This Week I…

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Gave two weeks notice at work.

I could devote an entire post to this topic but I imagine it would be extremely boring, so I’ll give you the bullet point version.  Minus any actual bullet points.  I hate my current  job and there’s an opening at Joey’s office.  Honestly, I know I should be happy to move on, but for some reason, I don’t feel that happy about it.  I just feel like I’m moving from job to job without actually going anywhere.

Had to come to terms with the fact that football season has begun.

I sat next to this on Wednesday night.  And in case you can’t tell what “this” is.  It’s a Dallas Cowboys zombie.  There shall be no intelligent conversations, or really any conversations at all during this time.  Anything I say will be in one ear and out the other.  Majorly boring.

Annoyed Joey by having a phone conversation with my mom during the Cowboys game.

She told me a story about how my dad was at Whole Foods trying to choose between two rotisserie chickens, when a man walked up, took one of the chickens and it ended up being one chicken in a mirror.  

Commenced operation “Eat a bag of peaches before summer ends, or mold starts.”

Was reminded that the work week should always be four days long.

Took a walk and realized how perfect dusk is.

Treated myself to a weeknight mani/pedi.  

Because I could.  You know what takes all the fun out of a mani/pedi?  Knowing that the mani/pedicurist is tired and just wants to go home.

Realized I’ve been spending too much time on my phone.

Gave in and cracked open a can of pumpkin.

And made an amazing pumpkin pizza dough.  You can’t actually taste a difference but pumpkin has the tendency to make things fluff up.  I’m all for fluffy pizza dough.

 Daydreamed about it being the weekend.
It’s finally here!  Go enjoy yourselves.

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A Book Review

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I tried to finish this book two nights ago.

But someone was watching The Andy Griffith Show on his iPhone under the covers and the laughter coming out from underneath those covers was slightly distracting.  Oh, and that part where he threw the covers off and exclaimed, “I can’t breathe!” threw me off a little too. This is my real life.  I couldn’t make these things up.

Anyways.  I finally managed to finish Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See.  The book revolves around Lily, a lower class girl growing up in China and the relationship she has watch her laotong (which means the girls are matched up to be best friends for life) Snow Flower.

It’s a book about a lot of things.  Chinese culture in the nineteenth century, footbinding, dowries, expectations of the Chinese family and women specifically.  But at its core, this is really a book about best friends.  And that’s why, as hard as it is to understand some of the cultural aspects of the story, the book still feels relatable.

I’ve always been a best friend, as opposed to a group of girlfriends, kind of girl, so I found the book particularly relatable.  And incredibly endearing.  I may or may not have teared up just a little bit towards the end of the story, which is actually pretty heartbreaking.

Oh, and if you’re squeamish, I suggest not googling “foot binding.”  And if you’re really squeamish, you might want to skip this book and just watch The Andy Griffith Show on your iPhone under the covers.