easter

amazingly, we managed to miss the easter parade(s) this weekend. we weren't exactly avoiding them actively although we definitely preferred not to run into any of them. i'm tired of beads. really, how many strings of them does one need?

we were glad for the 3-day weekend but had trouble figuring what to do with the time. we're getting to the point where we feel like we're just whittling time away, and we hate it. even though we look forward to the weekends, the only thing great about them is that we don't have to go to work, not that we have any actual event to look forward to.

i keep trying to think, what we would be doing in nyc instead of nola? would we actually have plans? or would we be whittling time away just like this? then, r made a good point: at least in nyc, we would head into manhattan and something WOULD actually happen. like either we just walk around union square and find a cool store, which is what happened when we traveled back on president's day weekend. or we would walk past a theatre and see a cool movie that would interest us. or we would go to some part of town where we're not familiar with and check it out.

i know a lot of people live in new orleans and love it here, but i guess it's just not the place for me. or it's just that we feel stuck here because we came for work. the best thing about nola is the vietnamese food. this is one thing that nyc is missing. we go to the vietnamese restaurant down the street from the office EVERY day, and i'm yet to be tired of it. we branched out this weekend and went to a different vietnamese restaurant that was just as scrumptious. there you go, one thing i'm not tired of yet. the saving grace of this place. although it's not enough to bring me back after i leave here. no wonder people drink so much here.