I don't do anything at 7:30 AM
* But tomorrow I will be, as I want to go to Corvallis' first Buy Local breakfast.
Speaking of buying local - thanks to the generosity of our organization's board, we got gift certificates to local stores. I picked the First Alternative Food Co-op. After shopping there the other day, we had quesadillas with local tortillas and local cheese, washed it down with local milk. And it actually tasted better. And I feel better about myself and my eating habits (yes, I'm reading Omnivore's Dilemma. Which is very overdue at the library. Along with six other books. Oh well.) This tasty treat inspired a song (apologies to Andrew Lloyd Weber...sort of.) [Edit: I have been informed it was in fact Bernstein/Sondheim who wrote West Side Story. I knew there was a reason this musical didn't suck. Thank you, Karina.]
Tortilla!
I just ate a food named tortilla!
And suddenly I found
How tasty something round
Can beeeeee!
Tortilla!
If you fry it,
it's flaky and crispy
If it's soft,
it's delightfully squishy
Tortillllllla!
* Ahem. Next item. Work. Going well. Had a meeting with my boss over the fact that I feel like no one other than me cares about my project, and when I leave, the staff that are supposed to be taking over (you know, the capacity building part I've done) won't really care/won't have enough time to devote to it. And I've been saying this for months, but it came to a head. Now I feel much better. Mostly working on spreadsheets, interviewing new homeowners for testimonials, and writing a grant for homeownership education.
* I also feel better since I took today off of work to make up for the CLT conference I went to last week. I got up and had breakfast with Aaron, but then went back to sleep. Intended to do laundry later in the afternoon, but fell asleep. When Aaron got home from work, we took a nap. Ammmaaaaazing!
* I've also been sick. My allergies turned into a cold which turned into a nasty cough. I sounded like death for awhile. I was never this sick during school, even when I was getting 3-4 hours of sleep a night. I think it's work. I'm allergic!
* So looking forward to this fall. Well, for grad school at least. Looking at apartments and deciding that I'm going to bite the bullet and get a one bedroom (pricey) for peace of mind (priceless.) Trying to decide how far away from campus I can stand living vs. how close to the park I want to be. Not looking forward to being apart from Aaron. But we'll get through it.
*Ultimate Frisbee. Awesome. We won our last two games and I am no longer embarrassed to be seen on the field. I've actually had some big Ds and a few great offensive plays. Sweeeeeet.
* Seeing my peers on Facebook continues to astound me. How many people have babies? How many people are married? How many people are ungodly conservative? What is our generation coming to? Seriously, people. Not that being married or having babies is bad - that's just a surprise factor. But combined with the conservatism, it gives me pause.
* Tomorrow I get to go see a lil' horsey. One of my co-worker's horses just had a baaaaaaby. Pet the baby eeeeeee! Lil' nose! Lil' hooves! I can't wait.
Ummm that's it. I can't think of anything else for the moment.
Speaking of buying local - thanks to the generosity of our organization's board, we got gift certificates to local stores. I picked the First Alternative Food Co-op. After shopping there the other day, we had quesadillas with local tortillas and local cheese, washed it down with local milk. And it actually tasted better. And I feel better about myself and my eating habits (yes, I'm reading Omnivore's Dilemma. Which is very overdue at the library. Along with six other books. Oh well.) This tasty treat inspired a song (apologies to Andrew Lloyd Weber...sort of.) [Edit: I have been informed it was in fact Bernstein/Sondheim who wrote West Side Story. I knew there was a reason this musical didn't suck. Thank you, Karina.]
Tortilla!
I just ate a food named tortilla!
And suddenly I found
How tasty something round
Can beeeeee!
Tortilla!
If you fry it,
it's flaky and crispy
If it's soft,
it's delightfully squishy
Tortillllllla!
* Ahem. Next item. Work. Going well. Had a meeting with my boss over the fact that I feel like no one other than me cares about my project, and when I leave, the staff that are supposed to be taking over (you know, the capacity building part I've done) won't really care/won't have enough time to devote to it. And I've been saying this for months, but it came to a head. Now I feel much better. Mostly working on spreadsheets, interviewing new homeowners for testimonials, and writing a grant for homeownership education.
* I also feel better since I took today off of work to make up for the CLT conference I went to last week. I got up and had breakfast with Aaron, but then went back to sleep. Intended to do laundry later in the afternoon, but fell asleep. When Aaron got home from work, we took a nap. Ammmaaaaazing!
* I've also been sick. My allergies turned into a cold which turned into a nasty cough. I sounded like death for awhile. I was never this sick during school, even when I was getting 3-4 hours of sleep a night. I think it's work. I'm allergic!
* So looking forward to this fall. Well, for grad school at least. Looking at apartments and deciding that I'm going to bite the bullet and get a one bedroom (pricey) for peace of mind (priceless.) Trying to decide how far away from campus I can stand living vs. how close to the park I want to be. Not looking forward to being apart from Aaron. But we'll get through it.
*Ultimate Frisbee. Awesome. We won our last two games and I am no longer embarrassed to be seen on the field. I've actually had some big Ds and a few great offensive plays. Sweeeeeet.
* Seeing my peers on Facebook continues to astound me. How many people have babies? How many people are married? How many people are ungodly conservative? What is our generation coming to? Seriously, people. Not that being married or having babies is bad - that's just a surprise factor. But combined with the conservatism, it gives me pause.
* Tomorrow I get to go see a lil' horsey. One of my co-worker's horses just had a baaaaaaby. Pet the baby eeeeeee! Lil' nose! Lil' hooves! I can't wait.
Ummm that's it. I can't think of anything else for the moment.
posted by Allison at 10:50 PM
3 Comments:
I have to say I really enjoyed your song! Delightfully squishy indeed! LOL. One correction though...Leonard Bernstein is the composer and Sondheim did the lyrics...unless you were just randomly apologizing to Andrew Lloyd Weber. Which is totally cool. He probably needed it.
I think you'll be glad about the 1 bedroom. TWWKS! For realz though, good call on your part.
Have fun with the baby horse (!) and I hope you feel better!
I love the song! I also love baby horses! And I love my sister!
OH you are totally right Karina.
I don't know why I thought that. DUHHH.
He (ALW) does need it, because his musicals suck. For some reason I thought WSS was the exception to the suckage rule. I guess not.
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