The Long Road to Tahoe

Last weekend, we went up to Tahoe for our annual trip. We rented a house and 15 of us stayed there. Surprisingly, there were enough beds, sofas, and futons to accommodate. The trip was was pretty painful. I left with Show and Derek after Derek's flight came in from NYC. The normal 3 hour drive took us 8 hours. Now, it wasn't that painful for me since I wasn't driving and slept most of the way there- hey, I get carsick! However, this week has been rough because my back started hurting really badly on Monday. Like I could barely walk painful. I worked from home on Tuesday and Wednesday to give my back a rest because I'm normally running back and forth between buildings. Don't worry though- I'm all back to normal again now.

The rest of the trip went fine. I slept in on Saturday since we didn't arrive until 4AM. There were a few of us hanging out at the house this year- Debbie, Bhavana, and Sujay/Kokomi. We chatted and hung out while the others snowboarded. Unfortunately, we missed the karaoke that Pete had brought up because it took us so long to get to the house on Friday. And on Saturday, everyone was beat from either the drive up or the snowboarding that everyone was in bed by midnight. Alas, we are getting old.

We finally have completed the kitchen renovation. We're still unpacking our things, but the contractor is done. I'm pretty happy with the way everything came out. The color seems a little bright to me right now, but maybe it will grow on my like the green guest room did or it will seem less bright once we put the furniture in. Here are some pictures of the finished product.



My parents came in last night and so we're going to take the new kitchen out for a spin this weekend. We'll be having a few friends over on Friday night and then family on Saturday night.