...thanks to air travel.
I'm so excited to go that I want to write again! haha.
new favorite chocolate: Pocket Coffee by Ferrero. SOOOOO good. Somebody wanna buy me a case of them on Amazon.com? I hear TJs has a comparable product, so I'll try those.
This time tomorrow I'll be in San Diego. I haven't decided what I'm going to do yet, I DO have to go to the store for my Mexi-friends (that rhymes with Mexi-cans :) )
I think I'll go down to the tide pools, hopefully it will be low tide. I might go to an art museum, or I might just sit outside and read and look at the ocean in the 70 degree weather :) :) :)
Maybe the smile-ies are overkill. I'm so excited I can't think straight. I was going to take all the kids gifts, but I think I'll stick with carry-on luggage. I haven't packed yet, so that may change. I am going to print off some old photos for them.
I'm NOT taking my computer. whoa. This'll be the first vacation in a while that I haven't had it with me. But this means planning things now. Printing some maps, charging iPod, etc.
other people will have computers in Mex. so I might be tempted to check ye old email and things. I've done all my classwork that was due next week, so that's not a problem.
Jill pointed out to me that I forgot to mention that when we ate our black soup we called it gruel and made jokes about standing in the bread line and ration stamps and communism. Then we wondered when and why English lost engendered nouns, since English derives from languages that do have engendered nouns. Then we asked each other what do normal people joke/talk about? It was v. amusing.
ok. shower. print photos. buy sudoku calender. bank. laundry detergent. GO.
P.S. The World is Flat is a little outdated, and he says "value added" a lot. He also explained how people use the internet on their phones, really? I had no idea. :)
P.P.S. I just worked ten days in a row. Now I have ten days off in a row. that sounds like a good trade off to me!
P.P.P.S. well, ten days in a row with two snow days in the mix. I was supposed to work ten days in a row. Does that count?
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Friday, February 12, 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
stone soup.
Sunday I had to come into work. (This is the day after the nasty snow storm).
At the gate the guard said, “what are you doing here today?”
I said, “I have to come into work.”
He said, “On a day like this, no you don’t.”
I said, “yeah, my boss made me.”
He said, “I highly doubt that” smiled, gave my card back to me and said “Be safe, mam.” I think he genuinely thought I was a workaholic that wanted to come in on the weekend. how amusing :)
My roommate got her car stuck in the snow last night. Just as we were about to give up and call some people to see if they wanted to help (i.e. boys) She looked up and there were two guys! The one said, “you need help?” and we gladly accepted. As soon as her car moved, I shouted thanks. They walked away without a word, handshake or anything. It was so mysterious.
Jill and I spent the day Tuesday making soup. Not necessarily because we wanted to make soup, but because I had bought too many carrots, celery and zucchini. The vegetables needed to be cooked before they went bad. We put everything in it. Potatoes, Garbanzo Beans, Rice, Celery, Carrots, Onion, Zucchini. I really appreciate that I have a roommate that doesn't like to overcook things. We really only heated the vegetables up in a frying pan, keeping them mostly firm and crisp before putting them in the soup. I had cooked a tiny bit of black beans, and dumped the whole pot in without draining them. Opps. Our soup turned a dark shade of gray-ish purple. But it tastes really good!! Now we have no produce in our fridge, but we have a big pot of soup.
On Saturday I finally made Pescado al Crema Chipotle (Fish in Chipotle cream sauce) which I had been talking about and craving for two weeks. Unfortunately, when I went to Kroger they didn't have cans of chipotles, and the little Mexican store near my house didn't have them either. Since the weather was so bad I decided to use Chiles Anchos and barbacue sauce (Salsa Lizano from Costa Rica that I had never opened). It turned out fine!
I had the chance to watch some super cute bilingual children on Saturday night. I was thrilled to talk to them in Spanish. The little girl wasn’t so keen on it though. Several of the times that I said things to her in Spanish she said “You talk too much.” Hahaha. I let her paint my toenails though, so I think she forgave me.
I go to San Diego on Saturday, and then Mexico on Sunday :) I’m pretty excited!
At the gate the guard said, “what are you doing here today?”
I said, “I have to come into work.”
He said, “On a day like this, no you don’t.”
I said, “yeah, my boss made me.”
He said, “I highly doubt that” smiled, gave my card back to me and said “Be safe, mam.” I think he genuinely thought I was a workaholic that wanted to come in on the weekend. how amusing :)
My roommate got her car stuck in the snow last night. Just as we were about to give up and call some people to see if they wanted to help (i.e. boys) She looked up and there were two guys! The one said, “you need help?” and we gladly accepted. As soon as her car moved, I shouted thanks. They walked away without a word, handshake or anything. It was so mysterious.
Jill and I spent the day Tuesday making soup. Not necessarily because we wanted to make soup, but because I had bought too many carrots, celery and zucchini. The vegetables needed to be cooked before they went bad. We put everything in it. Potatoes, Garbanzo Beans, Rice, Celery, Carrots, Onion, Zucchini. I really appreciate that I have a roommate that doesn't like to overcook things. We really only heated the vegetables up in a frying pan, keeping them mostly firm and crisp before putting them in the soup. I had cooked a tiny bit of black beans, and dumped the whole pot in without draining them. Opps. Our soup turned a dark shade of gray-ish purple. But it tastes really good!! Now we have no produce in our fridge, but we have a big pot of soup.
On Saturday I finally made Pescado al Crema Chipotle (Fish in Chipotle cream sauce) which I had been talking about and craving for two weeks. Unfortunately, when I went to Kroger they didn't have cans of chipotles, and the little Mexican store near my house didn't have them either. Since the weather was so bad I decided to use Chiles Anchos and barbacue sauce (Salsa Lizano from Costa Rica that I had never opened). It turned out fine!
I had the chance to watch some super cute bilingual children on Saturday night. I was thrilled to talk to them in Spanish. The little girl wasn’t so keen on it though. Several of the times that I said things to her in Spanish she said “You talk too much.” Hahaha. I let her paint my toenails though, so I think she forgave me.
I go to San Diego on Saturday, and then Mexico on Sunday :) I’m pretty excited!
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