Smallhouse Log

Easter Sunday
"That looks like liquid diabetes." -Carlos, 03/23/2008

The above refers to the icing for the hot crossed buns I got up early to make. They came out delicious despite my troubles locating candied fruit. Now my only problem is keeping myself from eating all of them before I can cart them off to share with others. Not that I could eat all of them. So maybe I will have just one more...

Mmm, feast days.

Holy Saturday

So, instead of spending Good Friday fasting, working, and going to services, I spent it drinking soup and curled up under blankets, an ordeal I may have to repeat today. Here's hoping I can at least make it to the vigil tonight.

Aaaaand the Internet's gone out. I don't think I got the bill this month. I suppose these two items are related. BAH.

a few moments later

Still don't feel ready for Holy Week, much less the triduum. I suppose I won't make it to services tomorrow what with work and all. I better buy the ingredients for hot crossed buns, though.

Maundy Thursday

I: I've been counter-counterculture for a good while now.
B: Countercantulcan...
I: Counter-counter-culture?
B: You're saying the same prefix twice, right? Because it sounds like you're pronouncing them differently.
I: Contra-cobla.... I can't even say it. Contra-counterculture?
B: Counter-contraculture?
I: There's no such thing as contraculture.
B: Contras have culture.
I: You've never been to a contra, have you?

Friday

After a few days, I've managed to tear myself away from the vicious cycle of work, sleep, Brawl, work, sleep, Brawl. Most of the viciousness came during the Brawlin', some during the work. Only once during the sleep, when Shurpak woke me up via a clawing about the face. She's so adorable. I've since managed to clean a little, do some reading, and make a fairly tasty salad (spinach with red onion, tomato, and tahina sauce). Delicious.

And my entire social calendar for this weekend took a nosedive. I missed out on the bicycle hedonism because of a flat tire, the Whuppity Scoorie party was postponed due to illness in the hostess, and the Magnetic Fields concerts were all sold out by the time I got my paycheque. All that's left is the company party on Sunday, which should be.... interesting. Oh well, I'm probably better off without all the haggis and hedonism anyway. It's not the right time of year for either, really.

I don't feel ready for Holy Week.

Thursday

I think it might be time to clean the bathroom floor again, because when I look at it, I could swear I see things moving.

Monday

I got home from work with what would normally have been enough time, but I looked online and saw the time and location had changed. I wouldn't've have gotten there until it was half over and let's face it, I'm short on cash. So instead of going dancing, I just watched a movie about dancing. It made me wish I had gone dancing. And that I had a large quiet space with hardwood floors where no one would be all like "Why are you making such a racket jumping around like that?" Sigh. Maybe someday.

Right now, I miss being alone. Specifically, I miss the ability to hop on a bike and ride until I'm the only person within a mile of me. I really, really miss the ability to scream at the top of my lungs without worrying that someone's about to call the police. I guess I'm homesick.