Lightly Bittersweet :?

Farewell to a bittersweet day.

First, I must wish a far-off birthday wish for an old friend of mine :) This pretty mama just had TWINS just a few months back and she is fabulous. I aspire to be as cute in the event I find myself post-birth of doubles. From the days of Filipino fiestas at UC - I always had a blast with this gal.

Happy Birthday, Lauren! 

lauren! | filipino dance troops @barrio

[I adore birthdays!]

On the more somber side, today was the scheduled 'going-away' dinner for Nancy. She accomplished the task of coercing the dinner plans outside of what's more traditionally done for those of us who move on; we found ourselves at the Edwardsville Wasabi. I hadn't been, but after tonight, I'll be back. In spite of the food allergies from some of our party, we still managed a 6-roll sushi boat, 2 orders of shumai, 4 orders of edamame, 4 orders of potstickers, and 1 round of red bean mochi. Plus drinks. Plus some chicken teryaki. Haha. Hey... if you're gonna eat, go big or go somewhere other than Wasabi :).

nom nom nom....

It's gonna be a bittersweet next 2 days before Nancy heads out the door for the last time and off to her next endeavor. I'm not gonna think about that right now; it compels me to do something wild like forget.... 

....to.....

..... show up to work tomorrow?

No? Darn. Well, I'll save that outlandish idea for another day. :-x. 

Oy. Anyway, it's midweek. Happy Wednesday! 

xo | cmd