More Thursday Thoughts

I'm really not meaning to only post on Thursdays, but that's the way it keeps working out.  I guess it's better than nothing...

We had a lot of fun on the Fourth of July.  We went to our friend's parents' house.  We drank, we ate, we swan, we set off fireworks, and we swam some more.  It was a very relaxing time and I hope it's something we can continue to do each year. 

I don't have any pictures from that, but I got some from when we went out to dinner at a Japanese place a couple of nights before then:

This one is me and Zach.

This is our brave boys after they did their first sake bomb.  I really like the Ewok hat that Zach is wearing.

Slowly but surely my apartment is getting put together.  I bought storage that I really like for my pantry.  I plan on doing my closet this weekend.  Then finishing up the kitchen.  And finally tackling the living room.  I really love that Zach is willing to help me.

I really do live a rather charming and magical life.

I'm very grateful that I'm finally finding the balance that I crave.  It's not always easy.  And I definitely couldn't do it without Zach's help (starting dinner, doing some odd chores).  But it's happening.  I believe soon I will be able to start reading again.

Speaking of which, I'm reading Graham Greene's Our Man in Havana and am absolutely loving it.  So much so, in fact, that I have ordered three more books by him.  The novel reads really quickly and it's really fun.  I may make Zach, who reads history in his spare time (he is SUCH a Ph.D. student!), read it.