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Another Friday without flower photos

As you can see from the title, I have not yet taken any close-ups of the orchids. I will be taking them soon, though. Mark my words.

I ended up having a very special birthday. It was filled with many small moments of happiness, simple pleasures, if you will. Lunch was with a friend at a restaurant that was new to me and served Mediterranean food. It was really terrific; I would definitely go back there. We stopped in at a new tea place that I’d never been to. I guess it has only been there a couple of months, and since it is not within my usual walking distance, I had no idea it was there. I bought a couple of new loose, black, flavored teas. I have one cooling right now. I’ll let you know what I think shortly.

Another simple pleasure is that my lab work was relatively light on Wednesday. That meant that I had time to work up my resume for another teaching position. It was odd to be turning my 6 page CV into a 2 page resume, but in the end, I’m quite happy with the results. It makes me contemplate changing my CV. Actually, now that I think about it, Was that a pleasure? I guess that it was good to not have the weight of a big experiment on my shoulders. And it was nice to not have to stay late for said experiment.

On my drive home, I decided that I really wanted the 6-8 layer chocolate cake that Outback sells as a dessert. No, I did not “eat dessert first.” Although it was quite tempting. Instead, I ate my Pad Thai, which was very good, and then ate a chunk of the cake. I’m actually still eating it. It is a 3-sitting sort of piece of cake; it is definitely too much for one sitting.

I received a lot of terrific presents from my parents and from my parents-in-law. Movies, and music, and books – who could ask for anything more? I’ve been wanting some new CDs to listen to on my drives to and from work, so this is perfect. Get this, 2 of the CDs are Pure Disco.
I realized watching a TV episode that had some throwback disco music in it, that I really get cheered up by disco and 70′s music in general. So, I put them on my Amazon list, and Tah-dah! now I have them. I listened to one last night.

And here is the tea report. This tea has the following description:
lili’uokalani
“combines the lush tropical richness and colours of such flavors as peach, apple, mango, orange, and guava, based in a Chinese black tea. a noble tea named in honor of the last queen of Hawaii”

From a first taste, I’m thinking that I didn’t brew it strong enough. The black tea flavor isn’t very strong. Of course, I am more of an Assam black tea, kind of girl, so sometimes Chinese black tea tastes weak to me. I can definitely taste the mango more than any other fruit flavor, which is fine, since I really like mango. But the end result is that it doesn’t seem all that different than some of the other teas I’ve drank. I was expecting something really wild and different. Would I drink it again? Yes, absolutely. And maybe with a slightly stronger brew, it will strike me more.

I guess that is all for now. This Saturday is when HB and I go to the museum and then out to eat. I hope he isn’t too pooped out from his conference. It sounds like it has really been wearing him down.

Have a good weekend!