the weekend, longer than normal, is coming to a close. to recap: the memorial service for kjersten oquist, heartwrenching at times as it was, helped me to gain closure on last week's tragedy. there's another one this coming sunday for angela svendson, the other victim of the wreck.
after the memorial service, i raced to the store to buy ingredients for red curry, which i needed to make in 1 hour in time for the chinese new year potluck. i almost made it in one hour - the fastest ever! with all the chopping & prep work, it took about an hour and 15 min. yes, curry is more a thai dish rather than chinese, but it's really all i know, and the host said any asian food was ok. it was a fun evening, with j's colleagues from work.
sunday morning i woke up & managed to go for a run & shower before 11:30 - a true feat for me on a sunday. met my friend g at the cameo cafe in nw. had a fantastic egg white veggie omelet. i was impressed. the last time i was there was probably about 5 years ago, and i remembered waiting over an hour for food. the service this time was fine, especially considering the size of the establishment.
after brunch, i swung by one of my community libraries to pick up videos on new zealand, and screened a couple in the afternoon. i had planned on seeing one of the movies in the portland international film festival, but i didn't feel like seeing one alone, and hadn't planned ahead with friends, so i stayed home. j came home in the evening from a fun two days of rock climbing at smith rock.
today i taught all my students in the morning, and j & i watched an unfortunate portland winter hawks hockey game this afternoon. the winter hawks failed to score any goals, while the lethbridge hurricanes scored 4. some regulars around us were saying the rest of the season (for whatever reason?) would be the same. guess i won't be attending any more hockey games the rest of the season! we spent the rest of the afternoon watching the other new zealand videos... not too exciting. we had considered going skiing today, as it is snowing somewhat heavily right now (in the mountains), but we didn't really want to deal with night skiing. it has to be the right combination of a major dumpage + weekend days to get us to shell out $$ for skiing.
j is off rock climbing again tonight, and he's supposed to swing by voodoo doughnuts for some mardi gras treats. i'm too busy to make the trip tomorrow, and as he's climbing halfway downtown, i asked him to run the errand for his sweet wife. :)