a book to store recipes in and other cooking type notepads. (Marianna sent me an Amazon package a few months ago). So we were all in the birthday mood.
So in the morning, I stopped by the Russian store to get cake and then went on the train and ferry. I thought I would have to wait 30 minutes for the train but it was late so I caught an earlier ferry too. The ferry terminal was ridiculously crowded. I never seen it this crowded and wasn’t sure we would all fit. We did. Most of the people were those who just finished running a half marathon so the ferry smelled a bit like a locker room. And the subway too. But I read my book and National Geographic and the long traveling time passed pretty quickly.
We met up at an Indian buffet, which was really good. Janna, Bert and I did have to wait for everyone else, who as usual got there late. (Well, Bear was on time but he stopped by Marianna’s and got drafted into driving them). The buffet was really delicious. I even tried goat curry for the first time, which was certainly interesting.
In the late afternoon, Janna and Bert left for Bert’s football game TV appointment and the rest of us headed to Marianna’s for cake and just to hang out. Then Bear drove me home and we hung out at my house after he got some Wendi’s chili and then we went for a walk.
So it was a great day. I loved seeing everyone. And little Galya is getting so big. She behaved really well at the restaurant – I think she liked the music and the attention and didn’t fuss much.
But just after Bear left, I had one of those blood pressure spikes and that was not fun. It always feels like I’m on a ship (not dizzy but unstable) and someone is squeezing my head really hard. And my head doesn’t let up for a while. I’m so glad I don’t have to work tomorrow because of Columbus Day, I suspect I will need a whole day to feel normal again.
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Date: 2011-10-10 03:41 pm (UTC)Most of the people were those who just finished running a half marathon so the ferry smelled a bit like a locker room. This sounds so yucky, but it made me giggle. I love to read, but for some reason when I am traveling … I can’t. I get so dizzy/nauseous ): Glad that helped you pass the time!
I have never had Indian food, can you believe that? Wow. Glad it was good! (:
Great days are great (: I am so glad you had a wonderful time!
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Date: 2011-10-10 04:09 pm (UTC)I can only read on a train or a ferry, where it is stable enough. I get travel sickness if I try to read anything in a car or on the bus. When I was little I could barely travel in a bus at all for a long period. The trip was almost two hours, so I was glad to be able to do something.
Indian food is an acquired taste. I started eating it maybe a decade ago because Bear and a good friend of mine loved it. And over time I came to really like it. Especially, naan (the bread) and chickpeas.
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Date: 2011-10-10 05:30 pm (UTC)sounds like a nice buffet.