brendan made the yummiest chickpea curry yesterday. i feel so lucky to have a husband who loves to cook. he also tidied the house! the curry was so good, but still a bit hot for me so i added raisins which was awesome too. the raisins were super old and dried out, which is funny since that's the very nature of raisins, but these were extra raisin-y. like raisined raisins. we need to buy new ones. i don't eat raisins as often as i'd like. when i was little, i remember having a bath before bedtime and my mom blow-drying my hair while i ate raisins as my bedtime snack :) that is one of my fondest memories. it seems to embody the simplicity of childhood.
i had a great phone conversation with my mom yesterday. she's probably the only person i talk on the phone with, and it's been a while. ever since she retired she has a new lease on life, and it's so lovely to see. i like hearing her laugh again. she was telling me about visiting an old acquaintance at trillium ridge who is now in her 80s. a few years ago, with her late husband, this woman made an exercise video called "staying vital with vera" and gave my mom a copy. we had a good giggle about that. while we were talking, she asked how brendan's job search is going. i was disappointed to tell her that he still hasn't heard from KEYS (he called them last wednesday and they said they were going to be calling people in the next 2 weeks). she encouraged me that it's still early and said "this is always how things go for you. a long time of waiting, then things work out". she might be right. i waited 2 years for my job at bbd, and 5 years for my relationship with b, etc etc. i wonder why that is. i wonder if things really are slow in coming or if my impatience makes it feel longer. she told me "it's this culture of instant gratification!" but i don't think that's it. i don't think i'm THAT swayed by our culture. it's more that when i have a need, i'm keenly aware of it, and the fact that it will eventually get met doesn't ease the discomfort.
my dad runs a seniors group at his church and this week they're having a show and tell event. i thought that was neat since we just did one at living room. years ago he gave me a family mirror that is currently hanging in our foyer. he asked if he could borrow it to take to his group. at my uncle bill's funeral my dad and i were given my grandpa (his dad)'s baby shoe from the 19th century. he and i debated over who should get to keep it, and in the end he won because it was his dad. but i said to him "you're going to lose it. if i had it, you could come visit it and always know where it is". i suggested he used the baby booty for his show and tell item, and he sheepishly confessed that he'd lost it.
i had a great phone conversation with my mom yesterday. she's probably the only person i talk on the phone with, and it's been a while. ever since she retired she has a new lease on life, and it's so lovely to see. i like hearing her laugh again. she was telling me about visiting an old acquaintance at trillium ridge who is now in her 80s. a few years ago, with her late husband, this woman made an exercise video called "staying vital with vera" and gave my mom a copy. we had a good giggle about that. while we were talking, she asked how brendan's job search is going. i was disappointed to tell her that he still hasn't heard from KEYS (he called them last wednesday and they said they were going to be calling people in the next 2 weeks). she encouraged me that it's still early and said "this is always how things go for you. a long time of waiting, then things work out". she might be right. i waited 2 years for my job at bbd, and 5 years for my relationship with b, etc etc. i wonder why that is. i wonder if things really are slow in coming or if my impatience makes it feel longer. she told me "it's this culture of instant gratification!" but i don't think that's it. i don't think i'm THAT swayed by our culture. it's more that when i have a need, i'm keenly aware of it, and the fact that it will eventually get met doesn't ease the discomfort.
my dad runs a seniors group at his church and this week they're having a show and tell event. i thought that was neat since we just did one at living room. years ago he gave me a family mirror that is currently hanging in our foyer. he asked if he could borrow it to take to his group. at my uncle bill's funeral my dad and i were given my grandpa (his dad)'s baby shoe from the 19th century. he and i debated over who should get to keep it, and in the end he won because it was his dad. but i said to him "you're going to lose it. if i had it, you could come visit it and always know where it is". i suggested he used the baby booty for his show and tell item, and he sheepishly confessed that he'd lost it.
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