Best part of the day: Getting an anticipated email update from a best friend, and other social networking communications. I love that technology is totally on my side here, permitting me to stay in touch with whosoever I desire.
Worst part of the day: Not making it to the cemetery here in Recoleta today. Why didn't I? Isn't it funny how with empty, agenda-less days it is so much harder to get anything done? I feel as though I already resign myself to underachieving when I awake past ten in the morning, and don't have set goals for the day. New goal: set more goals. :)
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I had the opportunity to sleep in today, which was very nice and much needed. Then I made breakfast, where I am working on remembering how long I like my boiled eggs cooked for; is it seven minutes after the water boils, or including boiling time? Do I keep the eggs in the water from the very start? Then there's the whole issue of moving the poor devils directly from fridge to boiling water, then they crack, then the water's all goopey... anyway. Not what you came to this site to read tonight. :)
After breakfeast, I began playing my guitar again. I think my fingers are callusing nicely. Guitar is a nice activity for many reasons, and one of them is the possibility of facebook chatting in between songs or verses. So I keep from being lonely between the two activities.
Then, all of a sudden, I had a realization while I was playing.
I am VERY done with what I'll call merely "subsistence cooking". Subsistence cooking: making a mix-n-match "meal" out of the fridge/pantry contents and expecting it to work long-term. SO, in efforts against enabling this laziness any longer, I hopped on epicurious.com to find some recipes, or at least ideas for possible food combinations. I picked a dish to make each day for this week and next, and a shopping list that goes along with them. Today's masterpiece was a garbanzo bean (aka chickpea) salad, with parsley, garlic, lemon juice, and olive oil. I made rice to go with it, for I felt it was not substantial enough on its own. It was scrumptious! And more importantly, it tasted of success. Of taking a step towards managing things better. Of making the decision to grab this bull by the horns, and completely learn how to live independently. And of lemons whose equal I have never tasted.
Also, it continues to be a hige bonus that while the rice, pasta, meats that I don't buy/eat, and other meal ingredients cost the same or more as in the States, the best part--the fresh fruit and veg--remains cheap.
Before I made dinner, however, I had gone for a walk around town. I was tired of the apartment, and went to see if I could find a gym at which to get a membership, or maybe a cafe to scope out some afternoon. I found several of both. Now I just have to eenie-meenie-miney-moe it. That can be done.
After dinner, I was able to SKYPE my family. Huzzah! This has been our struggle, because the BlackBerry tablet that I have with me does not exactly support (software-wise) the Skype. It is the most common app used by friends and family of mine, though, so I was missing out. Now I am capable--woohoo! So, skype me. All you skypers. Yeah.
I played my sister and dad songs on the guitar I've been learning. It was fun just to share that with them. And now, I'm at bedtime. Nothing tomorrow, again, so I think it's time to visit the cemetery, and maybe see if the roses have bloomed in the Palermo rose garden. Goals. :)
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