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Casadena · April 15

I couldn't think of a catchy Tuesday alliteration. What's up for everyone today?

Casadena · April 15

I just started my first period after being on all these supplements and a new BC pill for a full month. The last 6-12 months, the rage/anger/anxiety/depression has been crushing for about a week leading up to the period, but seems to have waned quite a lot this month. I still notice that i'm more crabby than usual, but it's normal crabby and hasn't last more than a couple days. So fingers crossed I continue to do well with these small changes over the next couple months.

We decided to take the boys to Denver over memorial Day weekend to visit H's college best friend and his wife, very excited for that!

The next month or two seem very busy. Lots of appointments, activity, playdates, etc. All good stuff, just a lot of coordination!

MNNEBride · April 15

Good Morning!
We both had blood draws this morning and were out and about early. I topped for coffee, which is always a treat, rather than making it at home.

My brother is coming this afternoon to stain our small deck. It'll be nice to have that done as the weather is getting nicer. DH has PT at home this morning, and I'm catching up with a few things work-wise. I have our townhome association meeting tonight. It's just up the street, and it will only be about 45 minutes long, so DH can stay by himself.

@short+sassy - We arrive in NO on 4/23 about noon. We'll have the rest of Wednesday and Thursday daytime to explore. The conference is booked pretty solid Friday-Sunday and we fly home Monday morning. There is an after party Friday night at the bar under the Orpheum Theater that sounds fun. I've been to several conferences in NO but my colleague has never visited the city so we'll hit the highlights. Please share your insider recommendations!

CharmedPam · April 15

After my “90 day diaries” aired, my streaming device automatically went to paw patrol and I’m too lazy to find something else, so it’s my emotional support background noise as I scroll my phone. That’s where I’m at right now.
I need to get my sleep under control. My mind races. It’s like it won’t shut off. Even as I was SUPER tired yesterday I remembered I’m seeing my friend tomorrow and told her I would give her my Curvlife shorts I accidentally ordered so at like 12:30 I woke up to dig those out of my drawer so I could bring them to her. It’s stuff like that.
@levioosa I’ve been wearing becca’s color corrector dupe by carice the last few days and noticed it helping. But I hate the pot it comes in. Becca has it too, so I bought dtrmly’s corrector wand i’ve been seeing ads for. I hope it works. People post good reviews on it but I often wonder if they’re fake profiles. Amazon’s reviews aren’t that highly praised.

levioosa · April 15

Jury duty today. I have never had jury duty so much as I have in this county. I get summoned every year and most of the time I actually have to go on. Poor H got federal and state jury duty last year.

Happy belated birthday! @ILoveBeachMusic

Weekend was mostly good. Went to my grandparents on Saturday and then to dinner with a friend. On Sunday I had a certification in the morning then I hit the gym. I finally made it to our local book store. The books this month for their book club didn’t really appeal to me but I’m going to keep an eye out for the future.

Not too much else is going on right now. I hope everyone has a good Tuesday!

VarunaTT · April 15

I was so busy yesterday, I never logged in. It's a bit of a mess right now; they put a new procedure in place and made it retroactive. I'm working through it, but I'm having to manage anxious feelings about it (b/c it looks like I have around 35+ outstanding tasks, but 21 of them are this retroactive thing). Our virtual machines were sooooooooooo sllllllooooooooowwwww this morning, I feel like I almost didn't accomplish a thing.

Not too much going on. I kinda want to go out this evening, so I might reach out and see if anyone wants to go out to dinner. I'm still dealing with a lot of emotions right now, so my food has been off, but I'm not using alcohol or spending $$ as coping, so I'm trying to see it all as a win. I'd like to get food back on track though, it makes me feel like poo when I'm not eating healthy like usual.

Also, the F1 race this weekend was an absolute banger of a race. If they're all going to be like this, this season, it's going to be amazing.

banana468 · April 15

Mostly SSDD.

DH has been parking in a lot that is supposed to be reserved for a different tier of workers at his company but it's rarely full and he's been snagging a space that's trickier to get to. Well, yesterday with the onset of spring break he got towed. And then to add insult to it, despite the ordinance saying tow companies need to be open til 5 the one that towed him closed at 4:30 and the windows were darkened. He got a ride home yesterday and I drove him in today and he's made calls to do what he can to get the overnight fee waived. He isn't confrontational but he's pedantic when it's crap like this.

