On Friday I did my usual routine: pick up the grocery shopping, a bunch of critical thinking classes. In between I cleaned the house in preparation for the evening, when we had our new neighbours over for dessert and board games.
Although they moved in back in July, we haven’t had a real chance to talk with them much, rather only in passing in the hallway. I’d figured out they were into board games, so we invited them over. It was my friends’ online gaming week this week, so I sat out that to socialise at home.
They brought over freshly baked chocolate brownies, still warm from the oven. We had some fresh strawberries, which went well with the chocolate, and some mixed nuts, and cinnamon coated almonds to snack on. We introduced them to three games they hadn’t played before: Sushi Go Party!, Kingdomino, and Azul: Queen’s Garden. We played two games of Kingdomino and one of each of the others. They enjoyed them all, and it was a really fun night, as we got to get to know each other as well and find out more about them, and the things they’ve discovered in the neighbourhood, and things we could tell them that they hadn’t discovered yet.
Today I went for a 7.5k run. I’m really trying to do at least one that distance each week now. It feels a bit of a slog, especially the last third, but I thin its good to get my distance up. My wife went out to run some errands while I stayed home with Scully and wrote more Darths & Droids comics. I’m trying to get ahead with the buffer again, and am finally making some progress.
This evening we went out for dinner to Garfish, the local seafood place which is a favourite of ours. I decided tonight to try the fish curry, which has been a staple on the menu for as long as I can remember, but which I’ve never tried before. I think they vary it occasionally, but tonight it was a Sri Lankan curry, with fish pieces and a large grilled prawn, served with rice. It was delicious, a creamy sort of curry with a nice kick of spice and heat.