New Places and a Business Trip

We finally tried Cafe Ella nearby, and the food was pretty good. The weird thing was, usually at cafes and pubs, you get a number when you order food. For some reason, Cafe Ella doesn't do that, so their waitstaff is constantly coming up to every table asking if they ordered the dish in their hands. It seems if every other cafe has figured out how to deal with quickly and easily finding out which table is waiting for which food, they should be able to do it also without reinventing the wheel. Anyway, hopefully they will sort that out before the next time we go back.

I also got to go to Archie Bros. Electric Cirque, which is a lot like Dave and Busters. It was for an ex-coworker's birthday. It was quite the sensory overload, but it was a good time and I would go back the next time I feel like throwing some money down the toilet playing nostalgic arcade games.  

Michael is going back to the DC area for a special kickoff event for work. We wish we had known about this event when we had made our original plans to go home for the holidays, because we would have planned things differently. We would not have had him fly back just a few weeks after being there. 

So, it's just Penelope and me for the week. After two weeks solo back in July, one week sounds relatively easy. Of course there are times it's not easy - if PJ doesn't sleep well, I will get no relief. And, I won't get a night out during the week to either play frisbee or go to trivia and be social with other grown-ups, like I usually do. I should get a break to work out at the pool twice during the week, so that will be nice. And, we will facetime Michael and other family whenever we get the chance too.

Speaking of PJ not sleeping well, the nap she was supposed to take has not happened. So, I've got to go!