Total Eclipse of Something
Well howdy ho everybody! Happy Wednesday! The last 24 hours have been kind of a whirlwind of excitement! And you all know how much I love excitement... when it is good excitement. I feel like the solar eclipse might have made things a little bit more crazy in a good way and I am no scientist but I think we might be entering into a bit of a phase of awesomeness. And I will get to that shortly but let my first go "YAAY!"
On Monday evening I met a friend for dinner. Before that I stopped at a shop to buy the Kid some school supplies. I tried not to sob uncontrollably while shopping and may or may not have hummed "Sunrise, Sunset" in the store. After that heart-wrenching activity, I headed to Es Gibt Reis to meet a friend. Apparently EVERYBODY knows this place but me... so you are all dead to me. Except, maybe you thought I just like pizzerias... while that's mostly true, I also demand to know about awesome places in general so you are still all dead to me. We shared an appetizer: sticky rice crepe (amahzing) and then I ordered the tofu phat thai which was spectacular. You can get it with snail but no thank you. I had a gin and tonic and wine and it was a really lovely evening. Of course the solar eclipse was happening over in North America and I was able to see pictures of many many friends with their heads stuck in boxes. Bless you all. It was highlarious. After a great dinner, I decided to walk home and enjoy the fantabulous weather. Fall is coming, totally brace yourselves because I will be going on non-stop about how gosh darn happy I am that it is finally autumnal and I don't have to wear sleeveless dresses no mo.
Yesterday I headed to work early and while I did some mindless work, I listened to a couple of My Favorite Murder podcasts. Originally I had planned to do a podcast about Vienna and how you know you have been here for a while but I was inspired to talk about Muuuurrrdddeeerrr instead. Which I will get to in a minute. After work I headed to Cafe Francais to meet someone I had briefly talked to last Thursday after the walking tour. It was a great chat and he no doubt thinks I am insane and I am looking forward to collaborating in the future regarding autism. I ran home to relieve the nanny and the Kid and I had dinner and at 8, I put him into bed and started the podcast. I had to pause it a couple of times because the Kid was being a little giggly and a little weird. Turns out that he was experiencing some stomach discomfort. Ugh, poor kiddo. I finished up the podcast which you can find a link for on Podbean or on the Operation Tubetop Facebook page. I kind of scared the bejeebus out of myself as I did it and it didn't help that I had most of the lights out and had candles burning. I curled up onto my sofa in my classy pink night gown that reads "Let's Stay in Bed." It's ironic because I barely can sleep. I had some wine, I told some creepy and cray cray murder stories and it was so so fun. I ended with a mystery I have yet to solve so if you listen to it, and know about it, help me out! Danke!
As soon as the podcast ended, I checked on the Kid and he started to cry... which ripped my heart in two. His stomach was really hurting him and he wanted to be held. The Husband came home a little while later and the Kid got more upset (because maybe he is like his mother and likes an audience). But miracles of miracles, he did not bite or attack and just screamed and wanted to be held. It is quite amazing seeing this new phase and while I wish I could do something to make the pain go away, at least I know that he is able to control his outbursts a little bit more. I also had to close the windows because the last thing we need is the Polizei showing up due to a neighbour thinking we are murdering somebody. Good times. The Kid eventually fell asleep in my arms and when we tried to move him into bed, he woke up and yelled some more. A few minutes later he fell asleep again and we then slowly dragged him into our bed, inch by inch, pausing every few seconds to ensure he wouldn't wake up. When he's sick, he gets to sleep in our bed at night and I mentally prepared myself for a long night but lo and behold, he slept through it and in the morning he was a bundle of energy. Kiddo, you better buy me a coffee plantation one day, or a vineyard... and a Chanel purse. The little black one with the gold chain. Thanks.
Today is just a regular old work day and in the evening I hope to get a workout in and then it is Tex Mex for dinner, baby! I am not sure what I am doing tomorrow evening since I had plans that cancelled so I need to figure out if I will be a mature adult and head home. On Friday one of my best friends is coming over for dinner and I just found out that my oldest friend is in town with her bebe and we are going to meet up on Saturday. This morning was a bit of a crazy morning because last night I received an email from someone who is friends of a woman I know and he has an organization that looks to raise money for not-for-profits. I run a not-for-profit, I need money! This could be love! Yas! So I had to write him back and send him my mission statement and goals, etc. and fingers crossed this happens! I am trying not to get too excited because so many times I have been let down in the past but the thing is, I can't help but get excited because that is how I roll. I am an optimist and I have a lot of hope and I believe that one day this will all make a fantastic made for TV film starring Lacy Chabert... except not filmed in Vienna but rather in North Dakota. And she will be a single mom with a heart of gold just doing the best she can raising 3 kids and a golden retriever. And then she will fall in love with surly yet loving bookstore owner and... damn it, that's just a Hallmark movie plot.
Anyway, let's see what happens. I also got another email this morning from the guy that runs the Filmcasino about the upcoming sensory friendly screenings we collaborated on so that is exciting. More details about that soon! I am also figuring out the 2 year Autism in Vienna Facebook anniversary which I will host at Craftwines in September and also have to follow up on a museum event. So exciting and now I feel like I am building up energy again. I don't like Augusts because they feel like the 28th of December... no presents and no New Year's resolutions to break. No bueno. Anyway, I hope you all have a wonderful day still and enjoy the sunshine while it lasts! Toodles!
