mostly food.
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brightbluegirlWhat HAVE I been doing with my day? Heh.
Tomorrow my brother leaves first thing in the morning, to hitchhike back to Edmonton. He plans on living there for a while, since all his stuff is there, and his friends and his connections. He figures he can get a job there pretty easily, and he's got people to crash with, and stuff like that. He wants to get his life in order for a while, then figure out if he actually wants to stay there. I think that sounds good. Better than running, I think.
So, as with any leavetaking, I'm using the excuse to make a fancy dinner. Spinach crepes with oatmeal chocolate chip cookies... by his request. So, pretty much, as soon as I get home tonight, I'll start cooking. That's good, it means for a pleasant evening.
Oh yes, and because aibrean_owl told me about it, I went down to the drive and got 2 huge bunches of basil. I am SO making pesto, and we are SO going to have pesto for dinner tomorrow... and I'm going to freeze some, too.
It's the little things that make me happy.
(I wish we had a deep freeze though... something more than the one on top of the fridge)
In some ways, I feel like I'm waiting out the week. I want things to calm down. With Matt back in Edmonton, we'll have our place to ourselves. Once this party (that I'm looking forward to!) on Friday is done, and the work party on Saturday, then I can get back to my normal existance of not going out much. I need to get back to my homey-ness, I need it! I crave it like crackers with peanut butter, or popcorn with flax oil. I crave it like cinnamon-raisin bars!
One of the best parts of leaving Toronto was leaving behind all the expectations of hanging out with people that were created. I had so many people I cared about there, that I wanted to spend time with, and people I was just starting to know, that I went out SO much. Dinner here, someone came over then, dancing on friday, party on Saturday... etc etc... it became draining, in a way.
Of course, then I left all the people I cared about. A double-edged sword, that.
And now that we're meeting people I really really really like, I want to spend time with them, well then... well, yeah, I'm not so lonely, and I'm not so bored by doing the same old thing, but... but... that damn double-edged sword.
So yeah, it'll be fine, once this week is over, I just know it. Back to (almost) the same.
I made a vegan sugar-free blueberry creame pie for last night's get together, and it was wonderful! Had leftovers for breakfast today. Mmmmmm Yummy. It's from this awesome cookbook from 1974, called "the Sweet Life". Most excellent. Had a good time with S and her boy, we went to the Vegan Vietnamese restaurant, then drank some wine and hung out, and even played scrabble. It was nice... my stomach started hurting around 10, and they took their leave then, so it worked out pretty well.
I won't see them again until around Christmas - I really hope I can spend some 1 on 1 time with S then. I miss her! And as fun as couple time is, sometimes connecting needs 1 on 1.
Tomorrow my brother leaves first thing in the morning, to hitchhike back to Edmonton. He plans on living there for a while, since all his stuff is there, and his friends and his connections. He figures he can get a job there pretty easily, and he's got people to crash with, and stuff like that. He wants to get his life in order for a while, then figure out if he actually wants to stay there. I think that sounds good. Better than running, I think.
So, as with any leavetaking, I'm using the excuse to make a fancy dinner. Spinach crepes with oatmeal chocolate chip cookies... by his request. So, pretty much, as soon as I get home tonight, I'll start cooking. That's good, it means for a pleasant evening.
Oh yes, and because aibrean_owl told me about it, I went down to the drive and got 2 huge bunches of basil. I am SO making pesto, and we are SO going to have pesto for dinner tomorrow... and I'm going to freeze some, too.
It's the little things that make me happy.
(I wish we had a deep freeze though... something more than the one on top of the fridge)
In some ways, I feel like I'm waiting out the week. I want things to calm down. With Matt back in Edmonton, we'll have our place to ourselves. Once this party (that I'm looking forward to!) on Friday is done, and the work party on Saturday, then I can get back to my normal existance of not going out much. I need to get back to my homey-ness, I need it! I crave it like crackers with peanut butter, or popcorn with flax oil. I crave it like cinnamon-raisin bars!
One of the best parts of leaving Toronto was leaving behind all the expectations of hanging out with people that were created. I had so many people I cared about there, that I wanted to spend time with, and people I was just starting to know, that I went out SO much. Dinner here, someone came over then, dancing on friday, party on Saturday... etc etc... it became draining, in a way.
Of course, then I left all the people I cared about. A double-edged sword, that.
And now that we're meeting people I really really really like, I want to spend time with them, well then... well, yeah, I'm not so lonely, and I'm not so bored by doing the same old thing, but... but... that damn double-edged sword.
So yeah, it'll be fine, once this week is over, I just know it. Back to (almost) the same.
I made a vegan sugar-free blueberry creame pie for last night's get together, and it was wonderful! Had leftovers for breakfast today. Mmmmmm Yummy. It's from this awesome cookbook from 1974, called "the Sweet Life". Most excellent. Had a good time with S and her boy, we went to the Vegan Vietnamese restaurant, then drank some wine and hung out, and even played scrabble. It was nice... my stomach started hurting around 10, and they took their leave then, so it worked out pretty well.
I won't see them again until around Christmas - I really hope I can spend some 1 on 1 time with S then. I miss her! And as fun as couple time is, sometimes connecting needs 1 on 1.
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Date: 2004-08-18 04:32 pm (UTC)Hiya!
Date: 2004-08-18 09:24 pm (UTC)Jane's going through the very same double-edged sword feeling right now - she needs alone time, has to ground herself, but feels very much in-demand right now by many different people. It's to the point that I feel guilty calling her to say hi, 'cause I know she's ignoring a good deal of her phone calls - so many people who *demand* her time won't take "no" for an answer.
I'm always envious of your kitchen creativity, by the way. Nearly every mention of your meals makes me think, "Wow, I would love to have that recipe!"