Day 164: Coffee and Banoffee

Venti Mint Mocha and Banoffee Pie courtesy of my current class.  They did the Sweetest Thing (U2) today.

I came to work not intending to let people know it was my birthday.  I have this habit of not really telling, you see.  I do not have very good social skills.  When people compliment me or greet me on special occasions, I feel unsure of how to react.  So, I avoid all of that by not telling people it's my birthday.  Since a lot of the folks I work with have known me for some years, they kind of shared to everyone else.  It somehow reached my class, who I've only been with for a week.  I thought I had manage to isolate them since we're on a separate floor from the rest of my team.  I obviously didn't know any better.  They've been really sweet, getting me my favorite Starbucks drink and the banoffee pie during break.  Not only that, they also filled the cup with post-it notes with their greetings.

My team also got me cake, which we technically did not get to eat.  I got cake and a tiara.  The tiara is something we pass around.  It goes to whoever is the birthday celebrant.  I also took a picture of it, since I spent the day walking around with it.  I'll be passing it to the next celebrant.

Day 139: La Mer Galette

La Mer Galette from La Creperie.  While a usual galette would be made with buckwheat, this one was with flour.  I needed something easier to chew for lunch.  La Creperie was playing French music, and I loved that they played J'envoie valser (Zazie) while I was there.

This is now beginning to look like a checkpoint on how I progress eating after having my braces.  I'm so happy to be eating solids again, though.  I even managed to eat chicken nuggets for dinner.  Chicken nuggets! Meat!  Isn't that fantastic?

Day 124: In Daylight

I've been wanting to take a photo of the view from work during the day.  Lately, the smog isn't as thick and you can see the mountains in the horizon.  Plus the clouds were neat and puffy.  This was my best attempt during break with my ever reliable phone.

I have to admit, despite the crazy heat, I like the fact that summer is the only season that can give you such a pretty sight.  Blue sky, fluffy clouds, and bright greenery.  Even the smog is less visible.  The clouds were my favorite, of course.  They remind me of cotton candy.

There's still a month left of this summer to enjoy.  Forget the sleep music, I'm playing Mint Car (The Cure).

Day 82: Partially Retiring

Not much imagination, but today I'd like to pay homage to what made me survive the first 76 days of this project - my phone.  I have this habit of giving my inanimate object names.  This is Eight.  I called it so because it's a Nokia N82, and I've probably dropped it at least eight times since I got it. 

Eight has served me well, though.  I am not officially retiring him.  I cannot really lug Nino around everyday, you know.  I'm just probably going to focus on using Eight for other things.  Like, I don't know, being a phone maybe? 

On play: Loving You Is Easy (Ben Rector)