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chocolatey sweetness
Did you know cocoa beans can be ground and brewed like coffee? How did I not know this was a thing? I just got home from school and drank my first cup of it: black, with a spoonful of honey. Now I feel alert and energized, but in a healthy way, without the lurking undercurrent of mania that coffee usually gives. It made me really happy! Highly ( Read more... ) -
Auntie
Where my niece Zoey is concerned, I am known as Auntie Can-Can. This nickname has an interesting story, as the baby in question still cannot speak yet.
While my sister was still pregnant, I had a dream in which Zoey had just been born. I was holding her, and she was talking to me; I don't recall what she said, but she spoke perfectly, except she ( Read more... ) -
yay food!
I did a lot of stuff in the kitchen this afternoon, and now have: a jar of homemade coconut milk in the fridge (bonus: the leftover "stuff" after straining is in the freezer until I have a brainwave); three pouches of cooked white beans in the freezer (bonus: some bean broth); mung beans sprouting on the counter-top; a couple hundred recipes in PDF ( Read more... ) -
Q&A
Wow, it's been a long time. Why not let the readers, few though they may be, tell me which updates deserve further explanation? The contestants:
*My six-month-old niece, Zoey, and the amusing nickname I have already received from her.
*My scholastic endeavors, and how well I've been following/altering my plans.
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in brief
I quit my job today, which was a different one from the one I held when I last posted. Left there in April. This makes three in the past year, for the same reasons.
I have been to the hospital (Acute Psychiatric Services - a.k.a. ER for crazies) twice in the past two weeks.
Medication has commenced.
I want this hard part to be over, please. -
possibly maybe, or, "bank error in your favor"?
I spent most of Sunday at Beth's house, taking a long, impromptu nap and working on the mural in the baby's room. I also played with their huge dog, Emmet. At one point he came barreling down the hallway back to me, and sent my arm flying into a doorframe. It raised what I hoped was merely a wicked bruise. The following morning, though, I went ( Read more... ) -
so basically two jobs, but one I pay to do
Nineteen credits again this semester. School is really kicking my ass. Not that the material is challenging - it's the hours, 27 per week, excluding one online course. What makes it worse is that I don't feel like I am learning anything but my chef's quirks and the shortcomings of my classmates. In my four-person team for "playing restaurant", ( Read more... ) -
ninja icon is mostly for cranky posts
I spent the past two winters sitting on my ass and getting free money. There, I said it. This shames and saddens me, of course, but I'm angry too. Now that I'm in school, really wanting and seeking a relevant job, the only money to be had comes with crippling debt. I had planned not to take on any loans at all, and indeed I paid up front for ( Read more... ) -
ohai
Hello, Internet! I have been busy doing various things: moving, which was quite an ordeal, involving some unethical things done to me and having to store my possessions and crash (with Mina, too) at Eric's studio. We now live together(!) in a great new apartment, a big, hardwood two bedroom in a better spot in uptown. The extra bedroom is the ( Read more... )