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[brightbluegirl]

Happy Solstice, all!

Tonight Andrew and I are going to take part in the Lantern Walk. I'm looking forward to it.

We almost didn't go, but I realized I was having this odd "fear of the unknown" that is very unlike me. It's almost as if the more hermit-like I get, the less willing I am to get out to new situations. Except that I crave new situations, and I'm lonely for friends (other than Andrew, who makes me incredibly non-lonely, of course), and I love new experiences.

It's this weird conundrum.

I've chosen not to go into the dark side, to seriously question why I "don't want to do things", when it comes up. Being tired is fine. Honestly not feeling like talking to people is fine. Not wanting to dress up is... sometimes fine. But if it's pure and simple laziness brought on by that odd hermitage, well, I will sternly tell myself to get my ass off the couch and go do it anyway! (not that I actually spend very much time on the couch, but, you know what I mean...)

So tonight will be fun. :D

Then I just have to get through work tomorrow and Wednesday, before getting my much needed time off. I have such grand plans of relaxation! I'm going to eat a lot, and lounge around the apartment, and read, and take baths, and maybe play some video games...

Unfortunately, we DO need to go out sometime, because we'll have to buy presents for his family. Since we're seeing them at New Years, we decided not to stress about buying their presents until after Christmas. We just ran out of time... We have found stuff for most of his family already, though, and will just need to finish gifts. It shouldn't be too bad.

The whole weekend just past was terrific. On Saturday we checked out Commercial Drive, which was AWESOME, ending with a Thai lunch (I had a green curry with eggplant and tofu, and he had pad thai) and then he went to work and I finished getting his stocking stuffers, and went home. It rained during the morning, but the afternoon was wonderful, and I was just so happy to be out in the not-cold air under the sun(ish) sky.

I was also happy to discover that I wasn't tired! I thought I would be, since we were out for hours and hours, and I did more shopping after he left, but once I got home, I went right back out and walked to the postoffice, and I wasn't tired at all! It makes me feel good to know I have more energy than I used to.

Yesterday I made vegan french toast for breakfast (I ate two slices, Andrew ate 6 - I love his appetite!!!), then Andrew trucked off to work, and I worked from home for several hours, talked to my mom a bit (still nothing new there), and then watched "Antitrust" while doing my cardio and lifting. I do like that movie. It sucks much less than it could have, with all the pretty people in it, and whatnot. And of course, the message "open source is good, information is for the world" is a surprising one for a big budget movie.

For dinner I made spinach crepes. MmmmmMmmmMMmMMmm!!! The first time I'd ever made crepes. Everyone told me to expect the first crepe to screw up (even the recipe book), but it DIDN'T!!! I was so proud of myself. I made 10 perfect crepes. What a delicious dinner! I'm so excited, too, because now I can experiment with dessert crepes and other dinner fillings.

So Andrew and I ate dinner and drank tea to candle light (and the lights on the tree), while we caught up. I really look forward to us having more time together again. I miss my bhunny.

Then we went to Safeway to get our fancy hors d'oeuvres, and nuts and things. That was fun. We got pistachios and cashews and peanuts, and samosas and spring rolls and these neat spinach/artichoke/cream cheese bundles. Yum! And tortilla chips and rice crackers, and of course soy milk, because we're ALWAYS running out of soy milk.

So it was a simple weekend, but I sure am happy as a result.

Comments

[hukuma.livejournal.com]

What goes into vegan french toast?

[freakykitten.livejournal.com]

It's pretty simple, actually.

2 Tbsp flour
1 Tbsp nutritional yeast
1 Tbsp sweetener
1 tsp cinnamon
1 1/2 cups soy milk

vigourously whisk together, then dip the bread in and fry the bread, as you would if it was regular french toast...

It's a different flavour... not so eggy, obviously, but tasty nonetheless.

[hukuma.livejournal.com]

Interesting... BTW, screwing up on the first crepe is even the basis of a Russian proverb. :)

[freakykitten.livejournal.com]

Is it really??? If it is, can you tell me the proverb? (Uh... well, translated)

Different cultural proverbs interest me a LOT.

[hukuma.livejournal.com]

The translation is "the first crepe comes out in a ball," and it's basically an "if at first you don't succeed, try again"-type proverb.