Five Things Friday: just five things I’m thinking about or things that made my week, or things that I otherwise feel like sharing.
Yesterday, Jon and I celebrated our 15th anniversary. This is c r a z y to me. This fall, we’ll have known each other for 20 years. I don’t know where the time went, but I am glad we’re still here, still in love. I don’t take it for granted. We celebrated by going out to dinner for the second time since we got vaccinated. Outdoors, of course. As I mentioned yesterday, I am not yet ready to change my behavior all at once, but going to a restaurant for a meal to celebrate was really nice, to finally have an opportunity to get dressed up again for something.
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I finished a 10-day Green Smoothie Cleanse on Wednesday (which I will talk about another time maybe). All I want to say about it now is that it was a good experience, I would be open to doing it again, but I was really, really looking forward to my morning coffee yesterday morning. I tried a coffee alternative during the 10 days and it was tasty (for not being coffee), but nothing like the real deal.
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I’ve been horrified about what’s been happening between Palestine and Israel. My co-worker is from Gaza and I was seriously worried about his family, which still lives there. I finally reached out to him earlier this week (I was a little apprehensive and didn’t know what to say, but then I thought “That’s BS, just ask how he’s doing!”) and I was glad to hear that his family is okay and he was very appreciative of my message. But besides that I realized: I really have to learn more. The conflict between Israel and Palestine has always been on the periphery of my radar, but I had the privilege to often push it out of sight. However, that’s not okay. I’ve been committed to learning more and a friend has pointed me to some good resources. This article sums up the relationship between Israel and the United States and The Daily is a good resource to keep up with what’s happening right now. I hope you’re paying attention and talk about this.
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I am really looking forward to deep-diving into a new project at work. As you recall, I had a bit of ebb and flow in my workload lately and got quite a bit of “groundwork” tasks for other people to fill my time, but I’ve started working on this new remote sensing project this week and I couldn’t be more thrilled. This is the type of work I want to be doing.
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Are you as excited as I am about the F·R·I·E·N·D·S reunion? If you’re not, we can’t be friends. (Just kidding. Maybe.)
Have a great long Memorial Day weekend.
Lisa of Lisa's Yarns
May 28, 2021 at 9:17 amSo I am not excited about the Friends reunion, mostly because I was not super into Friends before? I don’t know why – the show just wasn’t really on my radar when I was younger. I know I am in the minority in not adoring this show, though!
I have a lot to learn about the conflict in Palestine and Israel. Phil knows more than I do, so we have talked about it lately but I have more to learn! I am glad your friend is ok! So scary!
15 years is hard for me to wrap my mind around since we just hit the 4-year mark! We got married so late in life so have way fewer years under our belt than most of our peers. But the 4 years we’ve had together have flown by! I’m glad you got to enjoy and outdoor meal. That is something we haven’t done yet as it would require getting a babysitter which feels like more of a hassle than it’s worth? Especially since both kids going to bed between 6-7:30! But someday we will hire a babysitter again!
Deborah Brooks
May 30, 2021 at 7:01 amhappy anniversary! Time does fly by doesn’t it? I am spending the weekend in Chicago visiting my daughter who I had not seen in 6 months. It’s nice to see things getting back to normal. Yes, I will be watching the friends reunion when I get home. Excited to see what they are all up to!
Tobia | craftaliCiousme
May 30, 2021 at 11:36 amWe watched the reunion Friday night. So good and funny. I didn’t know I missed laughing till it hurts. Also how good and brave to reach out to your co worker. It’s such a layered conflict and there is no right or wrong in it. I used to be very involved in the topic during my Highschool years as I was part of a Jewish volleyball team. But it is so sad…
Stephany
June 1, 2021 at 12:41 pmI definitely have a lot of reading to do about Israel/Palestine and the conflict. Pod Save America helped me understand the current conflict, but there’s still I need to learn about how it got to this point. I’ve bookmarked the link and hopefully that will help clarify some things!
I haven’t watched the Friends reunion yet! I’m so excited for it, but my mom and I have promised we’ll watch it together and we haven’t made time for it yet. Maybe this week!
kim
June 7, 2021 at 11:16 amHappy anniversary! What a lovely way to celebrate :)
Thanks for the links to those articles. I have a friend in Israel who had to evacuate and I didn’t even know where to start other than “are you okay?” too.
San
June 8, 2021 at 9:14 amThank you.
And yes, it’s hard to have these conversations with friends, but better to start off awkwardly than not have them at all. I hope your friend is okay!