Hot Days, Cold Showers
As if things weren’t bad enough, the hot water in our new apartment isn’t working so it’s been cold showers for 2 days… so I’ve got that going for me, which is nice.
On the bright side, Isaac’s parents are amazing! His dad and I went running tonight, I totally look up to him and his running abilites. This is a man who started running later in life and is now in is 60’s and still runs. He has ran many many marathons, 50 mile marathons, and 2 hundred mile marathons. 100 miles… you read it right!! So we ran 4 miles tonight, which is probably absolutely nothing to him. We’re going running again tomorrow with a group of his running buddies who call themselves the “old and in the way” group, but yet all of them can run like 7 minute miles on the regular. So I’m going to be the one in the way… and when I say in the way, i mean in the way back.
And then there is Isaac’s mom.. who is just lovely and made me dinner tonight. I searched online for jobs while she cooked. She made the orange and basil tofu dish that I made earlier this week. It was fine because hers turned out a lot less spicy than mine so it had a totally different taste. We also had salad and cous cous. It was nice to take photos at her house so I could have some different bowls for a change.
Earlier today Isaac’s dad went picking blackberries. I read on Kath’s blog a few days ago that she tought the blackberry season was ending. I was thinking ohhh noo… I missed the blackberries from Isaac’s. Then I realized she lives in NC – and the Virginia blackberries are just getting started so I will have blackberries for a while longer…..here’s the massive bowl of blackberries!! I had them for dessert this evening.
And here’s a few in my special K cereal this morning- with almond milk. I had it for the first time today. I liked it a lot actually. I may need to buy myself some.
I’m off to go to bed so that I can wake up and go to work in the am. I have a small job tomorrow of going to a lady’s house to be there while a cleaning company cleans her carpet and cleans a couch that she is giving to me. She said she will pay me to be there though – I’m glad because I need to make money doing something. I am thinking I might try to do some free lancing or temp work until a job I really want comes available – that way I don’t feel pressured to take the first thing that comes along. We shall see. I will keep you all updated.
Hi,
Your blackberries look awesome. I live in VA as well, where did you pick them?
Thx, Karen
[Reply]
Karen-
I live in Richmond and my boyfriends parents have a garden and they have black berries growing beside the garden. There is also a church nearby their house that grows blackberries so we also got some from there. Where do you live in VA?
[Reply]
Bummer. I live in Northern VA.
[Reply]
I went o school at George Mason, so I lived in Northern Virginia for 4 years. I miss whole foods and trader joes!!
[Reply]
I bought some local blackberries last night and had them semi-mashed on top of the coconut milk vanilla ice cream- YUM! At least the showers can cool you off and get you prepared to stand the heatwaves… good luck with the job search! I hate how daunting and sometimes disappointing that can be.
[Reply]
Sorry bout your cold showers lady!! That’s a doozy! Definitely have been there, done that!
That tofu looks so good though!! And that’s so cool about old papi running… I hope I can be that active and in shape when I’m older. That’s meh goal!
And wow! I wish I could find a blackberry patch like yourS!!
[Reply]
WOHHHH! Blackberry heaven <33 I had some 2n that I bought at Wegmans a few days ago… Awful and sour!
I love them sweet and ushe my driscolls are! Boo, I am not satisfied with this and thus will purchase them from either TJs or WF tomorrow! Yours truly are breathtaking tho!
[Reply]
orange pop- blackberries are very versatile. I have yet to put them on icecream. I’m waiting for my boyfriend’s mom to make a cobbler so I can pair that with vanilla icecream!!! HEAVEN!
Gliding – no more cold showers for me. got it fixed! It’s my goal to be that fit when I am older as well. When I retire I am totally going to be a mall walker
haha maybe i should just stick with the gym
julz – I hope you find some sweet ones soon!
[Reply]
Marathons are 26.2 miles. Anything longer than that is called an ultramarathon, not, for example, a 50-mile marathon.
[Reply]
Jess- I realize that, I was just specifying the distance.
[Reply]