Well I would love to report that Chels and I have been enjoying this beautiful, long Memorial Day weekend doing something fun, but alas, I am sick! So we have mostly been spending it around the house. Boo-hiss, I hate being sick! I've had this cold/stomach-flu thing for a week and I am ready for it to be gone. I have been feeling better this weekend, thank goodness! I think the sunshine is helping.
We have been having some fun, thanks to my regimen of Dayquil, Sprite, and Saltines. We had been planning on hosting a girls night at our place Saturday night with some friends for a few weeks now and we did decide to get together, after I disinfected the house... We had snacks, played a board game, and just hung out and chatted. It was nice to see them!
This morning we ventured out of the house again for an exhibit we've been wanting to see with the cousins, Claire & Sean. The exhibit is at the UW's Burke Museum called "Hungry Planet: What the World Eats". It's a series of photographs based on a book by two artists who travelled around the world documenting people's weekly meals. They photograph all the food items in the families home, surrounded by the members of the family. The grocery items are listed, and there is a cost comparison between the local currency and US dollars. It is fascinating! Find out more here: Hungry Planet. A few things surprised me: in many of the photos, the Coca-Cola label was recognizable almost instantly, and in many places of the world (like Egypt, for example) where I wouldn't have thought soda would be a part of the weekly diet as it is for so many Americans. Secondly, I was struck by how many more fruits and vegetables other areas of the world consume per week, and how much more of their diet it makes up--it seems there is more emphasis here on "meat and potatoes", with veggies playing only a side role. Very interesting!
Last weekend we spent Saturday afternoon with Grandpa watching one of his favorite movies "The Man Who Came to Dinner". It was hilarious! There were so many witty one-liners in the movie that Chelsea said she remembers her Grandpa say but she never realized where they came from. It was great, we had a good time. Afterward, we spent the evening at our friends Nick & AnnMarie's new place for dinner. They have a cute dog Gus that we love, and it's always nice to have good conversation and good food with good friends! Chels and I also went to Steph & Dan's for dinner on Sunday night--it was a girls night because Dan had to go out-of-town for work, so we watched "Puss-in-Boots", which was pretty silly and cute. We've all been so busy lately, it was nice to hang out with family and catch up.
Other than that, we haven't been up to too much. Just trying to get healthy, and stay that way. Here's to getting back on a normal sleep schedule!
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