I have come to the sad realization that both my sister and my mom have busier social lives than I do. Not quite sure why this has happened but at least Im at the point where I can accept it. My lack of enthusiasm for drinking and preference to wear socks instead of tights has placed me in the position of spending more time at home than out with friends. My friends in Chicago are all doing their own things with school or work or just ignoring me (u know who you are!) and with my best friend in St Louis my social life is a bit on the boring side. I met Lizzy's boyfriend for the first time today. He was nice but Pape didn't seem to notice because he tried to bite him anyways. I really need to take a How-to-Train-dogs class. He is such a good babe with us but then you introduce someone else in the house or an animal and its like he is fighting to prove his masculinity. Poor babe has some issues. He is being sent to boot camp which I don't agree with but he isn't my dog and something needs to be done so that I can have Rob come over without leaving with bruises.
The upside to all of this is that I have a lot of time on my hands to 1)apply for jobs 2)cook all the food I dreampt about in Peace Corps and 3)fantasize about craft projects I never had the time or energy to do. I have put together great ideas for everyone's christmas presents and I am almost done with my Senegal scrapbook. Its coming along slowly but I think it's going to be awesome. I am going to try my hand at quilting some of the amazing fabric I brought back with me from Senegal. And I am going to try my best to stay out of the way of the Christmas mayhem that is swallowing my beach house whole. There are Christmas trees up and themes discussed as flowers are drying in the dinning room and my mom tells me that all my kitchen stuff has to go before the tour. How can kitchen stuff clash with Christmas? I mean don't you cook for Christmas?
I have been trying out a lot of recipes as of late because I have the time. Lizzy has decided that I make a mean Kale salad and she didn't turn her nose up at my burritos either. I made Kale chips today but Im not a fan. i like my greens to taste like greens and not really thin chips. Tonight Im making marinated tofu for sandwiches. Talking about food brings me to a very sad point. Today was the last day of the farmers market. It officially ends next week but I will be in St Louis next weekend so this was the last weekend for me. I saw almost all my vendors and got my last cup of coffee. Everyone said goodbye to Martha and I bought as much as I could carry. Im not gonna lie, I teared up a bit driving away for the last time. My friends invited me to their farms and I might take them up on it. My friend Abby has miniature horses and if my family needs eggs or chickens I can get them from her. It was sad saying goodbye to the face of my food. I have about 20lbs of squash to make my way through but thats only going to last me so long. My fruit people gave me free apples and most gave Martha treats to say goodbye. My saturday mornings are going to be so boring.
Well Im gonna go check on my tofu. Its the 30th anniversary for the movie Alien so i have a pretty packed night...
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Posted by: Trap Jack's Mama | October 27, 2009 at 09:23 PM