How Old is Edwin?

Last weekend, we celebrated Edwin's birthday by going out to dinner in Alameda at a restaurant called Asena. It forced me to try and remember how old Edwin was. I didn't know. I had to calculate it based on his birth year. Do you know? Prove it by taking my little poll to the right. I'm just curious to know how many people know. Sometimes I have to think for a while before I remember how old I am. Remember how when we were young we could remember how old we were to the month? I'm 3 1/2. Nobody says I'm 32 1/2.

We also painted the guest bedroom. We were going for a sage green color (you know, the kind of green you see at weddings), but it turned out a little more celery than I wanted. I think it will look fine once we get some furniture in there, but it's just a little different than what I imagined. However, the thought of the time and effort required to repaint the room makes me think that I like that color more and more. Though I think to myself, "Are we just being lazy?" Chris and Corinne advised us to get the rooms painted before we unpacked because waiting has left them with white walls 4 years later. I have a tendency to agree with them in that if we don't paint these walls now, they won't ever get painted. Still, that doesn't mean that I'm not anxious to get it done so that we can really begin to unpack our things.

How small is San Francisco? On a whim this weekend, we went into the city to run some errands. One of our errands was to visit the custom cabinet makers to look at the different finishes and ask some questions about a plan that they had created for us. We knew that they were located on Minnesota in Potrero, but I couldn't remember the address. We decided to stop and ask for directions at the Whole Foods. They didn't know, so I suggested that we stop by Chris and Corinne's or Nikki and Ed's since they live in the neighborhood. He didn't want to bother them, so we started to walk back towards our car when who do we see but Chris and Corinne taking an afternoon stroll? Now if that wasn't crazy enough, while we are talking to them, we spot Sin Yen walking across the street on her way to Whole Foods. We haven't seen her in months because of scheduling conflicts, but on a random, unplanned day, here we are. Coincidence? Maybe. I tend to think that these things are part of a bigger plan. In science, we're taught to believe that life stems from chaos (Big Bang Theory, for instance) but things like this make me think otherwise. It's just like beautiful things that happen naturally that we can't explain such as sunsets, Uluru (a big rock in the middle of the desert in Australia), etc. All these things happened by accident? Why is it more acceptable to think that they resulted from complete disorder rather than orchestrated by a higher being? Just something to think about.

I love that this is going to be a short work week. Only 1.5 more days and tomorrow should go by pretty fast. What I am not looking forward to is the red-eye flight that we will be taking on Wednesday night for our trip to Cincinnati during the busiest day of the year for air travel. I'm looking forward to Thanksgiving with the family. Though it makes me think that I should start planning Christmas card lists and gifts for the family. I guess Christmas really is around the corner. We have started planning our outdoor decorations. We attended the neighborhood planning committee for Christmas. Edwin signed up to be Santa Claus for a night. I'll take pictures- I promise!