After my run last night,

After my run last night, I just sat around resting on my laurels. JP and I had dinner at Thai Cottage. I really like their food, but I am not crazy about other aspects of the restaurant.

First, we usually end up eating late, and arriving around 8:30. They close at 9:30, and their kitchen closes at 9:15, and they hardly ever have any soft spring rolls when we order them. As far as we can tell, whether they have them or not is directly related to the time we arrive. Before 8, yes. After 8:30, no. Can they not make more?

Second, I know their kitchen closes at 9:15 and I know they close at 9:30, but couldn't they wait until 9:30 to start putting chairs up on the tables and cleaning the seating area? By the time we left last night at 9:30, chairs were up on every table except the 3 that still had people eating at them. This happens all the time, and always makes me feel like I'm being rushed out the door.

Oh well.

Here's a photo of me and coworkers in the back room during Monday's rendezvous with the International Space Station. I wasn't working it -- just learning -- but one day I'll be in the hot seat. That's my new job: Rendezvous Guidance and Procedures.