My short break to catch up on work and relax is over. I did a whole lot of catching up on work and not so much relaxing. I also worked a bit more ahead of time to try and get things wrapped up for my upcoming absence, which begins now – I made it to our staff gathering.

I’m not quite able to say exactly why we’re having a staff gathering, because the reason for it hasn’t been publicly announced yet, but I can say that we’re at Venice Beach to do some activities together. I like getting to places early, and I wanted some time to explore the area and get some vlog footage in, so I arrived at the hotel in time for a late lunch. I walked over to a poke place and got myself some salmon.

Yes, I am using coffee stirrers as chopsticks because I forgot to get utensils from the restaurant, and no, this is not the first time that has happened. Luckily, I’ve been using chopsticks my entire life, so I’m able to pick up any two long pieces of anything and effectively use them to eat my meal.

Later that night, we went to a rooftop bar (but it was next to impossible to take any photos because it was pitch black dark outside and my phone doesn’t really have the best low light compensation. After freezing for about an hour or so, we went to a restaurant … where I proceeded to eat more sushi. I ordered an albacore poke dish with some fries on the side – fries that literally came with three different kinds of dipping sauces.

We have some meetings to attend tomorrow, but after that, we have some pretty exciting activities lined up; the vlog will be coming out whenever I manage to find a slot of free time to actually get some editing done.