Consider this a stream of consciousness series of sticky notes and marginalia that have been running around my day planner, calendar, fridge, and notebooks this week.
Tuesday is going to be happy day - my 4 disc set of Avengers will be waiting for me when I get home from class. I haven't got a Blu-ray player to watch all the extras, but I'm banking on the internet being flooded with them within 24 hours anyway.
Also Tuesday, NCIS premier! Save the Ducky and the Hippo!
I feel destroyed. I spent Saturday morning hiking, Saturday afternoon playing tennis, and Saturday evening ice skating. There is an enormous bruise on my knee, which is all the closer I got to learning to skate backwards.
I really don't want to do my homework. Mostly, I think it's nerves because I have a test tomorrow, and I've not had to take a test in several years. I always wrote papers. I'm not sure I can memorize a series of slides and affix proper names and dates to them.
It's really true - it is harder to learn the older you get.
I am missing from this equation. I have found myself in every other cranny of life, doing every other thing than what I am supposed to be doing. Is this a sign I'm in the wrong place, poor adjustment skills, exhaustion, or something else?
I need a lamp in my living room. It's very dark in here.
There was a knock at the door last night. Roommate's gut reaction was to grab the frying pan - which she did. "Frying pans - who knew?"
My sister is having a baby. She is at the hospital. Right now. I wish I was there. I wish I was rich and could get on the next flight to Salt Lake and surprise her. I feel guilty. I miss her like crazy.
Monday, September 24, 2012
Thursday, September 20, 2012
The Mini Adventures of Me
Mini Adventure #1 (food!)
I've set myself a new challenge. I'm going to prove to myself (and maybe some other people) that it's possible to eat well, have fun, and explore even when you're dirt-broke, reading 300 - 500 pages for class every week, and working two jobs.
You're right, I'm crazy.
But really, I'm going to do it. The Mini Adventures of me will be things I eat, see, hear, and, well - experience. It might be something I plan, it might be something cataclysmic going down, or it might be something small and interesting I notice. If I focus on the beauty and adventure of the small things, maybe I'll learn to appreciate them more.
So. We begin. :)
My first Mini Adventure is something New Mexicans are known for - green chili. As far as I was concerned, chili was something with beans that came in a can, and you heated it up and ate it on Halloween. But here, green chilies are amazingly tasty peppers that have been roasted, peeled, and put on something to jazz it up.
My first encounter with the stuff was at the Frontier restaurant, right next to campus. I had something called a Fiesta Burger, which is essentially a delicious cheeseburger - with green chili on it. Oh. My. Goodness. It is quite possibly one of the best things I've ever eaten in my life (shawarma is still a bit better IMO)!! After that I had it on an enchilada, also from the Frontier (don't worry, it was a different day), and I decided I MUST have this green chili in my life.
I went to the grocery store and bought a jar of it (in mild, because I'm still acclimating). Since then I have eaten it straight out of the jar, substituted it for pickle relish in my tuna fish, and slathered it onto grilled cheese sandwiches. My housemate keeps laughing at me because if something is bland or boring, I just pull of the jar of chili. The stuff is amazing. I'm definitely bringing my parents some when I visit . And chocolate from Trader Joe's. But that's another adventure. :)
I've set myself a new challenge. I'm going to prove to myself (and maybe some other people) that it's possible to eat well, have fun, and explore even when you're dirt-broke, reading 300 - 500 pages for class every week, and working two jobs.
You're right, I'm crazy.
But really, I'm going to do it. The Mini Adventures of me will be things I eat, see, hear, and, well - experience. It might be something I plan, it might be something cataclysmic going down, or it might be something small and interesting I notice. If I focus on the beauty and adventure of the small things, maybe I'll learn to appreciate them more.
So. We begin. :)
My first Mini Adventure is something New Mexicans are known for - green chili. As far as I was concerned, chili was something with beans that came in a can, and you heated it up and ate it on Halloween. But here, green chilies are amazingly tasty peppers that have been roasted, peeled, and put on something to jazz it up.
My first encounter with the stuff was at the Frontier restaurant, right next to campus. I had something called a Fiesta Burger, which is essentially a delicious cheeseburger - with green chili on it. Oh. My. Goodness. It is quite possibly one of the best things I've ever eaten in my life (shawarma is still a bit better IMO)!! After that I had it on an enchilada, also from the Frontier (don't worry, it was a different day), and I decided I MUST have this green chili in my life.
I went to the grocery store and bought a jar of it (in mild, because I'm still acclimating). Since then I have eaten it straight out of the jar, substituted it for pickle relish in my tuna fish, and slathered it onto grilled cheese sandwiches. My housemate keeps laughing at me because if something is bland or boring, I just pull of the jar of chili. The stuff is amazing. I'm definitely bringing my parents some when I visit . And chocolate from Trader Joe's. But that's another adventure. :)
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