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Well,week w/o posting again. Here's a quick recap. Tuesday I met Snooks at Kennedy School for a little bit, finally feeling well enough by this point that I needed to go out and have a couple beers. Thursday, met up with Snooks again, and my brother Travis, at Moon & Sixpence. Hadn't been there in a little while, and they had finally gotten Smithwick's in again (a really delicious Irish ale, slightly on the malty side, and overall quite delicious).

Yesterday was the last day for a coworker of mine (sniff) who is leaving SuperSweetCo to pursue a writing career. After work the company threw a happy hour in the break room (people mixing 'chocolate martinis') for my departing comrade. At around 6pm Kelly joined us when she got into town, and by 7pm it was down to about 7 of us. Most of my coworkers decided to go get sushi, but my manager wanted everybody to meet later at Moon & Sixpence. I figured, "Two nights in a row at Moon? Sure, no problem!" so Kelly and I went straight there, got a table and got some dinner. My coworkers were to meet us at about 9pm. By 9:45 they still hadn't arrived and Kelly and I were feeling pretty tired (probably a combination of the long work week, the beers, and the food). We waited until about 10pm before we bailed, and I texted my manager to let him know. He texted me back, I guess they were just on their way, and said something about dinner taking forever (can it really take that long to eat food that doesn't even have to spend any time cooking? hehe), but by that point we were on the road for home.

I fell asleep on the couch at around 11pm, and stayed there until I woke up in this really uncomfortable position at about 4am.

I've spent the day cleaning and organizing my office, and getting all my paperwork in order for the dreaded taxes that I need to get done. Kelly and I are going out this evening to Rose & Thistle with Miranda & Brian and Mr. & Mrs. Ghost Dog. Looking forward to it, and hope we can last the night out without having a yawn attack. 🙂

Well, as of Wednesday I've been back at work, and mostly finished with my cold. It's still hanging on, and I'm getting the feeling that it will be for some time. I'm still tired (usually asleep by 10:00pm) still have a bit of a stuffy head and cough, but at least I'm no longer incapacitated, and can breathe through my nose! (hooray!)

Wednesday evening Kelly and I went out to Veritable Quandary for dinner. VQ is a nice place, with a good wine selection (apparently) and a decent beer selection. It's a little spendy (expect to spend about $70 per couple, which includes dinner, maybe a dessert, and a couple drinks) but it's got a nice atmosphere and our server was very friendly and helpful. I had a very good caesar salad, a couple pints of beer (memory already fading on what it was, but I was still a bit sick so I don't remember tasting much), and what I thought was going to be an appetizer pizza (ended up being about 10") with a very salty thin-sliced meat called capicola (coppa on the menu). By about 9:15 I was feeling exhausted, and full and arrived home just in time for me to hit the pillow before I fell asleep. Romantic, I know. 🙂

Last night I met my friend Jenn at Mash Tun for a little bit, and later Kelly met me there after she finished with a meeting with some of her classmates for her MBA. Like the night before, I started fading pretty early.

Tonight Kelly's at class, and has class all day tomorrow. I'm just relaxing, letting my body continue to fight the evil. If the forecast holds and it actually is partly sunny and 56 degrees tomorrow, I may try to spend some time working on the yard. It's a mess!