{"id":41511,"date":"2021-09-27T21:14:01","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T02:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/?p=41511"},"modified":"2021-09-27T21:14:01","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T02:14:01","slug":"oh-so-thats-what-life-was-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/oh-so-thats-what-life-was-like\/","title":{"rendered":"Oh, So That\u2019s What Life Was Like"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Post 134 of 263. Thanks again to those who participated in the Fundrazr. As I mentioned in the post announcing Bast’s passing from COVID<\/a>, I thank everyone for your generous donations to the original Fundrazr campaign, which resulted in sponsored 263 posts. I will continue to honour the commitment to write those 263 posts, but I will not commit to more. The link above is to a new campaign to help Bast’s family.)<\/p>\n

Today was my first \u201cnormal,\u201d by prepandemic standards, day since March of 2020! I ended up having two<\/em> social events! Mondays are my best chance to get a day off, just because of the cycle of my clients\u2019 schedules, so I worked hard all weekend to clear my desk so I could enjoy my day!<\/p>\n

Some fellow digital nomads had organized a brunch at a newish restaurant fairly near me, Alma Lima<\/a>. I\u2019m way overdue to meet new people since most of my favourite people left during the pandemic. \ud83d\ude41 I don\u2019t know if I made any new friends today, but at least I put myself out there. This was my first time back at a proper restaurant! The food and service were great, but my favourite thing was that they have a bottomless cup of good coffee. That\u2019s what makes me happy, not fancy coffee drinks, not tiny cups of espresso, just a bottomless mug of coffee that lasts the whole meal.<\/p>\n

Their menu was high tech! You take a photo with your phone and that opens up a page with the menu.<\/p>\n

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They had traditional breakfasts like chilaquiles and molletes, as well as a variety of egg dishes, pastries, bagels, and more. I\u2019d had chilaquiles and molletes this weekend, so I went with a Croque Monsieur, a ham and cheese sandwich bathed in b\u00e9chamel sauce, followed up with an excellent plate of fruit with so much on it \u2014 blueberries, strawberries, apple, grapes, and, of course, tropical fruits like pineapple and papaya. The restaurant also kept giving us free things, like a watermelon\/lime \u201cshooter,\u201d biscotti, a lime and mint slushie, and a chocolate truffle with our bills! I will definitely be back since they are walking distance from me.<\/p>\n

One of the ladies asked me what I was going to do after. \u201cSwim, read a few pages for work, maybe have a nap, and then go bowling,\u201d I replied. \u201cSounds like a great day!\u201d Indeed. So, this is what I\u2019ve been working for beyond the mortgage\u2026<\/p>\n

I got home and jumped in the surprisingly chilly pool. What a treat after a hot walk! I then plopped myself in front of the fan upstairs, B at my feet, and read for a few hours. I really don\u2019t consider that work-work.<\/p>\n

My Uber showed up late to get me to bowling, but the driver knew the city and a shortcut with less traffic, so we did make it in time. Despite enjoying two Indio beers, I played one of my best games ever, 331 over three games, two of which were over 100. Muscle memory?!<\/p>\n

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I did some window shopping after, popping into Suburbia to look for dresses and Flexi for sandals, but struck out at both. I was properly hungry by this point, having had only a little bit of birthday cake at bowling as \u2018lunch,\u2019 so I did another \u201cbefore\u201d thing and popped into PF Chang\u2018s to order a pad Thai to go. I love how they park you at a table to wait and bring you a beverage in one of those pretty glasses.<\/p>\n

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Unlike last week, I had no trouble getting a ride home, so my food was still piping hot when I got in and after spending some time with B who needed attention after being left alone twice in one day!<\/p>\n

Dinner was great. There are a couple of other places to get pad Thai, but this one tastes the most like what I\u2019d expect for the dish. I have it with shrimp and tofu, no egg.<\/p>\n

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Today did me a world of good, as did how I ended it \u2014 by putting a deposit on a (day) trip next month! I\u2019ll be going out of state, so it definitely counts as a trip!<\/p>\n

So just like that, after 18 months of introversion and focusing on rebuilding the foundation of my life, I am reengaging with the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Post 134 of 263. Thanks again to those who participated in the Fundrazr. As I mentioned in the post announcing Bast’s passing from COVID, I thank everyone for your generous donations to the original Fundrazr campaign, which resulted in sponsored 263 posts. I will continue to honour the commitment to write those 263 posts, but […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[895],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-merida"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41511"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41518,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41511\/revisions\/41518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}