First Meal

I was definitely a bum this morning, but I guess it’s okay because I really do have a lot of work to get done. I need to type up several schedules, and I have several papers and some Japanese homework. Luckily though, all of my sitting around the room being sorry that I had so much work to do was interrupted by one of my dorm-mates asking if I needed anything from the store. I did, but figured it was best just to go with her, since it would also help me get to see a little more of the neighborhood and learn my way around. We went, and I was able to get a WHOLE lot of groceries, i.e. things that I could actually make meals out of that didn’t consist solely of granola and yogurt. I also got some things to cook with, some nice cutlery, including wooden spoons, and my first pair of “real” chopsticks, meaning that they are the wash and reuse kind, and not the throw-away kind. They are the PERFECT chopsticks. They are the exact same color as my dorm room décor back home, so I may have to keep them forever and ever and bring them to school so you can all see them. I also picked up some of the things I needed for school: another notebook, printer paper, envelopes for money (money is considered dirty here and should always be given to someone, i.e. your landlady, in an envelope), and a planner size notebook. When I got home, I made myself dinner…cooking, real pot and pan and stove cooking. A small feat for some, a huge leap for me. I made two small hamburgers. One I ate for dinner tonight as a chopped steak, complete with dinner roll and dessert and the other I will save for a hamburger lunch tomorrow. I even took a picture of how happy I was about my first meal. : ) I did burn my tongue on my buttered roll, but it certainly didn’t ruin the meal. Now I’m going to sit down and get to work with writing out my schedule and actually DOING my work instead of writing a journal entry about it.

Music equivalent of the day: shopping with Shenea
Major purchase: chopsticks, wooden spoons, a bowl, a pan, and groceries
Food: my “first meal”
Meditation/ inspiration/ thought of the day: Trusting your instincts doesn’t always lead you in the right direction, but it’s fun.
Top priority: homework