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beansideA little bit of zydeco adjacent to start your Sunday morning.
I discovered rather annoyingly that I'm on book 3 of a 5 book series, but 4 and 5 have not yet come out. And I just finished book three. I am bookless now. I'm going to have to go on the hunt for more books that I'd like. I also have to see if the author who wrote Crazy Rich Vampires has put out any new ones. That would be nice. The next Ursula Vernon book is a little way off. I haven't read John Scalzi's last book, so I may try that. Or, I may do a reread of Feed by Mira Grant, as that is probably my favorite book every. We shall see. I liked reading again, so I'm going to see if I can keep the momentum. I will be taking my kindle on vacation. I have hopes of sitting on the balcony watching the snow capped mountains go past, and reading my book.
Today, no real plans until 5:30, when we shall play Prophecy of the Nine Omens.
poisontaster does an excellent job of bringing the module to life. Last session, we all came pretty close to being dead, but for some lucky shots. Depending on things, we should be making it to my character's ancestral home, where his disapproving father and possibly poisoned brother wait. IT's going to be super fun. Until then, we shall relax.
Yesterday, we actually went out. I saw a thing about a Chinese restaurant called NiHao that has a Friday-Sunday brunch Friday-Sunday, and I figured why the hell not? It's downtown, but I was up for the drive. (I thought.) My lord, people were driving like total idiots. Lanes were more of a suggestion, and they were in a hurry. And downtown, thanks to the snow, parking is like we've slipped into Mad Max territory. There were cars snug against the curb, where they obviously took time to shovel. There were some that were parked like they cleared enough space to get out, but not enough to get back in, so they were at a 45 degree angle jutting out from the curb. One particularly daring small Uhaul truck was at about a 90 degree angle, forcing you to cut into oncoming traffic to get past.
Finally we got to the restaurant, and actually found decent parking. The restaurant is very small, with three floors of dining. We started ordering food. The first round was the duck egg rolls, the pork soup bao and the char siu bao. The duck egg roll may have been my favorite thing of the day, and there was a lot to love. The soup dumplings were delicious. And the char sui was filled with chunks of pork belly swimming in Szechuan bbq sauce. So good. Then, we moved on to the puffed scallion pancake, and I had some egg and scallion rice. Next round was kung pao chicken and green beans. The kung pao was rather spicy, so Jess ate most, same for the green beans, which were a little salty. Both had a good flavor, but they weren't my favorite. The Pan Fried pork dumplings were much more to my liking. Then, for dessert, we had a an egg yolk sesame ball (not bad) and a creamy walnut bao (excellent, will get again.). By the time we finished, we were both super full. Jess ate more, but I'm on a GLP-1, Rybelsus, which means I get full faster. All in all, A+, will do again.
The rest of the day was quiet. I finsihed my book, while Jess watched a friend play video games and chatted. Then dinner, attempted puppy walk (he got angry that I wouldn't let him eat something on the ground near the door, and immediately turned and sulked in.)
I ordered some Royal Rivera Pears from Harry and David. A friend was talking about how she'd gotten some, and how good they were, and so when I saw that the organic pears were on sale, I jumped at them. I also ordered some Cara Cara oranges that will arrive in March. No scurvy for us!
Then, soon after, it was off to bed. The relaxing peppermints continue to knock me out, which I appreciate. We'll see how they do tonight, when I sometimes get anxious about needing to wake up for work on Monday.
Maybe we'll go out today. I don't know. We could definitely afford to go to lunch again, as I did have OT this week. We'll see how it goes.
For now, I bid you adieu. Everyone have a tres bon Sunday!
