Family lunch
2024-Feb-28, Wednesday 13:25![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dorchadas
Chicago weather sure is something. Yesterday I didn't even have to wear a coat to the office and when I went out at lunchtime it was a balmy 21°C. Last night we had a massive thunderstorm roll through, tornado warnings, golf-ball-sized hail, lashing rain, lightning every 10 seconds, and then this morning it was -4°C with a howling wind when I left for work and it's still only 0°C now. I definitely did not go for a walk today.
Yesterday, though,![[instagram.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/profile_icons/instagram.png)
sashagee and Laila came downtown after Laila's gymnastics class was over and met me outside the building and I took them up to the office and showed them around. When Laila heard my boss's voice--she'll often call during the day on any excuse so she can see Laila on video chat--Laila ran over and into her arms, and that definitely made her day. Several other of my coworkers got to see Laila too, culminating in the division head, my boss's boss's boss, having Laila sitting on her lap and drawing on her notepad with a pen. After half an hour, we left and walked down to Revival Food Hall for lunch, taking the stairs down to the river and walking west for a couple blocks. It took longer than I expected and sashagee had a rough time with it, but the food was worth it. sashagee and Laila got burgers, and while sashagee stood waiting for her burger I found a table and kept Laila company. When they started eating, I went and got my food:
Za'atar chicken, hummus, chickpeas, tahina, baba ganoush, etc.
From Lashuk (from the Hebrew לשוק, "to the market"), which I've been meaning to go to for a long while but never had the time. This was the time--sashagee wanted burgers and I didn't, and there were no good burgers places very close to the office anyway. By the time I got back, Laila had eaten almost all of her burger already and so had sashagee, so I scarfed down my incredibly delicious hummus bowl ( I need to make some of these for myself at home), and then we walked back to the office where my boss, who was heading home as well, picked up Laila and they and sashagee walked off while I went back to work.
And now it's freezing outside, but it was definitely a lovely day.
Yesterday, though,
sashagee and Laila came downtown after Laila's gymnastics class was over and met me outside the building and I took them up to the office and showed them around. When Laila heard my boss's voice--she'll often call during the day on any excuse so she can see Laila on video chat--Laila ran over and into her arms, and that definitely made her day. Several other of my coworkers got to see Laila too, culminating in the division head, my boss's boss's boss, having Laila sitting on her lap and drawing on her notepad with a pen. After half an hour, we left and walked down to Revival Food Hall for lunch, taking the stairs down to the river and walking west for a couple blocks. It took longer than I expected and sashagee had a rough time with it, but the food was worth it. sashagee and Laila got burgers, and while sashagee stood waiting for her burger I found a table and kept Laila company. When they started eating, I went and got my food:Za'atar chicken, hummus, chickpeas, tahina, baba ganoush, etc.
From Lashuk (from the Hebrew לשוק, "to the market"), which I've been meaning to go to for a long while but never had the time. This was the time--
sashagee wanted burgers and I didn't, and there were no good burgers places very close to the office anyway. By the time I got back, Laila had eaten almost all of her burger already and so had sashagee, so I scarfed down my incredibly delicious hummus bowl ( I need to make some of these for myself at home), and then we walked back to the office where my boss, who was heading home as well, picked up Laila and they and sashagee walked off while I went back to work.And now it's freezing outside, but it was definitely a lovely day.
