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Dec. 20th, 2019 07:50 amI'm somewhat tempted to float the idea of going out next week for Chinese buffet. Barring that I might make a batch of veggie lo mein or something. Since I don't need to pick up the kids, I have the free time to go get some ingredients at Jax Oriental, and a package of enoki 'shrooms and some of those great, chewy, loonnnnng udon noodles they make would be perfect.
Today is not as freezing cold as yesterday so I am playing a bit of catch-up. I'm actually making the lentils and rice, as well as lemon-cornbread muffins. There are yet more lemons to harvest, and I've been juicing them and storing the juice, and will freeze ice cube trays of it when I get enough. I'm also thinking of drying the rinds in the dehydrator to make snacks.
I had some free-floating anxiety yesterday but it passed. Sometimes despite my meds and my best efforts, I'm just anxious for no obvious reason. It's much easier to deal with as an occasional occurrence rather than as the daily default. It's also good to be in a situation where your SO is understanding of these things, rather than someone who thinks it's funny to tell you things that make it worse.
My perception of the year has changed so that I now regard RunDisney marathon weekend as the "end of the year." So my new year starts when we get home from that. I guess that's not the worst way to wind up a year, and time and dates are arbitrary anyway. So it also feels weird that there are winter holidays right now and coming up. But I'm looking forward to post-marathon January when I'll pick up my decluttering and cleaning projects and focusing on new things. For the upcoming year I want to focus more on doing and learning yoga, and may look into lower-level teacher training. I don't know how well that will work out considering I've never done yoga in a group or class situation and am entirely self-taught. I'm not looking so much to teach or open a studio or anything of that sort, but to deepen my own knowledge. We'll see what happens.
Next time I'm out I need some seed-starting supplies. I'm out of soil mix, and my trays have finally started cracking after a couple of years of use. I think the kohlrabi needs to be sown in place but everything else can be started in trays. My experimental "direct compost" bed is looking great and there are a couple of small pepper plants growing near the edge. The almost-dead serrano pepper I rescued from Home Depot is now ... enormous. And covered with big, healthy peppers.
Today is not as freezing cold as yesterday so I am playing a bit of catch-up. I'm actually making the lentils and rice, as well as lemon-cornbread muffins. There are yet more lemons to harvest, and I've been juicing them and storing the juice, and will freeze ice cube trays of it when I get enough. I'm also thinking of drying the rinds in the dehydrator to make snacks.
I had some free-floating anxiety yesterday but it passed. Sometimes despite my meds and my best efforts, I'm just anxious for no obvious reason. It's much easier to deal with as an occasional occurrence rather than as the daily default. It's also good to be in a situation where your SO is understanding of these things, rather than someone who thinks it's funny to tell you things that make it worse.
My perception of the year has changed so that I now regard RunDisney marathon weekend as the "end of the year." So my new year starts when we get home from that. I guess that's not the worst way to wind up a year, and time and dates are arbitrary anyway. So it also feels weird that there are winter holidays right now and coming up. But I'm looking forward to post-marathon January when I'll pick up my decluttering and cleaning projects and focusing on new things. For the upcoming year I want to focus more on doing and learning yoga, and may look into lower-level teacher training. I don't know how well that will work out considering I've never done yoga in a group or class situation and am entirely self-taught. I'm not looking so much to teach or open a studio or anything of that sort, but to deepen my own knowledge. We'll see what happens.
Next time I'm out I need some seed-starting supplies. I'm out of soil mix, and my trays have finally started cracking after a couple of years of use. I think the kohlrabi needs to be sown in place but everything else can be started in trays. My experimental "direct compost" bed is looking great and there are a couple of small pepper plants growing near the edge. The almost-dead serrano pepper I rescued from Home Depot is now ... enormous. And covered with big, healthy peppers.
