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This ended up being a true ‘Parita’ weekend. With Vishnu working on both Friday and Saturday, I had lots of time to get the ‘must do’ things out of the way – cleaning, laundry, etc. And in between all of the musts, I made time for one of my favorite activities…reading!

You guys! I finished both Crazy Rich Asians and its sequel China Rich Girlfriend. I went on reading frenzy! I’ll share more about these books later, but I highly recommend both. If you’re looking for funny, crazy, over-the-top books, Kevin Kwan’s novels are it.

Before sitting down to read on Saturday morning, I turned my living room into a pseudo barre studio and completed a 40 minute online Barre3 workout. I’m enjoying the different workouts so far and even bought the Barre ball (because a towel just doesn’t cut it!). More about Barre3 online coming soon!

Saturday also included a little bit of baking. I had a hankering for cookies that combined peanut butter and chocolate chips, so I tried my hand at making some…without a recipe. And they didn’t out half bad! I’m sure I’ll be making these again soon, and next time I’ll jot everything down and share!

While I waited for Vishnu to come home from work with our dinner, I watched UGA kick S. Carolina’s butt! And then when he got home, we continued watching the game while eating eggplant parm pizza. YUM!

On Sunday morning, I woke up, asked VIshnu what the temperature was (a cool (ha!) 79 degrees), and headed out for a run. Umm, my run turned into a run/walk and then just a walk. The heat was unbearable. By the time I got home 45 minutes later, it was 85 degrees. CENTRAL FLORIDA, PLEASE COOL DOWN ASAP!

After I got home and got ready, we headed out for our lunch date that Vishnu planned. He made reservations at a restaurant in Tampa called Green Lemon, a hipster Mexican place (Vishnu’s definition!). The atmosphere was very relaxed, fun, and colorful, and the food/drinks were delicious and very fresh.

We started with spicy Bloody Mary’s. YUM!

For my entrée, I ordered a veggie quesadilla, and for his, Vishnu’s ordered a trio of tacos. We both left fuller than expected but happy with our choices. Everything was flavorful and satisfying. Exactly what we were looking for!

And of course, we ended the weekend with football!

Happy Monday and thanks for reading!

What was the best thing you ate this weekend?

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I know I sound like a broken record every week, but it’s Thursday…how is that possible? I mean, it’s mid-September. WHAT?!

Anyways, I know you don’t want to hear me ramble on and on about how the days are flying by, so I’ll get right to it. Here are this week’s three things!

(1) Aziz Ansari with very special guest Amy Schumer

Guess who’s going to see Aziz Ansari and Amy Schumer LIVE in Tampa on Vishnu’s birthday?!

WE ARE!

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We are beyond excited because we’ve wanted to see Aziz perform live for years now. It all came about so randomly too. I texted a friend to see how she was. She texted back. Then a few minutes later she texted again to ask if we wanted to go to this show with her and her boyfriend. I freaked out (from excitement), texted Vishnu, texted my friend back, and bought tickets.

WOO HOO! I can’t wait to laugh and laugh and laugh!

Oh, and if you haven’t already, I highly recommend you watch this video of Amy Schumer on Ellen (thanks, Thea!).

(2) Crazy Rich Asians

I must be going through a rebellious phase with my reading list because I am not sticking to it at all! I just finished The Poisonwood Bible and am now on to Crazy Rich Asians. My friends Ankita and Rena highly recommended it and said that it most definitely should be the next book I read. I’m only 5% in but so far so good! I love all the characters already and can tell that the plot line is going to be a crazy one (hence the title I suppose!).

(3) Let’s go on a date!

As we were going to bed on Tuesday night, I asked Vishnu if he wanted to go on a date with me this weekend. Of course his response was that we go on dates all the time. While I agreed with that statement to an extent, I said that I wanted to go on a date date like we used to. And then I asked him to plan it! A few minutes later, he asked me what I wanted to do. Haha!

No worries though, he came through. We’re going to lunch on Sunday…because dinner would’ve cut into football time!

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Have you ever seen Aziz or Amy perform live?
What are you reading right now?
Are you a crazy football fan? Is your s/o?

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