We have now officially recuperated from the stress of coaching rowing. I can tell because I have finally passed from "Ah, a weekend where we don’t have to do anything," to "What am I going to do today?"
Yesterday I updated my resume on several job sites, and did some library research I’d been meaning to get around to. We also celebrated our 8th anniversary a few days late by having dinner at a cool seafood place Rudder had heard about. The restaurant is entirely underground, which makes a hell of a lot of sense out here. Even though I had promised myself I wouldn’t do it any more, I ordered lobster, out of a feeling of obligation to order something special for a special occasion. The problem was that the lobster was a bit dry, and very stringy, and I probably would have enjoyed the shrimp a lot more. But I order shrimp all the time so it doesn’t seem like a special occasion food. Obviously, I order it so much because I like it that much, so it would make a lot more sense just to get what I like no matter what the occasion. I’m stupid that way.
Afterward we had champagne at home. We taped a Discovery Channel special on fireworks, so we even had some of those to accompany the champagne. After all, our actual anniversary is on July 4!
This morning, Rudder met T2 to do some more rigging on their boat. I went along and had a nice, easy, peaceful row in the single, to make up for not rowing on Friday. After that we went out to breakfast, so now I just need to figure out what to do for the rest of the day. I’m thinking a mall visit.
Posted by dichroic at July 8, 2001 10:31 AM