Another Quick Update

Loads is going on. I'm not necessarily saying my life is interesting. I go to the gym, I go to school, I go to work, I go to bed. Rinse, repeat. That's my life in a nutshell. But I'll fill in quickly on some key events that have happened since my last brief...

Lauren and I celebrated a very merry un-birthday (as noted earlier) on the Saturday between our birthdays. It was great! I started the day with going to Lululemon's for my hemmed pants, and then I met up with Lauren to start the night of festivities. We first went to La Paella and had some tapas for a meal. And it was very good. I've gotten her hooked on tapas, I think.
Afterward, we discovered a bakery (Pinisi) next to our hookah bar (Sultana) and pre-gamed the night with our own slices of flourless chocolate cake (called the "xs"). Let me just tell you...it was magnificent and heavenly! So gooey and rich! We have been going back ever since just to order a slice or two of that cake. And they have other good cakes, too, but we rarely venture to their other products.
The Sultana tea party was subdued, but good. Not everyone who promised to come came, but those who did come had a good time with us, and we laughed, drank glorious mint green tea, and ate more. Their Moroccan Cigars and grape leaves were amazing....but their cakes were also amazing! We ended up getting more cake for us, sharing, and the owner of the hookah lounge gave us a birthday cake to boot! By the end of our time at the lounge, Lauren and I were completely stuffed and drunk with cake.
We went out to visit some friends at a few bars, but we didn't do much while there. We were far too full to drink anything, so we ended up going back to her place early and played with her Tarot Cards.

The next week I became extremely sick. I had an ear infection, a sinus infection, and I struggled with flu symptoms for two days. I ended up going to the doctor on Wednesday for her to tell me that my 99.2F temperature wasn't a fever (which, it was), and then she dolled me a doctor's note and some drugs to get me back to normal. I missed class on Wednesday, and I was miserable on Thursday. I even had to leave a Reynold's Speaker Event early (I was excited about it, too) because I was unable to think or listen at all. I finally got better, after a few days of misery.

I got a really cheap haircut at Aveda's Institute! It was really interesting; the student took 2 hours with me and my hair, to make sure that my trim was not going to get messed up, and I was monitored by some supervisor, too! The haircut was a great deal, and I'd probably do it again.
Lauren and I celebrated the Superbowl by eating exorbitant amounts of chocolate and avocado dip at her apartment. We oggled at the commercials online (I loved the eTrade ones), but otherwise didn't bother watching the game. We just kept the windows open and listened to the bars around us and people's reactions to the game. NYC was CRAZY after the Giants won, and the streets were full of shouts and screams until late that night.

I had dinner with Dad on Monday at a really nice place, Lumi. Their salmon was really fabulous! And Dad indulged my sweet tooth a lot that night with an added trip to my little favorite spot uptown, Corrado. We had a nice talk, too. It was a good night.
I went to FIAF on Tuesday and, despite really frustratingly struggling with my French that day, made a group of friends who have agreed to try to put together a French restaurant run sometime soon so we can continue our French speaking.
Work's been really really busy. There's a LOT to do, I stay late, and I don't think it'll be possible to finish all of my projects by June. At least I really like my co-workers and my boss. Great people.

I had dinner with Danie at Gobo on Friday after work. We talked and caught up, but it was short-lived because she wanted to sleep early. Welcome to my life for the past month. I feel like I crash earlier and earlier as time progresses. 10pm?! Come on, really now.
I ended up meeting up with Nate and his friends for a little bit that night, too. That wasn't very eventful, so not much to say but that I really hate PDA.

Yesterday I had an amazing experience at SanaVita. I had a shamanic journey, let's just say, and I learned a whole lot about myself. Lots of things happened with the shaman that were....out of this world. And I feel a lot better from that. I already booked next week to do something similar with him.
I ended up hanging out with Lauren, Jenni, and Matt the rest of the night. We ate (stuffed ourselves is more like it) at Casa Mono. Really excellent tapas, once again. The food was soooo good, and we were all giddy with the quality of the food afterwards. After, though, Lauren and I ended up spending the night low key and gushing about our spiritual selves.

That's all that's been going on. In a nutshell, at least.