Returning

A blogging hiatus, as my friend Stephon came to town for three days.  It was good to see him and hang out again, but I will admit, it was a bit of a challenge -- I am not exactly good with change, change to my routine, and dealing with people, and here we are...  Like when he decided to use my TV and cable system to log into his streaming accounts.  This was fine, but as I told him, he had to show me how to navigate this, and to make sure that I could escape if need be...and of course, he could barely do that.  I mean, it is cool, but... I am not sure it is worth the squeeze.  We did watch "A Man on the Inside" -- the Ted Danson Netflix comedy -- and it was quite funny.  But cycling through his show selections...well, I was quite convinced that my time is better spent reading, blogging, and doing social justice.  :)

We dined at Omizu Friday night -- quite good, if a bit spicy (I didn't see the pepper on my menu choice), and then last night we went to Seoul Garden.  That was good, albeit spicier -- Korean food tends to have heat -- and the result was today I was in a state of intestinal flux, to put it mildly.  I was not helped by the fact that after I took him to the airport I had visiting -- birthday party, Communion distribution to my Polish friend, and then the Team XI cookie party (which was good - both to see people and to nibble on snickerdoodles).  I nibbled the whole day, and... well, I felt it.  At least I got home about 8:30, went to the bathroom, and then caught up on all my J! back episodes.  (Got all the Finals, phew!)  So we are somewhat back to normal.  Also, the presents are delivered -- mostly -- and wrapped, thanx to the mall trip.  Quite busy!  Good to see, though I wonder how consumer spending will come in.

I daresay we survived the bad weather on the West Side; about an inch.  My friend is from Houston, and he was unpleasantly fascinated by all of this (he grew up in Miami, to boot); the snow and the cold and the wind, but I was like "it could be worse," and it seemed that by noon Saturday it was over -- a bit warmer and less wind.  I do not think he will be visiting me in the winter again.  

Tomorrow is work, decorate the tree (or at least start), bake some peanut butter cookies for my brother-in-law, and dare I say... rest?  I will be off for the week between Christmas and NYD, and I am looking forward to it -- sleep, watch some films, do some reading, some cleaning.  I think I deserve it, in some ways, but also I want to do those things, and it is time to do some adulting.