Happy almost Friday!

I’ve been quite productive today.  And more importantly, there has been no bloodshed, like last night… which didn’t go so well.

This morning I got up semi-early (my plan to be up during normal working hours has not fully caught on yet…  It’s a work in progress).  Had some breakfast, started the coffee, and got dressed.  I poured the coffee to go in my red travel cup, and headed off to Walnut Creek to meet up with Yvonne (KC’s mom, to all of you).

Yvonne and I were on a mission to come up with a re-design for her bedroom, as well as finish the two guest rooms (one of which was recently re-done).  We figured out what accessories we’d need for the guest room and decided on a theme and color scheme for the re-vamped master suite (a modern twist on French country was the decision, in case you’re interested).

We did some marathon design shopping (not buying much — it was mostly for ideas and to see what’s out there).  After brainstorming and walking around for a couple hours, we decided to head to lunch at Pomegranate.

The cuisine is mediterranean, and the food is delicious.  I’m obsessed with the flat bread they serve you when you sit down:

I’m determined to find out the recipe and make it for myself.  It would be perfect for piadines!  (And perfect for stuffing my face endlessly.  Hmm on second thought, maybe I shouldn’t figure out the recipe…)

I had one of the lunch specials — hummus, a greek salad with chicken, and a half gyro (plus some unpictured soda water):

I don’t know what they marinate the chicken in there, but it’s delicious. And can we have a moment of silence for how ridiculously delicious feta cheese is?  Seriously, it’s like illegally good.

I didn’t quite finish my lunch, but I ate most of it.

After lunch there was more shopping, more brainstorming, then we headed back to the house and I headed back to Oakland.

Once back in O-town, I was a little tired.  Shopping can really take it out of you.  I did some job-searching, read a magazine, looked around my apartment and thought, “I really need to clean…”

I was lacking motivation.  While I’ll admit I’m a bit of a neat freak, I actually hate cleaning.  I know, it doesn’t make any sense; but it’s true.

Anyway, you’ve heard of “liquid courage” right?  I had some liquid motivation:

Coffee… Iced or hot, is there any problem you can’t fix?  Well, insomnia maybe.  But other than that, I think not.

Is it weird that I have such an intense love affair with coffee?  I’ll take your silence as, “It’s completely normal.”

Oh iced Blue Bottle Giant Steps…

Swoon.

After my coffee pick-me-up, I was very productive and cleaned the apartment from top to bottom.  I even dusted (which I hate doing probably even more than cleaning).

I’m done cleaning now, and getting dinner ready (something inspired by my lunch at Pomegranate…)

Post on that later — gotta go chop some veggies!