wimmhtw* 10.29

1. Well, I’m glad we got to enjoy the lovely fall weather last weekend, because this weekend is winter. It’s in the mid-30s and rainy. It is supposed to warm back up some as the week goes on, but I am happy that it’s time for flannel and hoodies. I am ready!

2. For the boyfriend’s birthday, we went to Farina, an upscale Kansas City restaurant from an Italian chef. We had been wanting to go for some time, and he decided this would be the time. There was so much delicious food, ending (for me) with the luscious Chocolate-Hazelnut Tiramisu that somehow tasted even better than it looked. I got the Spaghetti with Sunday gravy, and it was also delicious. They make all their pasta in-house, and that gravy came with a couple of meatballs, a sausage, and a rib.

3. This has been a difficult year. So I was especially happy that he boyfriend’s best friends could come and celebrate his birthday with him this year. They all had losses this year, and they made the effort to come from north Kansas City, Iowa, and the D.C. area to hang out, eat good food, talk, laugh, drink, and smoke a cigar. It was good to see everyone and make some happy memories for this year. This year needed that.

*what is making me happy this week