Last Night and Today Have Been Excellent
I went climbing last night with Jason and Josh and had a blast. It was such good fun. I bought a climbing harness and the difference between the ones you borrow and the ones you buy are HUGE! I'm so so so glad I have my own harness. Jason had a new one too and both of us were like "yeah, we can swing around up here for a while and it ISN'T uncomfortable!" So that was pretty rad.
This morning I woke up at 5:30 to ride my bike to Cott beach for an early morning swim as I do on Friday mornings and that was rad too! Super dooper cold though. The water was eerily warmish when I first got in, but it quickly got very cold. Malcolm and I swam around the pylon to warm up a bit, which worked, but when we stopped swimming it was very cold again. I don't think I've ever been that cold actually - none of my body worked properly: I tried speaking and my mouth would skip words from a sentence, I was hobbling because I couldn't feel my feet and my hands wouldn't grab things. I was so glad to get to the Blue Duck. I went into the bathroom and put my hands under the warm air from the hand dyer for a while.
But it was so worth it and I intend on doing it again next week! Truly the highlight of my week - good friends, good times and good food. But mostly doing stupid things with a fantastic group of friends is excellent.
Did a thing for MCU after a hot bath back at home, then went to work and started to feel a bit ill. I think it was a combination of frustration over my assignment due Monday and a very cold, early morning. It was odd though: my ears were popping, I felt a bit queasy and I think I was running a temperature. I would get really cold if it were remotely cool, or really warm if I would otherwise be comfortable. So I went home early and that been nice. I'm working on my assignment now (cept for the LJ updating).
Finally, I made risotto in my rice cooker this evening and it turned out pretty well! I cooked an onion in a pan and added the rice to that with some white wine. Then I put that mixture into my rice cooker with chicken stock, diced chicken and more wine and it came out really good! I added some peas and tarragon last in the "keep warm" phase so that my peas wouldn't end up mushy and there was enough moisture and heat to defrost/cook them. So that was highly successful and easy! It's like a slow cooker. Speaking of which, I should use that more often. I typically love my slow cooker.
So my day has gone pretty well. Even when I was feeling a bit sick, I was still in a good mood. So praise God for that! No feeling frustrated about the issues raised in my last post. I had a great chat with Angela and we prayed about it. And I've been praying about it too. Everything is better when I'm actually active in my relationship with God and not passive. :D
This morning I woke up at 5:30 to ride my bike to Cott beach for an early morning swim as I do on Friday mornings and that was rad too! Super dooper cold though. The water was eerily warmish when I first got in, but it quickly got very cold. Malcolm and I swam around the pylon to warm up a bit, which worked, but when we stopped swimming it was very cold again. I don't think I've ever been that cold actually - none of my body worked properly: I tried speaking and my mouth would skip words from a sentence, I was hobbling because I couldn't feel my feet and my hands wouldn't grab things. I was so glad to get to the Blue Duck. I went into the bathroom and put my hands under the warm air from the hand dyer for a while.
But it was so worth it and I intend on doing it again next week! Truly the highlight of my week - good friends, good times and good food. But mostly doing stupid things with a fantastic group of friends is excellent.
Did a thing for MCU after a hot bath back at home, then went to work and started to feel a bit ill. I think it was a combination of frustration over my assignment due Monday and a very cold, early morning. It was odd though: my ears were popping, I felt a bit queasy and I think I was running a temperature. I would get really cold if it were remotely cool, or really warm if I would otherwise be comfortable. So I went home early and that been nice. I'm working on my assignment now (cept for the LJ updating).
Finally, I made risotto in my rice cooker this evening and it turned out pretty well! I cooked an onion in a pan and added the rice to that with some white wine. Then I put that mixture into my rice cooker with chicken stock, diced chicken and more wine and it came out really good! I added some peas and tarragon last in the "keep warm" phase so that my peas wouldn't end up mushy and there was enough moisture and heat to defrost/cook them. So that was highly successful and easy! It's like a slow cooker. Speaking of which, I should use that more often. I typically love my slow cooker.
So my day has gone pretty well. Even when I was feeling a bit sick, I was still in a good mood. So praise God for that! No feeling frustrated about the issues raised in my last post. I had a great chat with Angela and we prayed about it. And I've been praying about it too. Everything is better when I'm actually active in my relationship with God and not passive. :D