Sugar and spice...and everything nice...
So today is the last day of July... I'm not exactly sure how I feel about this fact. Granted, it means I'll have been living here for almost a month.. just shy of a week I suppose.. but I'm trying to give myself some realistic goals. A list of things I should be accomplishing as it were...
So far I've done alright.. Sorted out important numbers (insurance and job one for taxes) and got my pill changed over to a UK equivalent - still floored by the fact that I was able to get 6 months worth of birth control pills for... FREE! yes.. I'm still amazed by this! *bemused* We sorted out the banking and I finally got my new debit card - which will be nice to have, cause really coins are so freakin' heavy! It'll be nice not having to carry about so much change! lol...
I've only applied for one job - which I didn't get (no big surprise) But I really haven't applied for anything else... I'm not exactly sure how lenient I should be with myself on this fact. I swear the last few weeks have seriously flown by... before I know it the day is already over and I'm left wondering where it all went... It's not like I'm simply sitting around being lazy... but I suppose one could look at it that way.. I mean I am doing things.. out walking, dishes, cleaning here and there... so I dunno.. how hard should I be on myself for not searching harder for work? I honestly don't know.. to be fair again.. there really isn't a lot out there that I could realistically apply for. Hrmph! just feeling a bit unsettled about it all.. I feel like I *should* be doing more, yet... I feel hmm.. I don't know.. I think it's the only concern I really have about being here.. I feel like I'm being a bit of a let down, but.. Paul seems to be keeping his complaints to himself. I'm sure he has plenty, he just hasn't voiced them yet. Which in a way, I sort of wish he would - because I don't know exactly what he's thinking... part of me doesn't really want to ask tho.
Moving on from all that.. I stubbed my toe the other day...(Paul calls it karma since I was teasing him before hand about something) Anyway, ever since then.. walking hasn't been very pleasant - the damn toe has been sore.. even having the duvet resting on it last night wasn't very nice! Either I jammed it or bruised it terribly or even possibly fractured it.. who knows.. but UGH! it needs to sort it's shit out cause it hurts lol..
I made chicken stock today - we had a roast chicken over the weekend and I figured I'd give it a go... It's not like I haven't made chicken soup from a whole chicken before, but... sometimes it just doesn't turn out how I want it. I'm going to attempt to make a Thai rice soup out of it.. which I haven't made before - but we'll see how it turns out. I'm at a bit of a stand still since I dont' really wanna start the rice just yet - yes it's kind of going to be a porridgy rice but.. I want it to have some texture so if I start it now, it'll simply be too mushy by the time dinner comes around. Also letting the stock cool off so I can skim the top of it off.. it's a bit fatty from the chicken... I've already strained it.. but it can use a little more cleaning up *muses*
Lastly... my damn sweet tooth is flaring up again.. I want to eat everything sweet in sight! in fact.. I ended up buying jam doughnuts while I was at the store earlier... lol.. self control - 0 Tummy fat - too much to name! haha! I blame being a girl... yes that's right I'm blaming the time of the month on my uncontrollable ability to say no to sweets!
Bring it on, August!
So far I've done alright.. Sorted out important numbers (insurance and job one for taxes) and got my pill changed over to a UK equivalent - still floored by the fact that I was able to get 6 months worth of birth control pills for... FREE! yes.. I'm still amazed by this! *bemused* We sorted out the banking and I finally got my new debit card - which will be nice to have, cause really coins are so freakin' heavy! It'll be nice not having to carry about so much change! lol...
I've only applied for one job - which I didn't get (no big surprise) But I really haven't applied for anything else... I'm not exactly sure how lenient I should be with myself on this fact. I swear the last few weeks have seriously flown by... before I know it the day is already over and I'm left wondering where it all went... It's not like I'm simply sitting around being lazy... but I suppose one could look at it that way.. I mean I am doing things.. out walking, dishes, cleaning here and there... so I dunno.. how hard should I be on myself for not searching harder for work? I honestly don't know.. to be fair again.. there really isn't a lot out there that I could realistically apply for. Hrmph! just feeling a bit unsettled about it all.. I feel like I *should* be doing more, yet... I feel hmm.. I don't know.. I think it's the only concern I really have about being here.. I feel like I'm being a bit of a let down, but.. Paul seems to be keeping his complaints to himself. I'm sure he has plenty, he just hasn't voiced them yet. Which in a way, I sort of wish he would - because I don't know exactly what he's thinking... part of me doesn't really want to ask tho.
Moving on from all that.. I stubbed my toe the other day...(Paul calls it karma since I was teasing him before hand about something) Anyway, ever since then.. walking hasn't been very pleasant - the damn toe has been sore.. even having the duvet resting on it last night wasn't very nice! Either I jammed it or bruised it terribly or even possibly fractured it.. who knows.. but UGH! it needs to sort it's shit out cause it hurts lol..
I made chicken stock today - we had a roast chicken over the weekend and I figured I'd give it a go... It's not like I haven't made chicken soup from a whole chicken before, but... sometimes it just doesn't turn out how I want it. I'm going to attempt to make a Thai rice soup out of it.. which I haven't made before - but we'll see how it turns out. I'm at a bit of a stand still since I dont' really wanna start the rice just yet - yes it's kind of going to be a porridgy rice but.. I want it to have some texture so if I start it now, it'll simply be too mushy by the time dinner comes around. Also letting the stock cool off so I can skim the top of it off.. it's a bit fatty from the chicken... I've already strained it.. but it can use a little more cleaning up *muses*
Lastly... my damn sweet tooth is flaring up again.. I want to eat everything sweet in sight! in fact.. I ended up buying jam doughnuts while I was at the store earlier... lol.. self control - 0 Tummy fat - too much to name! haha! I blame being a girl... yes that's right I'm blaming the time of the month on my uncontrollable ability to say no to sweets!
Bring it on, August!