Daily Update
Dance into New Years
YESTERDAY:
- woke up
- Dad came over for lunch
- had some dumplings
- passed him our Chinese tea ceremony outfits from the wedding
- Jackie went to help Tammy take down a Christmas tree
- vacuumed and cleaned
- had a review session with Eli for next found of college applications
- new emergency water filtration system arrived!
- head to workout around 6 pm
- bicep curl across the chest was a bit much
- head home to shower
- quick nap
- head to Dance Boulevard for new years event
- picked up Shubham along the way
- had fun dancing with folks
- new years celebration was a bit party-like
- head to Denny’s for a late night dinner
- some creepy guys tried to hit on Jackie while I was locking the car :(
- got home around 4 am
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