On Monday evening I met a friend for dinner. Before that I stopped at a shop to buy the Kid some school supplies. I tried not to sob uncontrollably while shopping and may or may not have hummed "Sunrise, Sunset" in the store. After that heart-wrenching activity, I headed to Es Gibt Reis to meet a friend. Apparently EVERYBODY knows this place but me... so you are all dead to me. Except, maybe you thought I just like pizzerias... while that's mostly true, I also demand to know about awesome places in general so you are still all dead to me. We shared an appetizer: sticky rice crepe (amahzing) and then I ordered the tofu phat thai which was spectacular. You can get it with snail but no thank you. I had a gin and tonic and wine and it was a really lovely evening. Of course the solar eclipse was happening over in North America and I was able to see pictures of many many friends with their heads stuck in boxes. Bless you all. It was highlarious. After a great dinner, I decided to walk home and enjoy the fantabulous weather. Fall is coming, totally brace yourselves because I will be going on non-stop about how gosh darn happy I am that it is finally autumnal and I don't have to wear sleeveless dresses no mo.
Yesterday I headed to work early and while I did some mindless work, I listened to a couple of My Favorite Murder podcasts. Originally I had planned to do a podcast about Vienna and how you know you have been here for a while but I was inspired to talk about Muuuurrrdddeeerrr instead. Which I will get to in a minute. After work I headed to Cafe Francais to meet someone I had briefly talked to last Thursday after the walking tour. It was a great chat and he no doubt thinks I am insane and I am looking forward to collaborating in the future regarding autism. I ran home to relieve the nanny and the Kid and I had dinner and at 8, I put him into bed and started the podcast. I had to pause it a couple of times because the Kid was being a little giggly and a little weird. Turns out that he was experiencing some stomach discomfort. Ugh, poor kiddo. I finished up the podcast which you can find a link for on Podbean or on the Operation Tubetop Facebook page. I kind of scared the bejeebus out of myself as I did it and it didn't help that I had most of the lights out and had candles burning. I curled up onto my sofa in my classy pink night gown that reads "Let's Stay in Bed." It's ironic because I barely can sleep. I had some wine, I told some creepy and cray cray murder stories and it was so so fun. I ended with a mystery I have yet to solve so if you listen to it, and know about it, help me out! Danke!
As soon as the podcast ended, I checked on the Kid and he started to cry... which ripped my heart in two. His stomach was really hurting him and he wanted to be held. The Husband came home a little while later and the Kid got more upset (because maybe he is like his mother and likes an audience). But miracles of miracles, he did not bite or attack and just screamed and wanted to be held. It is quite amazing seeing this new phase and while I wish I could do something to make the pain go away, at least I know that he is able to control his outbursts a little bit more. I also had to close the windows because the last thing we need is the Polizei showing up due to a neighbour thinking we are murdering somebody. Good times. The Kid eventually fell asleep in my arms and when we tried to move him into bed, he woke up and yelled some more. A few minutes later he fell asleep again and we then slowly dragged him into our bed, inch by inch, pausing every few seconds to ensure he wouldn't wake up. When he's sick, he gets to sleep in our bed at night and I mentally prepared myself for a long night but lo and behold, he slept through it and in the morning he was a bundle of energy. Kiddo, you better buy me a coffee plantation one day, or a vineyard... and a Chanel purse. The little black one with the gold chain. Thanks.
Today is just a regular old work day and in the evening I hope to get a workout in and then it is Tex Mex for dinner, baby! I am not sure what I am doing tomorrow evening since I had plans that cancelled so I need to figure out if I will be a mature adult and head home. On Friday one of my best friends is coming over for dinner and I just found out that my oldest friend is in town with her bebe and we are going to meet up on Saturday. This morning was a bit of a crazy morning because last night I received an email from someone who is friends of a woman I know and he has an organization that looks to raise money for not-for-profits. I run a not-for-profit, I need money! This could be love! Yas! So I had to write him back and send him my mission statement and goals, etc. and fingers crossed this happens! I am trying not to get too excited because so many times I have been let down in the past but the thing is, I can't help but get excited because that is how I roll. I am an optimist and I have a lot of hope and I believe that one day this will all make a fantastic made for TV film starring Lacy Chabert... except not filmed in Vienna but rather in North Dakota. And she will be a single mom with a heart of gold just doing the best she can raising 3 kids and a golden retriever. And then she will fall in love with surly yet loving bookstore owner and... damn it, that's just a Hallmark movie plot.
Anyway, let's see what happens. I also got another email this morning from the guy that runs the Filmcasino about the upcoming sensory friendly screenings we collaborated on so that is exciting. More details about that soon! I am also figuring out the 2 year Autism in Vienna Facebook anniversary which I will host at Craftwines in September and also have to follow up on a museum event. So exciting and now I feel like I am building up energy again. I don't like Augusts because they feel like the 28th of December... no presents and no New Year's resolutions to break. No bueno. Anyway, I hope you all have a wonderful day still and enjoy the sunshine while it lasts! Toodles!
Comments
Post a Comment