a molqueca life

first day back to work came too early.  getting up when it's dark, is just not right.  back to life, back to reality...wu-wut? yes i did.

 btw fyi bottlenose dolphins are extremely intelligent.  they surf for the sheer joy of it.  that's what david attenborough says.  use your intelligence to do something joyful mmmkay?

once in a while i get urgent texts from elizabeth on google hangouts.  they are very demanding of a response.  sometimes she calls me anty laura and i'm all "i'm not your baby ant" and other times as soon as i respond she is like "G2G " and ditches.  sometimes i say g2g before she can say it to me.  this is my maturity level

so, i put on blue planet 2.  i thought it will be something i don't have to quite pay attention to....but holy moly.  i was just sitting mouth agape mesmerized by what i saw.  have you heard of a fish that eats birds??  they just jump out of the water amazingly and catch them mid air!  wuuut.  they have such gorgeous footage of it too.  slow mo acrobatic leaps and dramatic escapes.  visually stunning.  then there was a ballet of stingrays hunting glowing phytoplankton at night.  this is such.good.stuff.

anyways on monday i made molqueca for myself.  none but me.  i feel deeply that it just one of the best things that exists--so flavourful, so satisfying.  i was very pleased with myself and even did the dishes right away which is just not my thang.  piles of moldy dishes is my thang. has been my thang.  new leaf y'all.

i just had a bowl of it for dinner.  it sits warm and cozy in my innards as we speak. 

going back to work has been fine.  on the first day i was worried about my foot.  it was feeling sore from saturday on.  but tuesday was ok and today was not bad.  i guess i just need to be careful.  but i'm cautiously optimistic.  i need to go and see jasubi too.  i haven't seen him since before christmas.  he didn't send me any exercises/stretches/footworks like he promised to do, but i didn't do any at all s so we are even steven.

speaking of stephen i saw steve clarke at stake conference.  i'll get to that.  but first saturday i had a photo shoot at the temple.  bethany's old friend ben (not her husband) married a lady named hope last year and on saturday they were sealed. (ok i just saw a fish with a transparent skull filled with jelly so that it can look up through it's own head!!!!!!!)  i got to the temple early to buy myself some fancy new undies.  then i did some scouting of the grounds.  i was hoping there would be a puddle for me to use for reflections, but the one i used at douglas and tatiana's wedding was gone.  they done gone an'
fixed the road.

oh well.  then i waited for the couple to come out.  and waited.  and waited.  there was a young guy and his wife and their 3 little girls (2 were identical twins) waiting too, and another lady and her husband.  we waited longer than we thought we were going to wait and i did jiggles and leg kicks to stay warm--well not warm--to keep the blood flowing.  i saw roger leaving the temple. he said a quick hurried hi.  some people came out and were like, "oh you want to take my pic?"  and i was like "yeah, i've been waiting here all day for you to come out!"  eventually the couple in question came out and i got busy.  i had less than an hour, but i think it went all right. i didn't charge them very much because they were on disability and short on time but they kindly gave me a tip, which was nice.  after i was done with them, i drove to the stake center and with my backpack on my shoulder trekked to the bathroom to change into proper stake conference clothes.  i was ready just in time.  as i trekked down the hall with my backpack was heading into a collision course with non other than mr. stephen clarke.  it almost seemed as though he would avoid me, but just as our paths were about to intersect he turned and i said "hey" and smiled and he said "imagine meeting you here." and we went in and i sat with jordan and tracy and he sat on the side in the reserved seating.  he's a stake clerk or something, which is very appropriate seeing that his name is clarke.

on the way out the temple i said my prayers as i drove.  and i was all, ok i'm going to leadership and adult session today, but please help me survive it.  i thought i was going to be so bored and sleepy and restless to have to sit through all those sessions.  but the thing is--i wasn't.  instead i had a spiritual feast and felt the warmth of inner fires lit.  it was so so so good and i felt blessed to be there.  elder kim b? clark was presiding.  i hope i can hold on to the feelings, thoughts and inspirations i received on saturday.

yesterday i took izzy to the vet.  she as a pink sac on her paw.  the vet cleaned out her ears and tested them for infection and took a sample from the pink sac to be tested.  the cost was astronomical.  it took the last of the money i made from photography last year.  thanks to the jobs of last year i could afford vet bills for my cats.  izzy made deeeep deeeep gutteral growls from her carrier at the 2 dogs in the wating room.  a curious snorty pug and a fluffy puppy.  everyone was surprised that that sould was coming from a cat.  i wanted to see the vet that helped with archie.  i really liked her. but she had the flu so i had another vet.  she was nice though.  

at work, most people are getting used to my new hair.  hope still has to stroke it from time to time.  "it's just so cute" she'll say with awe in her eyes.  quite a few people are confused.  "your hair is curly now" they'll say.  "it was always curly" i say, a little irritated.  i mean 14.5 years and you think they'd have a grasp of my hair texture.  "really? i thought it was straight" they'd muse.  today a member buying a new lunch card asked if i got a perm.  lol.  ugh! no!  shorter curls look different than longer curls!

anyways times to lay this curly non permed head down on a pillah for some snoozes.