Exhausted

Yesterday after work I went to the gym. Had dinner with Judy, who just had her facial. Came back home and went to sleep around 12.

I didn't sleep well. Once I woke up thinking there was a spider falling from the ceiling. That was 3:42 in the morning. I went back to sleep, got up before 8:00, and stayed up 'til now. I know, poor me right?

I finalized Jen's present and knew I could've done it more creatively. Sometimes plans just don't work out and I have to figure out an alternative route to get the job done. I hope she'll like it. I met up with Sylvia at Hsi Lai Temple around 10:40 and we spent some quality time there praying and paying our respect. There were lots of tourists today. It was not as crowded as last time I visited, still many were in awe or simply quietly studying the statues, the rituals, and of course us Buddhist folks.

We went to have Thai food at Baimon that Judy and I ate back in January. It was just OK. We had papaya salad, green curry chicken, and prik king tofu with green bean. The salad needed more sugar and there were bits of papaya tasted kind of funky. Curry had good flavor, but there were pieces of chicken that had that weird not-fresh smell. Tofu was fine, the green bean again didn't taste as fresh. This particular dish came very late too. Maybe we just ordered them wrong.

After the lunch and dessert with Sylvia I came home to take a short break. I then left to go to Valerie's goodbye party. This was a more adult and casual gathering. I ate some more, and also got to see the new house they would be moving to in Oregon. It all seemed very exciting.

Now I'm back for a bit and leaving very soon to go to Jen's birthday dinner party. I'm exhausted.