Ele's early birthday
Yesterday I bummed around the house before leaving at noon to walk to the office. I found myself being overly cautious as I walked on the road, thinking about the previous night's accident.
As I walked on the sidewalk, I kept thinking about the possibility that a car might lose control and hit me. I thought 100 times before I crossed the road. I had that fear of being hit by a car with almost every step I took.
I bought a Subway sandwich and ate it in the office, then got to work. To my surprise, I finished my subs by about 4pm and then walked back home. I felt good that I had gotten some work done. The walk back wasn't nearly as bad.
Today, I went for a jog in the morning. I didn't really want to. I was quite comfortable sitting at home eating Pringles, but then I called myself a fat lazy bastard and that was enough to get me up and out.
I did a full lap without stopping, and when I finished, my right knee felt tired. This is really a bit like rehabbing all over again.
I took a shower then waited for my parents to come back with the car. When they did, my dad made me a late breakfast and I ate that while watching Game 1 of the Celtics-Hawks game, then when I finished I left to go to the city.
I went to Paddy's to get some apples and avocado, then went to the office to drop off the apples and pick up my shirts. I then drove to Surry Hills and dropped off my shirts at the cleaners, then bought some smoked salmon.
Despite it already being 2pm, I stopped at Ikea to get a toilet paper holder, intent on doing a little home improvement. After that I went to Ele's place. She hadn't called me even though I was late, so I thought either they were having too much fun or no one was there yet.
It was the latter. When I got there, it was just her, Yang, Sterling, Luke and his girlfriend playing mahjong. As soon as I took my shoes off I realised I had forgotten to get bread, and Ele said she'd come with me. I thought that looked a bit dodgy and said I could go myself, but she insisted, saying I'd get lost.
So we went, didn't talk about anything controversial, just about Vivian renovating homes and that.
Then when we went back, the others were set into their mahjong game, so I took a seat on the couch, and Ele played Avengers for me. She seemed intent on being a good host and keeping me company, despite me being in a boring mood and not knowing what to say.
We played blackjack for a while, then checked out her ipad. I showed her some funny youtube videos which she enjoyed more than I thought, and I caught Yang looking at us when she laughed really loud.
Later on, Daniel and Vivian arrived, and we watched the movie, then I made some salmon and avocado toast for them, and they liked it. After a while Eva arrived, and we all started having dinner, eating what everyone had brought, as well as a cake at the end.
Then Sterling, Eva, Yang, Luke and his girlfriend and I played that Acquire game. I remembered how Daniel won last time and tried to imitate him. I quietly accumulated shares in a shit company hoping for a takeover, and voila - I ended up being the winner. Someone said "but he didn't do anything!" and someone else said "that's the point, he just sat there clicking the mouse making money".
I drove Eva home, and she said something that shocked me - she said Michael L had suggested they separate if she didn't find a job by June :o
She told me she had found a job which could be used as experience in actuarial studies, but it sounded more like a marketing job. Also, it was only $40k. Damn, can't believe that guy said something like that.
When I got home, I - INSTALLED - TOILET PAPER - HOLDER!!
As I walked on the sidewalk, I kept thinking about the possibility that a car might lose control and hit me. I thought 100 times before I crossed the road. I had that fear of being hit by a car with almost every step I took.
I bought a Subway sandwich and ate it in the office, then got to work. To my surprise, I finished my subs by about 4pm and then walked back home. I felt good that I had gotten some work done. The walk back wasn't nearly as bad.
Today, I went for a jog in the morning. I didn't really want to. I was quite comfortable sitting at home eating Pringles, but then I called myself a fat lazy bastard and that was enough to get me up and out.
I did a full lap without stopping, and when I finished, my right knee felt tired. This is really a bit like rehabbing all over again.
I took a shower then waited for my parents to come back with the car. When they did, my dad made me a late breakfast and I ate that while watching Game 1 of the Celtics-Hawks game, then when I finished I left to go to the city.
I went to Paddy's to get some apples and avocado, then went to the office to drop off the apples and pick up my shirts. I then drove to Surry Hills and dropped off my shirts at the cleaners, then bought some smoked salmon.
Despite it already being 2pm, I stopped at Ikea to get a toilet paper holder, intent on doing a little home improvement. After that I went to Ele's place. She hadn't called me even though I was late, so I thought either they were having too much fun or no one was there yet.
It was the latter. When I got there, it was just her, Yang, Sterling, Luke and his girlfriend playing mahjong. As soon as I took my shoes off I realised I had forgotten to get bread, and Ele said she'd come with me. I thought that looked a bit dodgy and said I could go myself, but she insisted, saying I'd get lost.
So we went, didn't talk about anything controversial, just about Vivian renovating homes and that.
Then when we went back, the others were set into their mahjong game, so I took a seat on the couch, and Ele played Avengers for me. She seemed intent on being a good host and keeping me company, despite me being in a boring mood and not knowing what to say.
We played blackjack for a while, then checked out her ipad. I showed her some funny youtube videos which she enjoyed more than I thought, and I caught Yang looking at us when she laughed really loud.
Later on, Daniel and Vivian arrived, and we watched the movie, then I made some salmon and avocado toast for them, and they liked it. After a while Eva arrived, and we all started having dinner, eating what everyone had brought, as well as a cake at the end.
Then Sterling, Eva, Yang, Luke and his girlfriend and I played that Acquire game. I remembered how Daniel won last time and tried to imitate him. I quietly accumulated shares in a shit company hoping for a takeover, and voila - I ended up being the winner. Someone said "but he didn't do anything!" and someone else said "that's the point, he just sat there clicking the mouse making money".
I drove Eva home, and she said something that shocked me - she said Michael L had suggested they separate if she didn't find a job by June :o
She told me she had found a job which could be used as experience in actuarial studies, but it sounded more like a marketing job. Also, it was only $40k. Damn, can't believe that guy said something like that.
When I got home, I - INSTALLED - TOILET PAPER - HOLDER!!
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