This month is super packed with work, appointments, parties and classes! For example, I worked last Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, then I had acupuncture on Wednesday, meeting with the doula on Thursday, midwife appointment on Friday and then we left for San Francisco on Saturday which was Jake's birthday. Whew! This week is looking pretty similar and then next three Saturdays I have parties to go to (including my own baby shower Amey is throwing for me!). Actually, I just looked at my calendar and I have something everyday for the next 15 days. But then, maternity leave! And then I can be as lazy as I want for the next month. With my luck I'll probably give birth my first day out....
Anyway, our trip to San Francisco was a little disappointing. We left early on Saturday morning to go to Sage's 4th birthday party at Big Basin state park. We were a little late and then couldn't find the party! We ended up hanging in some of the common areas for about an hour to see if anyone else showed up but no luck. It turned out we were the only ones who did show up for the party and were walking right behind them for about 30 minutes on one of the trails right by the gift shop. We just totally missed each other! From Big Basin we took the Skyline route to San Francisco (a route midway between the coast route and the freeway) which was really nice, though all the twisting and turning through the forest did not make me feel very good. In San Francisco, we tried a new boutique hotel which turned out to be horrible. There was no air conditioning (and it was hot in the room) and we were right above the bar/nightclub that was going full strength until 1:30 am. Our dinner Saturday night was at BStar Bar which was Burmese fusion food which had wonderful reviews and is really popular but it was just not for me. Jake and our friends liked their meals but I wasn't thrilled with mine. After dinner we went back to the hotel for a few then headed back out again to a bar near our hotel called Gitane. (The concert that we had tickets for had been cancelled a few days before which was such a bummer. We had the tickets since the spring!) Anyway, Jake and I had been to Gitane before and had had a great experience. So, Jake and friends got some fancy drinks and I'll admit I had a white wine sangria and it was so worth it! I was still hungry so I got a cheese plate and everyone else had desserts. I know I know. Booze and unpasturized cheese - I'm such a bad gestater! Despite the major disappointments of the evening, we had a really fun time with our friends who we do not get to see very often anymore.
After a late night (due to the very loud nightclub scene right below us), we went to the deYoung museum to catch the end of the Picasso exhibit. It was amazing! Despite the saucy subjects of his paintings, we did find a really cute baby book with Picasso paintings at the gift shop. Gotta make sure Pumpkin gets their humanities education early! We then had an awesome Vietnamese lunch at a restaurant we hadn't been to before and then stopped at a Russian bakery on the way back to the car. We both got hamantoshen which were excellent. (We also picked up a fresh loaf of rye bread and made ruebens today for lunch.)
Maybe we'll get to go somewhere else before D-day, but not this month and November might be cutting it a little close. Plus, I'll probably be exhausted by the time my maternity leave rolls around!
And Happy 86th Birthday to Grandpa!
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