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Welcome to my boring, ordinary life
It's been a month or so since I've done any substantial grocery shopping. But I made a run down to McChord today. Got a lot of no-fuss stuff to make meals for myself, since I hate cooking for myself. Salmon roulades (it's stuffed with some sort of crab and veggie stuffing) that I can just throw in the oven, a rotisserie chicken that I need to shred up for several meals in the next 2 weeks, those frozen skillet meals that come with everything. Baking potatoes. I'm going to roast some tomatoes. Lean pockets and ingredients to make tuna & white bean salad for taking to work.
I'm due at Rich and Kathy's house in one hour. I wasn't clear on whether they were serving a late lunch or whether we're having dinner. I know that dog walking is part of our plans, but whether it's before or after eating, I can't say. So I just had a cracker, cheese and hummus plate to tide me over (my brother left a partial box of olive oil & rosemary Triscuits which taste awesome with hummus).
I am bringing over a mini banana loaf from last night's baking. I bought the ingredients to make strawberry shortcake - an angel food loaf, fresh strawberries (currently mascerating in sugar and orange peel) and Cool Whip. Yeah, I could've baked a dessert, but I've been knocking myself out for guests the past couple of weeks. Time to take it easy. And I offered to bring dessert...after all, they were kind enough to invite me over. I'm sick of brownies...they're my brother's favorite, and I baked them twice while he was here. Something simple, not too unhealthy, and not chocolate fits the bill perfectly.
I need to be better about checking my Facebook mail. Usually I get a notice in my Yahoo mail if someone leaves me a Facebook mail, but Christine wrote me one the other night and I never got any notification! I only just now discovered it! She's back in Canada now. So 50% of my little group has now left Germany - myself and Christine. Ruth and Andrea are still back in Germany, although I think Andrea leaves at the end of this year. Lance and I still talk about going back someday, but it won't be the same. You can't recapture that magic that was about the last 2.5 years or so of our time there.
I wrote down a random thought that was gnawing at my brain the other day...something about how the gods of fate seemed fit to bless me with the most amazing 4 years in Germany, and I'm now paying for that by having such an ordinary, boring life. I think I actually wrote down the word "crapulent" instead of ordinary and boring, but that gives the impression that all of it sucks. And it doesn't. Just parts of it. And it's not like there weren't things about Germany that didn't suck. I just never wanted to be ordinary and I never wanted to be boring.
I'm due at Rich and Kathy's house in one hour. I wasn't clear on whether they were serving a late lunch or whether we're having dinner. I know that dog walking is part of our plans, but whether it's before or after eating, I can't say. So I just had a cracker, cheese and hummus plate to tide me over (my brother left a partial box of olive oil & rosemary Triscuits which taste awesome with hummus).
I am bringing over a mini banana loaf from last night's baking. I bought the ingredients to make strawberry shortcake - an angel food loaf, fresh strawberries (currently mascerating in sugar and orange peel) and Cool Whip. Yeah, I could've baked a dessert, but I've been knocking myself out for guests the past couple of weeks. Time to take it easy. And I offered to bring dessert...after all, they were kind enough to invite me over. I'm sick of brownies...they're my brother's favorite, and I baked them twice while he was here. Something simple, not too unhealthy, and not chocolate fits the bill perfectly.
I need to be better about checking my Facebook mail. Usually I get a notice in my Yahoo mail if someone leaves me a Facebook mail, but Christine wrote me one the other night and I never got any notification! I only just now discovered it! She's back in Canada now. So 50% of my little group has now left Germany - myself and Christine. Ruth and Andrea are still back in Germany, although I think Andrea leaves at the end of this year. Lance and I still talk about going back someday, but it won't be the same. You can't recapture that magic that was about the last 2.5 years or so of our time there.
I wrote down a random thought that was gnawing at my brain the other day...something about how the gods of fate seemed fit to bless me with the most amazing 4 years in Germany, and I'm now paying for that by having such an ordinary, boring life. I think I actually wrote down the word "crapulent" instead of ordinary and boring, but that gives the impression that all of it sucks. And it doesn't. Just parts of it. And it's not like there weren't things about Germany that didn't suck. I just never wanted to be ordinary and I never wanted to be boring.