Hey!
Today, I'm going camping with the entire Legume staff, at Raccoon Creek State Park. It's just today and tomorrow, but it should be fun. Opal's coming too. I've done a lot of prep since I signed up to do dinner--my 16 quart is full of beans and stock, I've got a bigass bowl of French bread rising, etc.
Other than that, not much is new. The restaurant is doing very well since all the reviews came out, I'm riding my bike an awful lot, my life has actually reached a period of financial stability where the only thing I need to worry about is work, and everything else is taken care of. It's pretty nice. 60 hours a week in a kitchen isn't bad, but when you have rent, bills, student loan payments, and feeding yourself in the back of your head the whole time, it can be taxing.
Don't get me wrong, I'm incredibly exhausted. It's 2:30 and I just woke up.
My thoughts are not quite coherent yet. Maybe more later when I've had my coffee.
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Thursday, September 06, 2007
Allright, here we go!
Work, today, tomorrow, and the next day. This morning, I have to ride up to Morningside to sign a lease. I get the keys now, but Sunday I need to move. Somewhere between now and then I need to pack all my material possessions.
The place is amazing though. It's a huge one bedroom apartment with a nice big kitchen and a gas stove, right on Highland across from Casbah. It's a nice area, and I won't be paying a fortune for it. In fact, this is the first time I've ever been able to put down a deposit and first month's rent without completely going broke for two weeks. It's nice, you know?
I met a girl the other week. She's really pretty and nice, and her name is Opal. And the relationship we're in is sort of new, and extremely different, and you guys may give me shit about it, but I honestly don't care. She's a polyamorous, bisexual, 29 year-old mother of two. She's married, and her husband is awesome--we all dorked out and played D&D together all day on Monday. On Sunday, we all went to the zoo. Halfway through, when Noah and his friend Josh left, I found myself walking around the zoo with a girl and two kids, being taken for a father. I held Daedalus, her son, up higher so he could see the polar bears. Can you imagine me even remotely being good with kids? Or enjoying it?
The point is, we're crazy about each other and I really like being around her family. Despite the hectic schedule right now, I'm at a very good place in my life.
Work, today, tomorrow, and the next day. This morning, I have to ride up to Morningside to sign a lease. I get the keys now, but Sunday I need to move. Somewhere between now and then I need to pack all my material possessions.
The place is amazing though. It's a huge one bedroom apartment with a nice big kitchen and a gas stove, right on Highland across from Casbah. It's a nice area, and I won't be paying a fortune for it. In fact, this is the first time I've ever been able to put down a deposit and first month's rent without completely going broke for two weeks. It's nice, you know?
I met a girl the other week. She's really pretty and nice, and her name is Opal. And the relationship we're in is sort of new, and extremely different, and you guys may give me shit about it, but I honestly don't care. She's a polyamorous, bisexual, 29 year-old mother of two. She's married, and her husband is awesome--we all dorked out and played D&D together all day on Monday. On Sunday, we all went to the zoo. Halfway through, when Noah and his friend Josh left, I found myself walking around the zoo with a girl and two kids, being taken for a father. I held Daedalus, her son, up higher so he could see the polar bears. Can you imagine me even remotely being good with kids? Or enjoying it?
The point is, we're crazy about each other and I really like being around her family. Despite the hectic schedule right now, I'm at a very good place in my life.
