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2019 Pennsylvania Trip | Day 2

April 5, 2019 by Mellie Dee Leave a Comment

2019 Pennsylvania Trip | Aloo Tikki Chatt Breakfast

Breakfast of champions consisted of the same thing as last night’s dinner except I ate it with a store bought and a homemade roti. Yum!

2019 Pennsylvania Trip | Apurva's Basement

I finally went down to my first basement! It was quite scary down there since it’s not fully furnished and the French doors to the outside of the woods was a little creepy.

2019 Pennsylvania Trip | Ginger Wellness Shot

Apurva, Yaswant, Babs and I took a ginger tumeric and honey wellness shot just to boost our immune system. I’m quite impressed.

I spent a few hours making a garland for her welcome sign. I do not care to get flowers, though I guess I wouldn’t mind it once in a blue moon, but here I am spending so much time making flowery things for her wedding. I’m glad things turned out okay.

Lunch consisted of the same thing but with rice. They had other stuff but I am just so in love with this dish. And I especially loved that they had papadum.

2019 Pennsylvania Trip | Apurva and Ram Banquet Hall

We drove to the hotel, dropped our stuff off, then went to check out the banquet hall to ensure everything turned out okay.

We went back to the hotel and went to the family meet and greet and got food. The little red shaped thing is Indo-Chinese cauliflower or faux meat as others say.

Yaswant, Tashika and I went to go pick up Babs from the nail salon and then stopped by Whole Foods for some roses and water.

We are currently waiting for the henna artist to come so that we can get our henna on. I’ll probably wait a few hours and then go to bed since it’s been a busy few days.

I cannot believe she’s getting married tomorrow! Eeek!

2019 Pennsylvania Trip | Day 1

April 4, 2019 by Mellie Dee Leave a Comment

2019 Pennsylvania Trip | Houston to Philadelphia

My first real trip by myself flying solo. Quite excited and filled with anxiety.

2019 Pennsylvania Trip | Pappa's Burgers

Since I was there early I decided to treat myself to a sit down breakfast at Pappa’s Burgers. Their potatoes were meh but the tacos we’re on point!

2019 Pennsylvania Trip | Philadelphia Arrival

Three hours and a half hours later I made it! Apurva was lovely in picking me up and we were able to have one on one time to catch up before the craziness began.

2019 Pennsylvania Trip | Spicy Chick-fil-A Chicken Strips

We stopped by Chick-fil-A to try their spicy chicken strips that Houston doesn’t have and it was devine. Chick-fil-A, please make sure Houston serves this!

2019 Pennsylvania Trip | Flower Arrangement

We went to a few different flower shops and I spent four hours putting together flowers for her centerpieces. I’m pretty proud of myself and happy how some of them came out!

2019 Pennsylvania Trip | Mehendi Henna Party

Tonight is the Mehendi party and Apurva got Avengers in her henna. Too cute since that’s how Ram knew to take a chance on her. She’s been sitting here for six hours to get everything done. How crazy! I’ll be getting mine done tomorrow. Eep excited. Mine will be simpler though.

2019 Pennsylvania Trip | Mehendi Henna Party Food

I finally got to meet Babs and we enjoyed delicious foods in our bellies. My favourite is the Aloo Tikki Chatt which is hashbrown with chickpeas and some sauce. Yum!

Apurva’s henna has to dry which takes a few hours so we might do some girl time with Babs or hang out with her brother. Watch telly, play Switch or something. Liliana time soon too. Eep!

Realizations & Boss’ Birthday

April 3, 2019 by Mellie Dee Leave a Comment

I’m currently at Sissy’s. Tomorrow I fly out to see Apurva and then a couple of days after, Liliana. I am excited to see them both as it’s been a long time. Road trip here we come!

On my drive to Sissy’s I realized some things. For eight months I made this gruesome drive to and from downtown for work. I guess I never really knew how tired and overworked I was spending over three hours in traffic daily sometimes. I mean, you’d think the horrible car accident would have been a red flag but I’m thankful I’m alive.

One of the things I realized these last few months was how depressed I was at that job. The drive, feeling like my career was a dead end and I wasn’t amounting to anything, and driving to Scruffy’s almost every weekend and even some weekdays. I would always want to take a nap whenever I got to his house so that I could give him 100% when I was refreshed. I remember him getting angry at me for taking naps when I was there to see him and I’ve realized that he never took the time to realize or even ask how I was doing.

I guess that’s where it took a toll on me. I tried so hard to give everyone 100% that I forgot about myself. No one was giving me 100%. I didn’t have alone time. I didn’t have time to recharge. I felt like my world was crumbling and I couldn’t do it anymore. I just needed a break from reality because no one understood me. And I knew only I can help myself.

This job is also pretty gruesome with the hours I put in but I feel like I matter and that I am actually putting in hours where value is added. My ideas are being heard and things are actually going better than I expected. I’ve always been a workaholic and being able to actually prove myself in that front helps.

Today was my Boss’ birthday. Wacko, Erin, Chris, Phil and I decided to take her out to celebrate since we’ve been so busy we haven’t really had time to relax. She suggested Sylvia’s near work and my goodness … they made one of the best carne asada I’ve ever had! So freaking tender! We got the waiters to surprise her and sing happy birthday so that was a fun memory we had especially since she was really freaked out about it.

Here’s to more happy memories.

Stay Positive & Think Good Thoughts!

Audiobooks & Flashbacks

April 2, 2019 by Mellie Dee Leave a Comment

I’ve been listening to an audiobook that someone suggested which I’m hoping to finish by the end of the trip. Fingers crossed so that I can add finishing my second book this year. I’m behind due to such a busy first few months with work being so demanding and new. It’s still tough but I’m finding time when I can.

This popped up on my Facebook memories today. It’s funny how everything came back full circle over the same guy.

Less than two days and I’ll be reunited with Apurva and Liliana. Can’t wait to see these two. It’s been so long!

Pasta and Wine with Mallory

March 28, 2019 by Mellie Dee Leave a Comment

No volunteering tonight so it was finally time with Mallory! Everything worked out since she’s usually busy on Thursday’s.

By the time I got to her house food was already available along with a bottle of wine. I’m thankful for her always.

Having times like these with them melts my heart. This boy is growing up so fast it’s crazy and I’m glad I get to be along for the ride. I cannot wait to see all he’s going to accomplish.