We’re already planning for summer travel

And just like that: it’s February! Usually, I draft my weekend coffee share throughout the week (snippets here and there) but it’s been so busy. I didn’t even do my daily writing for two days! Do I set aside a couple of hours to write to make it up? I’ll not worry about that and move on.

Travel plans

It’s official we are going to France in June! Travel planning has been taking a lot of my time this week. My husband and his friend are planning the trip and they’ve been feeling a little overwhelmed looking for lodging and airline tickets because it’s going to be an expensive trip. Inevitably it will be an expensive trip because we are going to France in high season. I recently took it over because apparently “I am really good” at finding travel deals. I did find plane tickets at a great price for the high travel season. I reached out to other people who travel in the summer (generally people with kids) to give me feedback if I was getting a good price for this plane ticket and they confirmed it was. Generally, I avoid traveling during high season but there’s this special event happening June and H has been planning (in his head :-P) to go for years.

Being “really good” at finding travel deals isn’t magic. I wish it was. I think I am just good at being diligent.

Cookbook Book Club

The Cookbook Book club is going well. My favorite part is when we post photos of our creations from the book and share what we did. The hard part is deciding what book to try next.

Things I’ve been enjoying lately

– How I Met Your Father – I enjoy it more than “How I Met Your Mother.” One detail I appreciate from HIMYF is that they show the characters struggling in a high-cost-of-living area which HIMYM hardly addressed.

– “Pod Meets World” podcast hosted by Danielle Fishel, Will Friedle, and Rider Strong. At first, I thought “really? A podcast about a show from the 90s through the 2000s?” I really enjoyed the show growing up. The premise is that the hosts watch every episode of BMW and provide commentary on reflections and behind-the-scenes moments. I haven’t listened to any of the rewatches, but I’ve been listening to the interviews with the actors who at one point (or multiple seasons) appeared on the show.

– Weight machines – It’s been a very long time since I’ve used any weight machines at the gym. I usually don’t like to use them because they’re always occupied and I hate waiting around. I decided I should be more flexible to find whatever is available at the moment, do a few reps, and move on to the cardio machines (my go-to’s are the elliptical and rowing machines). Also, there was a time I feared becoming bulky from using weights but strength training is really important as we age to reduce the risk of osteoporosis and maintain muscle mass.

Weekend Coffee Share