Hello readers,
I regret my absence, and I am sure many of you have spent sleepless nights wondering what I’m up to. This summer I decided to work on my weakness of staying in contact. I started sending weekly email newsletters with updates to a few people and slowly I’ve been growing this list. I write most of the things I might otherwise write on here, so I’ve had nothing major to share. But, I guess it’s come time for my great return.
I am currently at work supervising a lunch. For those of you who don’t work in Bronfman, this means I am sitting in a chair facing a group of seminar participants while they eat. I kept making eye contact with people mid-chew so I decided to take one for the team and go on my phone.
Summer days have been moving quickly, my days seem packed and long but I’m really doing nothing at all.
Back on my summer ‘23 schedule, I have been waking up most mornings before 9. On mornings Charlie works, it takes me a bit to hype myself up enough to make my way into the (hopefully) empty kitchen.
I always do, as I am a breakfast person. Recently, this breakfast has been eggs. I’ve gone through a few different egg phases and this is my current process:
I start with toast. I usually buy the cheapest one, pre sliced of course. I recently got to take home a loaf from work and the knowledge that I was eating free bread allowed for a great start to my day.
Two eggs (sunny side up)
While they cook, my toast is usually ready. I put on a generous amount of kewpie mayo.
Next comes feta. I like to get the PA Canadian extra creamy one, it’s the same price as the crumbly version and it spreads way better. (If you can’t piece two and two together, I spread this over the mayo)
It’s pretty delicious, and I get the added benefit of patting myself on the back for starting my mornings with a dose of protein.
While I eat I either listen to music (I have been listening to an album a day and am very dedicated to the spreadsheet I made to document it) or I watch Real Housewives of New York. I am on season 2.
Anyway, where my day takes me next varies. There’s usually three options:
Work
Comp sci with Eliza and Siobhan
The park or roof, where I have been working on my tan and my pile of to-read books
My most recent roof tan brought to my attention the growing difference in shades between my arms and neck/face. I like to wear Jaimie’s baseball hat and my sunglasses while I read and I guess it’s caused my face to stay pretty consistently in the shade. Eliza said she’d help me self tan if the difference gets any worse. So far, I’m still in the clear. Because self tanner has always scared me, I’ve spent many quiet moments recently brainstorming troubleshooting methods. I guess my walks outdoors haven’t cut it?
Anyway, those are my mornings. The day could take me in many directions, most recently taking me to two different events involving stilts. It feels a bit like I’m being taunted; I’ve always considered myself someone who would be a natural at walking on stilts and I’ve never gotten the opportunity to try it out.
I am secretly glad about this, as I think the possibility of failure is too daunting. I quite like thinking of myself as someone who could easily stilt, and I don’t really want to face the consequences of trying this out.
If it’s Tuesday, Thursday or Friday, I send one of my various newsletters. I like to narrate the weeks activities so it usually takes me a long time to piece my day’s together.
I usually spend a good chunk of my day on Paprika, perusing the groceries I have and thinking about recipes. Charlie recently downloaded the app too. It brings me so much joy knowing that the Paprika love is spreading. I also love to consider myself an influencer and this helps.
Whether or not we met to code, I most likely see Eliza. We do a great variety of things, like sit in the park, sit in the kitchen, go on walks, and make our way through our list of animated cat and mouse movies.
Come night time, Charlie and I might work on a puzzle, go to a park or watch true detective. The world is our oyster.
I hope this helps you all visualize what I’ve been up to, so you can imagine yourself here with me.
Xoxo
Violet
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