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It has been such a productive weekend! I think it is the first one I have had since the semester started. The Boy has been out of town and I had the apartment to myself. So I cleaned, cleaned, rearranged furniture, did the dishes *scowl*, got groceries, macrame'd a fetus and cooked a ton of food. I made a huge pot each of veggie soup, goulash, kabouli, and spaghetti sauce. Those will all get frozen once I cool them down enough to put in jars. I tried a new recipe for a rice and cranberry salad that turned out pretty tasty, so I will be taking it as my dish to pass at the in-laws' Thanksgiving get-together thingy. I'm going to make some mushroom risotto next. I've never made it before, so we shall see how it turns out. Plus I made some rice, beans, and lentils so we can just heat them up as we need them. Whew! I must be on some sort of drug this weekend because I had fun doing all this! o_o
Yesterday I walked down to the co-op for bulk stuff. It was a lovely day: great winter-time temperature, no wind, no snow, and most of the sidewalks were nice and bare. Aside from some mud (due to the melting snow *sniff*), it was a perfect day to go for a walk. So I was in a great mood, swinging my little canvas bag and whistling. I'm not normally cheerful enough to warrant whistling, but yesterday was an exception. So, I'm whistling away, minding my own business and I had three people stare at me like I was nuts on a six-block long walk. o_o Is whistling or being cheerful that uncommon? I mean, I smiled and said hello to them; it's not like I was oblivious to my surroundings or being too weird, I don't think. It's kinda sad that it's so strange to people when they see someone being happy.
EDIT TO ADD: I just got back from Goodwill (I cleaned, I sorted, I donated!), and on our way in I heard someone yell, "Hey, ma'am?" I glanced back and saw a woman hanging out the window of her van. Not being accustomed to being called "ma'am," I assumed she was talking to someone else and started to walk away. She called again and when I stopped being a dork and realized she was talking to me, she waved me over and handed me the coupon she had gotten from donating.
"If you need anything, just take this. You can probably use it more than me."
That was such a nice, faith-in-humanity-restoring experience. Her was this woman, donating what she didn't need, then giving her coupon away. It just made me all happy and weepy. And it is especially nice to see around the holidays when everyone is so frantic and focused on the petty things. *le sigh*
That is all. I need a break from all this productivity. *feels forehead* Something must be wrong with me... I'll mess around on the internet. That solves everything!
Yesterday I walked down to the co-op for bulk stuff. It was a lovely day: great winter-time temperature, no wind, no snow, and most of the sidewalks were nice and bare. Aside from some mud (due to the melting snow *sniff*), it was a perfect day to go for a walk. So I was in a great mood, swinging my little canvas bag and whistling. I'm not normally cheerful enough to warrant whistling, but yesterday was an exception. So, I'm whistling away, minding my own business and I had three people stare at me like I was nuts on a six-block long walk. o_o Is whistling or being cheerful that uncommon? I mean, I smiled and said hello to them; it's not like I was oblivious to my surroundings or being too weird, I don't think. It's kinda sad that it's so strange to people when they see someone being happy.
EDIT TO ADD: I just got back from Goodwill (I cleaned, I sorted, I donated!), and on our way in I heard someone yell, "Hey, ma'am?" I glanced back and saw a woman hanging out the window of her van. Not being accustomed to being called "ma'am," I assumed she was talking to someone else and started to walk away. She called again and when I stopped being a dork and realized she was talking to me, she waved me over and handed me the coupon she had gotten from donating.
"If you need anything, just take this. You can probably use it more than me."
That was such a nice, faith-in-humanity-restoring experience. Her was this woman, donating what she didn't need, then giving her coupon away. It just made me all happy and weepy. And it is especially nice to see around the holidays when everyone is so frantic and focused on the petty things. *le sigh*
That is all. I need a break from all this productivity. *feels forehead* Something must be wrong with me... I'll mess around on the internet. That solves everything!