May 6, 2020

Currently in May(?)

It's May now, right?

Man. 

This is not what I expected to be doing or thinking about during the first week in May. I won't get into the weeds and details but I fully expected to be in full military-move prep by this point and...I'm not.

But this blog is for the good and the bad and the indifferent. So here we are.

Making... a few weeks ago, I made this vegetarian pot pie. It was so good! I actually used chicken bone broth and a homemade pie crust I had in the freezer. It was not rolling out the way it should, as pie crust is not my speciality, so I just kind of crumbled it over the top and it was like dumplings. No picture because it wasn't pretty, but it sure was tasty. 

Missing... Having our own house/land/property. I've been grappling with this a lot lately. It's, like, a whole big thing ... << to put it in really eloquent terms. I see everyone talk about missing "normal". I lost my "normal" when we moved to the east coast at the end of 2018. I'd been settled in out west for 4+ years. There was a lot that was hard about those years. A LOT. But my normal was very different from the "normal" we had to grow accustomed to here. So however all y'all feel about losing your "normal"right now, that's how I felt a year ago. It's a deep subject, I know. 

Learning... that Scout really will go to any lengths within his doggy power to get close to Scott. He climbed out on a roof the other day.

It's like overly-attached girlfriend and the thirstiest influencer rolled into one.


Loving... the ease of online shopping? That's a thing right? Also, I love that Wells is getting more independent. And I like that I can color my own hair, but I would love for someone to thin it out for me. I don't know that it needs to be trimmed, but it needs some layers. 

And, truly, it's the funny things on Twitter that make the days do-able right now:

This guy was a Marine and his favorite past-time is usually making fun of the Air Force. I see he's not limiting himself now, though.


Reading... Right now, I'm reading The Red Tent. I saw it as a Kindle daily deal and remembered hearing about it from a few different sources, so I grabbed it. Since I'd also just finished reading Genesis a few months ago, it seemed like a good fit to dive into, even if the creative license was the author's. It's actually really hard to put down. 

Over the weekend, I finished Lisa Jewell's Invisible Girl, which is available for request on Netgalley!