Thursday Thoughts - I wish I could change the ways of the world make it a nice place

1. My Monday night started this week off better than usual - my BFF Kim was down from Boston visiting her parents so I got to see her and Steve, her mom and dad, and the smartest, cutest, funniest goddaughter Libby on Monday night.

2. And I finally got a pedicure Tuesday so the springing forward world can breathe a sigh of relief. I don't even know what the color is, I'm just glad it's done.

3. Tuesday night was stellar too since my Dad dropped off chocolate peanut butter eggs Carol made for me. A Tuesday sans complaint? Who am I? 

4. Wednesday night was also amazing - MFD and I got to see Robin DiAngelo, author of White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism at the Friends Center in Philly and it was freeeee. 

5. The only personally blah-ish thing about this past week has been books. If you read every day, you can't read something that speaks to you all the time. I had two that I started and stopped and one that was just slow going. I'm on a third and it's okay. I'm pumped to pick up The Silent Patient at the shore on Friday though - I got that within three days of requesting it. I remain #119 on the list at the Philly library.

6. I still can't believe I watch Game of Thrones. I was all who cares forever. Now *I* care. I guess it was bound to happen because this has been our house for the past few years:

7. When I park my car on the other side of the street, the next morning I stand on my steps and think, dude, where’s my car. Even if I have reminded myself inside minutes before that I parked across the street last night. On those days, it only goes up from there. 

8. The fire of Notre Dame is absolutely sad and devastating. Not more sad and devastating than people living in pain and hunger. Similarly painful to pipelines being jammed through sacred lands or black churches in Louisiana being burned to the ground by a white supremacist. Sacred spaces are sacred spaces, even if they’re not ours. Yes, Notre Dame the structure has history and religious significance. So did the indigenous people of this country before white Europeans slaughtered them and stole their lands. So did families in Africa before their people were stolen, enslaved, and treated as less than animals by white land owners an ocean away. We can care about all of these things, and I sure as shit hope we can see the hypocrisy in only caring about one of them and not the others. My mind is totally blown though that billionaires have raised over $600 million in under 24 hours for a sanctuary/holy place/landmark owned by a tax-free organization that has more art/land/etc riches than pretty much any other organization. Wouldn’t it be nice to let them use their riches to pay to rebuild Notre Dame and use that raised money to feed the hungry, clothe the poor, and heal the sick? Pipe dreams but I think that's probably what Jesus would do. I’m not interested in telling people what to do with their money but it would be nice if they didn’t need the suggestion.

9. Reminder: Don't sweat it. You're not for everyone and that is more than fine.

10. Ecards.

What appears after the hyphen in Thursday Thoughts is a song lyric to whatever I'm listening to when I start to write the post. This week is Everything's Just Wonderful by Lily Allen

TWTW - the wedding, the work, and the watch party

Friday began with a walk on the beach with Bruce before work. Lunch was a pork belly reuben from The Grilled Cheese and Crab Cake Company (seen on Diners Drive-in’s and Dives). Nails are Mint Convertible by CND - loved the color but it chipped by Saturday and I was pissed. After work we headed to Cape May for the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner at Harbor View Restaurant. The food was great, we had a good laugh over the plating, and it was a fun night. 

Saturday I took MFD over to Cape May for groomsman things, and ran errands on the way back: Cape May Wicker, the nicest gas station ever (Exit Zero), Warehouse Wicker in Wildwood, the library, and CVS. I put hardware on upstairs in the house and did a few other things before walking the dogs and getting ready. 

I headed back to Cape May for the wedding. Lovely setting at the Lobster House, and all of Catie's touches were awesome as I knew they would be. The La Columbe coffee bar was a huge hit as evidenced by Dan and MFD hoarding it. Everyone looked fabulous, especially the bride, and it was a really nice time. 

Sunday 

Slow start. Lounging, coffee, reading, then I went up to put contact paper on the vanity, sort through linens, made a list of mattress encasements and protectors needed, checked all the lamps (surprise! need replacements), and other shit. MFD finished cleaning the house and drug the two twin bunk bed mattresses down four floors, swapped rugs and shower rods out, etc. I packed up downstairs and walked the dogs 50 times. We headed out around 2:30. 

We got home at 4 and I ran to Giant, made spinach dip, threw this together, started laundry, changed the sheets, and showered. 

Mark and Sarah hosted a Game of Thrones watch party with snacks - lemon cakes for Sansa, Theon in a blanket, dinosaur eggs. I loved it. Sarah killed it on the theme. 

Weekly food prep: breakfast is greek yogurt with granola and mango. Three lunches needed, they'll be leftovers. Snacks are bell peppers and red grapes. Three dinners needed, they'll be spinach salad/sweet potato fries/grilled pork chops and something out of the freezer, probably a soup.

Let's make this week a good one!