A joint post (well, as much as I will let Jamie interject)

We have been lots of places recently. Most interestingly (bananas! says Jamie), we went to Chinatown for dim sum. It was lots of fun, except for the finding parking part (I done good with a stick shift!). Dim sum is an interesting experience. It’s kind of like a buffet on wheels. We had six people in our group (7!), so we were at a big table. People walk around with rolling carts hawking their wares in Chinese. We would stop them and ask them what they had, and they would calmly tell us what they had again in Chinese. No helpy! Anyway, if it looked palatable (or even sometimes if it didn’t), we would say yes and they would put a dish of it on our table (Jamie liked the curried squid). A good time was had by all, except the squid.

School has been crazy busy as usual. I’ve over committed myself to after school activities this year, even after I promised I wouldn’t, and will be teaching knitting three times a week. Hey, at least I get paid to knit! I’m also teaching the Battle of the Books, where we read 20 books then go to a city-wide competition and answer questions about said books.

Oh! My birthday dinner! Jamie and I intended to go to a restaurant called Jilly’s Cafe, but it was closed on Mondays, so we ended up at Jacky’s Bistro instead. Funny. We spent a large part of the meal trying to decide if the waiter’s French accent was genuine or not. I had scallops with polenta and tiramisu for dessert. So wonderful! It was almost as good as Jamie spending the whole weekend spoiling me… :)

I think that’s all I have to say for now, and Jamie is reading the paper, so I don’t think he will be interjecting anymore. Good night, all.