Let's talk food!!!

It's that time of the year : frickin' cold out.
The time of the year when you just want to avoid the outdoors. Or at least today. It's -30. Yeeeah.
So in my avoidance of out of doors I made a bunch of food!
Yesterday I made guacamole. Yummers. Here is how I do it :

GUACAMOLE!
1 Avocado
1/4 Red Onion chopped
1/2 medium Tomato chopped
1 teaspoon garlic
2 teaspoons cumin
1 handful of Cilantro chopped
Salt and Pepper
1/3 fresh Lime juice squeezed in.
Mix it all up and eat!
It ends up a bit lumpy and less than perfect but I wasn't going for perfect anyway : )

BROCCOLI SALAD
Broccoli florets chopped to bitable sizes
a handful of grapes halved or quartered depending on size
walnuts chopped
greeen onions chopped
a good dollop of real mayo
mix 'er all up and you're good to go.

BOSTON CREAM PIE!!



****This was written in January and now published in September, just so you know.

The Universe

I saw a short clip the other day. You remember when you were a kid and you learned that the planets circled the Sun? Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars then Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, right? There were a few that had kind of wonky trajectories but, you know, for the most part they just circled and the Sun was sort of portrayed as this passive mass that supported the livelihoods of the other planets, right? Well I saw this video the other day and it sort of blew my mind. (I am aware that I use "blew my mind", as does everybody else, way too often, but lets get to the point here.) So the sun is NOT passive. The sun is flying through space at like 70,000 kph and the planets are still circling but they are not passively circling, they are all every active in their objectives. Fascinating. Really, really cool. You should look it up.

I am a person who makes decisions based on other peoples moves. I think, maybe, most people are like this… but anyway, I find it very difficult when my job requires me to be more "self sufficient". I find it absolutely incongruent. I am not completely self sustaining, that's why I have a job where I do. These thoughts go round and round back and forth for years on end.

Okay, what about .....

Okay, what about those phone conversations that you're wrapping up and nobody knows quite where it ends and so it ends up the tow of you yelling at each other, "okay bye?" "Thanks for calling." "Yup, love you!" "Alright!" "Okay!" And it goes on for like 15 seconds of you both talking over each other about how much you enjoyed the convo and you'll see each other again soon and have a good day.....!

Okay, that was fucked up. I stopped at holiday in forest lake. The cashier was an asshole and threw my change at me and said have a nice night without any truth in it. Then I'm going to leave and there is this family I know. I've waited on them thru the years, they are super sweet and I got excited, even thought of getting out if my car to say hi but then I noticed what was really going on, they were making the kid drop. Yeah they're divorced or separated, I dunno but there was one family and two cars. Glad I didn't get out to say hi : )


*** this is bring written from my car immediately afterward. I would like to take time to explore this little story more/better but am typing on my phone at the moment.

Fun stuff!

Today I picked up my dress for my sister's wedding!
And paid off my car!!
And decided to up my monthly payment on my student loans :)
Yay!!!
Today feels great!

Adulthood.

What is it? Is it an age? Is it a feeling?
Are you an adult at 33 with a seasonal job who is paying the bills but not putting anything away for later? Are you an adult if you are still sort of living day to day?
When does adulthood come?
Is adulthood a privelege?
Am I the new poor?
Am I poor and just have never realized it?
Are opportunities only for the rich?
Do opportunities only come to those who already have all the opportunities?