Kiddos are home and Chiquita has started to feel better but still with a residual headache. She's made big strides cleaning her dresser and now needs to keep it up. It previously looked like she was a hoarder. She came down today and started to freak that she saw ants in her closet. I told DH that if her room is clean at the end of this we'll need to borrow ants every time her room is dirty.

short+sassy · April 22

@MNNEBride, I hope I'm not too late to give some recs or NOLA. I'm sorry I haven't been around.

For breakfast or lunch, though more a breakfast place, I recommend the Ruby Slipper. They are on 1001 Canal St.

For dessert, I strongly recommend trying Bananas Foster. It's a flambe dessert that includes bananas, caramel, vanilla ice cream and rum that is set on fire tableside. But you have to go to the right restaurant for the "tableside show". I know Brennans (in the French Quarter at 417 Royal St) does.

Dickie Brennan's Palace Cafe (I've only heard it called the Palace Cafe) does the flambe tableside also. It's at 605 Canal St. Both this restaurant and Brennan's are highly ranked 4-star restaurants. But this isn't NYC and "4-star" is still relatively reasonable price-wise. I like the food at the Palace Cafe a bit more, but they are both great. I think they both also have a dessert seating if you all just want the Bananas Foster. It used to start at 9PM, but it was a long time ago the last time I checked.

For relatively cheap, but super delicious casual food I recommend The Jimani (pronounced Gemini). It's in a bar, so it's loud in the evening. But it opens at 11:30am for lunch and they serve food until 4am. 100 different beers. They are in the French Quarter at 141 Chartres St.

Harrah's casino is at the foot of Canal and Poydras St. if you or any of your coworkers want to pop in for free drinks (while playing) and a bit of gambling. The only good food they have there is PizzaCake in the food court. It's owned by that Cake Boss guy, Buddy Valastro. Sadly, the desserts/cakes are pathetic. I can make a better cake with a box from a store. But the pizza is very good. Not quite as good as NYC, but it comes surprisingly close.

A "standard" is getting beignets at Cafe DuMonde. It's next to the MS river on Decatur St in the same area as the St. Louis Cathedral. Warning: The only coffee served is chicory. You will find that a lot in the Quarter. Chicory coffee is foul and bitter tasting. It's a root that was used to "stretch" coffee during the Civil War. And New Orleans, for reasons I don't understand lol, still loves and serves it. Perhaps try it once, as an "experience" with historical overtones.

It sounds like you all won't have much time for sightseeing, but it stays light until about 7:30pm. A cheap and fun thing to do is to take a ride on one of New Orleans famous street cars. There are two routes, one goes up Canal St. and the other goes up St. Charles Ave. The Canal St. one starts around the foot of Canal St. I forget where the St. Charles one starts, but it's also in that same area. It's $3/day and you can hop on and off as much as you want. The St. Charles one is a prettier route. It goes through the downtown and then hits the Uptown area that has lots of gorgeous, historical mansions.

There are a lot of neat walking tours in the Quarter and some are at night. Some of them go through the St Louis Cemetary I. Featured in a bunch of movies and tv shows. it's one of those weirdo cemeteries we have here where the deceased are put into above ground crypts because the water table is too high to bury people.

MNNEBride · April 22

Thanks @short+sassy! Great suggestions. I'll let you know what we try.

short+sassy · April 22

MNNEBride said:

Thanks @short+sassy! Great suggestions. I'll let you know what we try.

Oh good! I'm glad you saw my post. Have a fun time! I'll be curious to hear what you all like.

There is also a Mardi Gras Museum (Mardi Gras World) that is a short cab ride or long walk from the Quarter. This is where they actually build the Mardi Gras floats year round, but they also have tours of the facility. It's a really cool and unique place.

The D-Day Museum is also here. It's an impressive place, but more an all day thing. It was a New Orleanian guy named Higgins who invented the low draft boats named after him, that were so instrumental for the D-Day invasion.

I forgot to mention poboys! Definitely try those while you all are here. Roast beef debris or fried shrimp are the two most popular ones. "Mother's" is the famous place, but I would recommend going somewhere else. They're fine there, but it's usually a long line and they are just as good if not better elsewhere. I don't have a specific recommendation for where to go in the Quarter for a poboy. I've heard a lot of people recommend Verti Mart (1201 Royal St), but I haven't personally been there.

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