clevermanka | Languishing ennui

So yesterday was Talk Like A Pirate Day and I completely spaced it--as did most on my f-list apparently. Oh, how quickly the charming novelties of yesteryear lose their appeal and shine.

*languish* *ennui*

Today I'm sulky.

I'm sulky because I very much don't want to be at the office. I'm not even trying to fast (a half-eaten dish of yogurt and Kashi Go Lean! is sitting next to my keyboard at this very moment).

I go through phases of enjoying and despising coming to work. It's not like I like my actual job more or less. Overall, I quite enjoy what I do here. However, there are times when I don't have a lot to do at the office but loads of stuff to do at home. That makes it difficult to maintain good attitude about coming to work. These are the times when I think I should just quit my job and make a go at costuming and teaching belly dance for a living. It would be a much easier decision if I didn't honestly enjoy working with and for the graduate students here. Plus, could I make this amount of money (plus benefits) if I was self-employed? Um. No.

I tell myself this, too, shall pass. But saying that doesn't help the long days when I would rather be elsewhere, doing otherwise.

I'm sulky because

everflame and I didn't get to go to yoga last night. We started out to Baldwin, and just past the stoplight on highway 59 out of Lawrence, there was a big construction delay. We sat at a dead stop for fifteen minutes. At 6:15 I realized there was no way we were going to make it to Gopi's in time for class, so we turned around. On the way home, we grabbed some Guinness and hard cider. Instead of stretching, we loosened up by drinking the evening away and watching the wonderful storm pass through.

I made some halawa, but since I'm still missing the laptop with my recipes, I didn't make it quite right. It was a little dry and thick, but

everflame and

mckitterick didn't seem to mind.

I'm sulky because I don't have time or energy to do some serious grocery shopping and real, honest-to-gods cooking. I bought Super Natural Cooking this week. Now I'm itching to get back to a whole foods kitchen--something I haven't cultivated with any rigor since 1998.

*languish* *ennui*

I'm too sulky even to flail about in frustration. The most I can muster is a couple fingerdrums on the desk.

Bleh.

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Still good this morning! Though, when I pulled it out of the fridge, hard as a ROCK. The microwave did the trick. Yum!

hard as a ROCK

Yeah, I'm thinking I way underestimated on the water ratio. But I didn't want us to wind up with soupy cream of wheat, either...

I'm happy it softened up in the microwave!

I think support staff need sabbaticals, too.

That would be awesome. I'd even take upaid leave if I could be guaranteed my job when I returned.

That was some tasty halawa. Also tasty beer-cider mix. A great storm. And fun conversation. Sorry your today is blah.

Sorry your today is blah.

Me, too. This blows.

It must be going around because I'm of the same attitude today. I *do* like my job. But my mind is consumed with other things right now (teenager being #1) and it makes me not care if I'm here or not.

Now I'm curious. What is halawa?

Halawa is an eastern dessert/sweet that has two different forms. One, the Middle Eastern style one, is a sort of heavy, dense paste made from ground pistachios, tahini, and other stuff. The other, that I make, is Indian. It's basically a mix of butter and wheat farina that you mix with a simple sugar syrup. I'll send you the recipe when I find the laptop. There are recipes on the web (look for the ones called Suji Halawa), but mine is from my yoga teacher, is very very tasty and by far the simplest.

That sounds interesting and definitely worth trying. I'll research some receipes until yours makes itself known again :-)

Could you send me that recipe too?
I'm aching for tastey food....

I'll post the recipe when I find it. I'm heartbroken over the loss of this laptop. *sigh*

For lunch, I had 'Run home and clean up the Tiger Cage' which seems to have become a staple in my diet. Susan Liebhart (the Meade lady aka Emerald) is supposed to stop by for a massage tonight. While walking out the door this morning, I realized that my place was fairly cluttered from lack of attention. I've spent so much time on leathersmithing lately that it's a wonder I can stand to be at my shop. Sure, there's stuff to do here as well. If not for that, I'd be burning sick time to work on costuming myself!

Hope the warm sunshine suffuses your day with joy.

Yale~

I know. And I wouldn't even need a whole year, I'd be happy with a semester off every few years. When I get really antsy, I find myself composing the petition in my head. It's full of fun facts about how happy people with fulfilling lives and the time to pursue outside interests are less stressed and make better employees. The only problem is that I don't have anyone to send it to who would listen. *grumble, sigh*

I'd be happy with a semester off every few years

Hell, I'd take every other summer.

That's good, too. :)

I'm too sulky even to flail about in frustration

There are times I resemble that remark.

Oh, I have that cookbook on my list! I keep meaning to go to a bookstore and check it out. I do (or used to when I had time) read her blog.

Let me reassure you, this cookbook will not disappoint. It's definitely one to savor. Mmmm.

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