Korean BBQ at home
My boiler’s been acting up again – I had an emergency appointment the other day because there wasn’t any water in it.
A boiler without water can crack so I shut the whole thing down and called up our old boiler guy, who sent us someone within two hours.
Within three hours, we were back on track.
So, not horrible but not great either.
The Firecracker’s sister and fella live just a few blocks south of us, so we had a kinda pre-thanksgiving get-together with them and their kid.
Because of the Frenchman and his wife’s amazing food the other night, we did our own version of Korean BBQ.
They brought over drinks.
Her: You’re not supposed to eat the cranberries!
Me: (grimacing) Ooooh, waaay too late.
We ate our fill of food and then decided to play a round of Codenames, with couple-vs-couple.
Her: Three [is the clue]. Two words.
Me: (after getting only one word) I’m stumped as to what the second word is. (after the game) OK, which other one was three?
Her: “Trip.”
Me: “Trip?!” Are you on drugs? How is “three” the clue for “trip!?”
Her: “Triple!”
Me: It said “trip,” not “triple.” No one would get that.
BIL: Well, I saw it.
Sister: Yeah, I did too.
Me: (grumble) You’re all clearly insane.
After a few rounds of that, we decided to up the ante a bit with the Firecracker’s BIL and me versus the Firecracker and her sister.
The Firecracker and her sister won both rounds BUT only by a single point.
Me: I’m not sure this is really a huge win. After all, you two have know each other more than 30 years while he and I only met like four months ago.
Her: But we still beat you.
Him: By a much smaller margin than I would have expected.
Sister: But we still won.
It was a fun night.
We’ll most likely do it again.
Oh, the kid got his first new belt in BJJ. I was thrilled.
Him: Are you proud of me?
Me: Of course I am, kid. But more importantly, are you proud of yourself?
Him: Yes. I worked really hard.
Me: Then that’s the most important thing. You gotta be proud of the work you do in life.
Location: Earlier tonight, the Bronx, looking at trains.
Mood: exhausted
Music: gonna twist your game, raise the stakes (Spotify)
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