The orange-lime bundt cake I made this weekend is YUMMY!
Tag: slice of life
Going to be a rough week, I think
The next few weeks are going to be rough. Katy seriously hates her job, and it's affecting her physically and emotionally. I'm trying to be as supportive as I can, but sometimes, I'm only human and I react less than stellarly to her grumpiness. I feel bad about it – I know it's not directed at me – but it's still putting some tension between us that really shouldn't be there. She has some interviews lined up, so there are promising avenues, but I'm worried about the toll that the day to day grind is going to take on her (and us) in the meantime.
Your Appartment
Katy and I spent a very productive day finally clearing out the last of the stuff in boxes and putting up decorations. Did a massive cleanup of the place too, as well as doing a gajillion loads of laundry. We didn't go outside at all today, but unfortunately, outside came to us. We seem to have a minor ant problem. We’ve been seeing them once in a while now, but today was the worst – Katy found one walking on her arm while we were watching a movie – not fun! We're going to go to B&Q tomorrow to get some ant traps and call the landlady to complain.
Enjoy the pics and tell me what you think.
And I'm stupidly proud of my Zen garden.
I am.
Edit: what people might not realize at first glance is that the rocks come from: Alcatraz, the Oratoire St-Joseph, l'Ange-Gardien and New Orleans. Oh, and the turtle's from Fiji.
the good the bad and the ugly
the good: I've gotten shitloads of good work done today
the bad: I have a headache that's making my eyes water again
the good: I have an appointment to get my eyes checked out
the bad: it's in 2 weeks
the good: it's friday
the bad: I'm still at work and I wanna go home.
Weekend in review
Today, I am happy.
That, in itself, means little, to be honest, but it's the culmination of a lot of worries. I love my job, I love my Katy, I love my apartment. Touch wood, things will continue on this merry way *touches wood*.
I had a nice weekend. Lots of yummy spicy food, waaaay too much pig, lots of money spent.
I bought a VCR (which raised my blood pressure – SCART leads are evil, so are NTL boxes) and a little HI-FI for the bedroom. Yesterday, Katy and I went to The Pier and other swanky shops on Fitzroy street for stuff to add a bit of colour to the apartment. Got some nice cushions for the couch and the rocking chair. I seriously need to go back to the open-air market in the city center because I'm drooling over the batik fabric throws. I'm seriously going to spend some money there next pay. It has beautiful stuff, but as Katy says, we need to unpack and place all the schwag we have in boxes before we get more.
I'll be posting pictures of the apartment as soon as things get settled.
Hmmmm, pig.
Katy and I have been eating a lot of pig in the past little while. This makes us happy. Hmmmm, pig. We had Katy's mom's curry last night. Hmmmmmm, curry. And she made this dish with cabbage and carrots and chilies. Hmmmmm, chilies.
We came to Leicester this weekend to drop off some things and pick up a staggering amount of stuff to bring home. Katy's parents are driving us back to Cambs today, so we're going to have a day out and about in town. They also wanted to have a peek at the apartment with all my furniture in it. We're off soon, so more later.
What to do…
What do you do when someone is in such a good mood, because he spent the weekend having wild monkey sex, and wants to tell you all about it, but you just want to beat the shit out of him?
Bleargh
Gah. Second roommate came back from her trip. That means that both her and her BF are back at the apartment. I was enjoying the silence. It’s not that I don’t like her, but I’m having more and more trouble enduring her annoying laugh and kitschy style.