January 21: Dinner Hosting, Streets of Rage with Lea

Most of today was spent prepping dinner for Jenny Weinbloom and Jenny Lim to share dinner at my house. I cleaned everything up, bought ingredients (I made japchae and Korean spicy soup), and made everything. It was a lot of fun, although I'm a little jealous that they seem to have a stronger network here than I did when I moved here and still do. But I supposed they've been in the industry longer than me and are also working in person. Well, Jenny Lim isn't, so I suppose I should check in on her from time to time.

We spend the night sharing, oo-ing, and awe-ing over horror stories that have happened to us: Jenny Weinbloom about human trafficking tenants and me about my crawlspace creep. I feel bad because apparently it was really cold in the house and I didn't even notice, and then the house refused to warm up until AFTER they had left. Now it's cold again...

I also spent almost 3 hours on the phone with Jamie, AND I completed the block document for chapters 17-21 for my book. That felt REALLY good, although I didn't fall asleep until 4am and still feel groggy.

Oh! And I played Streets of Rage with Lea digitally. We've been spontaneously playing every Sunday night, unplanned, and it's been a lot of fun. She can play my Survival expansion pack even without her having it herself.

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