The week so far...
Jul. 12th, 2005 07:08 pmI'm currently sitting in my back yard in a plastic chair that we bought from Value Village for $3 each, watching Kouryou-chan, Yamaarashi-chan, and two of the "dubious neighbor" kids, one of whom is playing in her pyjamas. It's 7pm and the sun is still high in the sky. I'm waiting for some diced beef to finish marinating in a sweet garlic and soy sauce before making what I promised Yamaarashi-chan for dinner: stir fried beef and vegetables with extra baby corn.
It's been a hectic three days, ever since Omaha took flight for Boston and left me alone with the munchkins. I made chicken risotto (the good kind, with real parmesean and imported rice and white wine and fresh parsley and saffron) on Sunday, and last night I made a shrimp curry with apples and raisins over couscous. I've also been responsible for the girls' lunches, so Monday I made PB&J's, which led Yamaraashi-chan to complain that I made "terrible lunches!" because I forgot to give them chips or something. So today I made them tuna fish sandwiches and gave them banana chips and a few animal crackers.
They've been going to the YMCA, and I've been doing half-days at work. It's all worked out. Because there are so many children in the neighborhood, they're staying outside all the time, which I really appreciate because it keeps them out of my hair and has them doing stuff that's healthy for them.
And Omaha has given me a great gift: a 48-GB hard drive for my laptop. It was originally meant for hers, but it's too big for the bay on her iBook, but it fits my IBM Thinkpad perfectly-- it's an IBM Travelstar. I've been living out of a 6GB hard drive for the past seven years; I have no idea what to do with 40 gigs of free space. I'm sure I'll think of something.
I went to the dentist today and he found a spot that needs drilling and filling. He said (weasel words!) that I had a "challenging mouth geometry." I think that means my teeth are a pain to clean and maintain, and he's recommending crowns soon. Lovely.
Between doing house maintenence and taking care of the kids, I haven't had much time to write or blog or do anything but watch the kids. It took three days to stabilize the laptop on the new hard drive, so that's my excuse for why you haven't heard from me for a few days.
More to come later.
It's been a hectic three days, ever since Omaha took flight for Boston and left me alone with the munchkins. I made chicken risotto (the good kind, with real parmesean and imported rice and white wine and fresh parsley and saffron) on Sunday, and last night I made a shrimp curry with apples and raisins over couscous. I've also been responsible for the girls' lunches, so Monday I made PB&J's, which led Yamaraashi-chan to complain that I made "terrible lunches!" because I forgot to give them chips or something. So today I made them tuna fish sandwiches and gave them banana chips and a few animal crackers.
They've been going to the YMCA, and I've been doing half-days at work. It's all worked out. Because there are so many children in the neighborhood, they're staying outside all the time, which I really appreciate because it keeps them out of my hair and has them doing stuff that's healthy for them.
And Omaha has given me a great gift: a 48-GB hard drive for my laptop. It was originally meant for hers, but it's too big for the bay on her iBook, but it fits my IBM Thinkpad perfectly-- it's an IBM Travelstar. I've been living out of a 6GB hard drive for the past seven years; I have no idea what to do with 40 gigs of free space. I'm sure I'll think of something.
I went to the dentist today and he found a spot that needs drilling and filling. He said (weasel words!) that I had a "challenging mouth geometry." I think that means my teeth are a pain to clean and maintain, and he's recommending crowns soon. Lovely.
Between doing house maintenence and taking care of the kids, I haven't had much time to write or blog or do anything but watch the kids. It took three days to stabilize the laptop on the new hard drive, so that's my excuse for why you haven't heard from me for a few days.
More to come later.
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