going lean, once again

I realized recently that while i was doing the contracting thingi had gotten into the habit of eating out and opting for convenience. there are other spiritual elements that accompanied this, and i think it's about time for me to have a bit of spring cleaning soulfully and with my habits as well as with the house.

i'll keep you posted on how it goes.
today: petrol, $10.

As i looked at my calendar for this week, i realized we're but a month away from going to Daylight Saving Time, at least for this year. Beginning next year, we'll start two weeks earlier, on the second Sunday of March, and end a full month later, on the last Sunday in November. Call me crazy and out of step with the mainstream, but how does extending the amount of darkness during my morning routine help save energy?

One can only hope that some good will come of it, for i certainly am not a fan of the existing six month schedule, let alone its extended cousin-to-be.

house-hold

so many renovations; so little time.

the kitchen might actually get finished this month. no really!

the den is looking up as well, as kn0w1 has offered to help move a couple bits of furniture out with me tomorrow, and i have paint just waiting for the walls.

i still can't decide on living room furniture, as the long couch sits on one end and looms toward the blank space where other, decent, less controversial folks would be thoughtful enough to provide an entertainment center (large and hulking and precluding thought).

i refuse to stress about the bits of the upstairs just now. one obsession at a time, that's my policy.

cures

Ever since the accident, I've been still a little dizzy. Then on Thursday morning, i seem to have developed a stuffiness which has grown into what i would believe was a full-blown attack of allergies, if i had allergies.

i have handled it as Aunt Heidi would prescribe: autumn-garden golden noodle soup and murder mysteries. thank goodness for Too Many Books. When I went in and looked at Linda and said "I need some grisly serial killers to fight off my cold" she knew just what to put in my hands. What could be better?

to market to market

i went to Fresh Market at towers mall today and have to say i'm totally blown away. the store is fantastic, not only because it has so much of what i'm looking for, but because it places organic and high-quality, ethically-minded foods in the most valuable of places. produce that isn't organic is labeled 'conventional.' how cool is that?

i came home with a bunch off food that the boys and i are goingt o cook tonight and tomorrow. soul food and soul cooking.

phones and cars and such

it's official: i now have transportation and communication. i'm not a fan of my new phone, mostly because it isn't my old phone, and i knew where all the buttons were and how to work it. i'll adjust.

many thanks to kn0w1 for taking me through new-phone-hell and to phillip for managing the insurance stuff. thanks to jax and mags for talking and listening and being there. and thanks for lunch at wildflour.

alas alack, i have bought new books, mostly geeky replacements of ones which have gone missing in the past few years, and all of them non-fiction. i also popped in to the new Fresh Fields at towers and am completely impressed. today's work being done, i think i'm headed for a long hot bath and then out for sushi.

hope all is well in your world.

school again school again jiggity jig

i've been reading tons about the idea of justice and the family, about utilitarian ethics and suchlike. yes, i have a thesis in the works again at long last, and this is not simply some random foray into academia. i could use a printer, but that's what libraries and notecards are for after all.

the bibliography and feasibility notes are due next thursday, with the official and formal proposal due at the end of the month. i'm a little intimidated, mind you, but so far it looks as though i have a bit of a framework ofr writing the whole thing, and the thesis statement is coming along nicely. the framework for the first chapter seems to be presenting itself well, and the quotes i have found to date are wonderful, inspiring, and all in all it seems to be flowing.

i'm thrilled.

i have no idea when my official graduation date will be, but i know that professor becker and i would like to see me complete this sometime this summer at the latest, given that i can only reasonably write and research while the boys are at school.

wish me luck, and beware the pending geekinkess on my part.