End of a Break

Thus ends another spring break. It was a good break. I spent a lot of time with Thomas and my family. We spent a lot of time idly working on on potty training which is going along well. It did seem like he was awfully cranky and we realized yesterday that he probably had an ear infection. We took him to the urgent care today and sure enough, he has a double ear infection. Poor kid. So now he's on amoxicillin. Hopefully this time it doesn't completely wreck his stomach.

Also this break we hit all my favorite grocery stores. I know it's probably strange to most people that I don't have one, but four favorites. We usually go to our local Publix and Sprouts and I do very much like my local stores. Publix is a pretty good all around store. I like Sprouts for the bulk bins and the occasional excellent deal on produce and meat. On a day to day basis, these two keep us supplied. However, I love going to the Dekalb Farmer's Market for produce. I like wandering their fish market and meat counters. It is also where I get my giant 2 liter tins of olive oil which does us for about six months. For the more exotic ingredients, I stock up at the Buford Highway Farmers Market. The produce is excellent, of course, but I can get fresh tofu, kimchi, and rice cakes there. I also shop there for dried mushrooms, seaweed, various specialty oils, and frozen udon and wonton wrappers. I particularly love going there on a weekday afternoon when they often have veggies bagged up in giant bags for clearance prices. I once got about five pounds of eggplants for about $2. Good stuff.

I also got a chance to wander around the Super H Mart which is another Asian grocery. I spotted some good prices on pork belly - yum!

We took Thomas to the zoo with my mom and dad. Or rather, my dad took us all. It was a great trip. Thomas has really started to enjoy looking at the animals and trying to find the more shy ones. He was ultimately more interested in the various playground areas but still it was a much better trip than last time when it was all crying and horrible hijinks with sun block. The tiger and lions were very active and I really love the primate exhibits.

I didn't get a lot of my work tasks done and I'm feeling a little stressed about that, but I think we really needed the family time.