Fun times

These former students plus one that needed to leave early made my day on Saturday.  We had lunch and we shared stories and we laughed.  SO much fun.  I can't wait to do it again.

Baby Blanket

I finished my first "rag quilt" on Wednesday evening.  I have one seam left to fix.  It came undone on the back.  Here it is...

Plans

When plans change the day of, even for good reasons, I have absolutely no idea what to do.  It was so warm in my condo that I took a nap.  Then I just kinda sat around.  I did cook meal #3 in an adventure I'm doing with friends called "Around the World in 80 Meals".  It was a stir fry kind of meal from Thailand.  The chilies were SPICY.  Oh wow.  Loved the thai holy basil though.  It was the best of the 3 meals we have tried so far.  Tomorrow I may do some laundry.  I had originally typed the word "should" instead of "may".  I need to stop "should"-ing myself.  It creates nothing but bad internal thoughts.  I ate pretty well today although around 3pm a piece of nice fluffy chocolate cake was sounding amazing.  I think that's when I ate a container, a small one with 120 calories, of greek yogurt with fruit instead.  Tomorrow I start my week of jogging.  My week of rowing went well.  Let's see if I can drag myself out the door at 6am.  I think so...I know so.

Hugs Rita

Tonight we got together to remember Rita.  She was a good friend and it was nice to be with people who loved her.  I got to see pictures of her from the early 90's.  Whoa, what hair.  I would have loved it if Rita had shown me some of those.  They are awesome.  I'm sure we would have had a good laugh.  I miss Rita a lot and I know I will for a long time.

Finally Cooking!

And it feels pretty good.  Granted I'm not cooking a lot.  I had a salad for lunch and chicken with the vegetable medley that I like for dinner.  The veggies required cooking.  I got all of my New York pictures into frames that I wanted to so that was nice as well.  I am on day #3 of no Porto's.  It's nice to feel a bit in control.

What a week

Last week was a bit strange.  It proved to be a pretty difficult "back to life" transition week.  I didn't go to the grocery store until Saturday.  I ate out almost every meal.  It was not a good plan.  I had a spinach salad at home for lunch today so that was a step in the healthy direction.  I practiced 2 bell solos with piano accompaniment this morning.  I'm playing in 2 weeks so it was about time to practice.  It's not even 4pm.  I should probably do the dishes.  There sure aren't many of them.

Last day in the city!