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// March 7th, 2010 // Everyday, Photos

I can’t go to bed without posting because I feel bad.

By all accounts, I am having a spectacular weekend – the weekend I needed to have to brush off all the work and stress from recent weekdays. My friend Tim from Paris is visiting, as well as Jen and Nora from San Diego. They’re all staying at my apartment and it’s a full house. We had a great Friday starting off with dinner and cocktails at my favorite restaurant, Absinthe, then turned a local bar into our personal dance party by dominating the jukebox with our favorite music. At one point, we were singing along to Jimmy Eat World’s Work at the top of our lungs :)

Doing the Lady Gaga claw at the bar

Today, we celebrated Jen’s birthday with a wine tasting trip to Sonoma. I thought wine tasting would be fun since Tim’s from Paris and he can compare and contrast Northern California wines with French wines (turns out he doesn’t drink that much wine, so he doesn’t have an opinion!). Since Jen and Nora missed a wine tasting trip with me over Christmas, the Sonoma trip made up for it. The weather was beautiful! About 65*F, sunny with some clouds, not very crowded at the wineries.. I kept myself sober as the designated driver, but still had a lot of fun. On our way back about an hour before sunset, I decided to take everyone on a short detour through the Marin Headlands since it’s my favorite “hidden” spot to show out of town friends. We ended our day with sushi and watching Superbad (I think we might have shocked Tim with this movie). And the weekend is only half over!

At Domaine Carneros winery

So why do I feel bad despite all this? Sometime earlier this week, someone reaffirmed something I have been trying to change. I’m a very easy going person with most situations, but I need to assert myself at some point before I – my morals, my ideals, me – get compromised. I got put in a situation where I could let someone act like a complete dick to me, or I could assert myself and tell that person they’re out of my life. I did the latter in a mild manner and I felt bad about it all day. I wondered if I was too harsh. A little part of me also wondered if I read the situation wrong and maybe the other person wasn’t being a jerk. Sigh. I suppose with more practice, I will get better at this.

My favorite photo from today – looks like a band photo