Being Sick And Having Someone Be nice To You

I've been sick for the last 7 days, with something that I can only deduce to be a deadly flu virus (I've been told that I'm dramatic, and that I just have a cold, but I'm the one dying, here). Unstoppable coughing, congestion that gives me a sexy voice but also makes it difficult to breathe, a sore throat that is exacerbating the aforementioned coughing, and yucky stuff in my lymph nodes and my incredibly deep sinus cavities that are a hairline away from some teeth nerves that are actually making it feel like I have a tooth cavity. It's been a festival of gross. 

My three shining stars of joy throughout this: 1) TV (re-watching Archer, Fringe, and 30 Rock has been wonderful), 2) Remy, my adorable and sweet little puppy who loves licks and cuddling, and 3) my almost-husbo, who has done practically everything for me this week. He bought me all sorts of medicine, watched unspeakable amounts of tv with me, rubbed my back and shoulders, and cleaned up pee (not mine). This morning, he made me Trader Joe's Almond Croissants, which are my favorite. That's love, people. 

Ten Years

|loft suite 408, the Ace Hotel NYC|

This past weekend was our 10 year anniversary. Me and my man. A full third of my life, and basically the entirety of my adult life. Ten. Years. 

We celebrated it by a semi-impromptu trip to NYC via Amtrak. What'd we do? Eat, walk, sleep, and hang out together. Essentially, what we do on a daily basis, but this time without our pup (who was having a staycation of his own with our awesome friends), and in a cool hotel. It was perfect. 

Speaking of which: The Ace Hotel > The Standard. If you want tiny rooms at exorbitant prices, the feeling of sleeping in a pod (if you can sleep at all with all the noise and thin walls), being surrounded by pretentious and a-hole tourists, and total disinterest from staff, go stay at the Standard. If you want to feel like you're in an awesome library that happens to have a bar and great coffee (Stumptown) and really comfortable chairs, living in a anything from a dorm to a sweet studio apartment, and have really nice people everywhere, the Ace Hotel is the way to go. 

What else? Oh yeah, we got matching glasses frames from Moscot on Orchard - our man Frank was hilarious and set us up (and convinced us we have to visit his native Colombia). People we saw (read: I saw, pointed out, and explained to him who they were): Connie Wang of Refinery29 and Waris Ahluwalia. We also visited my friend Norm at the Coffee Foundry, checked out Self Edge, and shopped at Opening Ceremony. Things we bought there: a pack of Happy Socks for him a bracelet for me, and a case of "Help, I Have Nausea" pills. We're hip and we know it. 

The only things I wish we had done that we didn't was eat even more and made it to LFCC on Sunday morning.  Next time.

TEN YEARS!!! 2014 is kind of a big deal for me.