| | Random StuffJensen and I watched Eat Drink Man Women this weekend (highly recommended film!), and it left me desperately craving some real Chinese food. The only Chinese food we've found in the area since we've moved here was Americanized Chinese takeout. Ick. I was even willing to eat P.F. Chang's this weekend! Fortunately, we asked a guy at the church we've been going to if he knew of any good Chinese places and he pointed us to a Chinese noodle house called A&J. Hooray! We ordered spicy beef noodle soup, green onion pancake, wonton soup, shao-long bao, and some small cold appetizer dishes. It made me very happy. The cafe was also adjacent to a small Chinese supermarket that sold boa-zhi and tzong-zhi, and a Chinese bakery that had my favorite -- egg custard bread with red bean paste! woohoo! My food tastes seem to be going back to normal now. Since I have been pregnant, I have had aversions to broccoli and any kind of curry, but the other day, we were at the Asian supermarket, and they were giving out samples of golden curry, and for the first time in a while, it smelled good to me! I made a big pot of it for the week, and ate it with some steamed broccoli. Today I filled out an absentee ballot application for the primary elections on Feb. 12 for the state of Virginia. The reason I wrote on the form was "Disability or illness - Pregnant, due Feb. 7. May be recovering or possibly in labor."  This will be my first time voting in the primaries. I never really followed them before, but it's such an exciting election year! I wish that VA would let you vote in both Democratic and Republican primaries, but they make you choose just one. I'm 37 and a half weeks pregnant now, which means the baby could pretty much come at any moment now. I haven't had any signs that she'll be early, but who knows. I'm scheduled to work for two more weeks, and I told Jensen we should drive to work from now on....just in case. The thought of having contractions on the metro doesn't sound so fun. Plus, it sure is getting cold up here. We were in the teens this weekend. brrr.. |
