this past two weeks have gone by so fast! I can't believe we're already looking at the backend of this week. it's been full of beach mongering and interesting kitchen experiments and getting baking cacao all over the floor and then stepping in it and then tracking it throughout the entire downstairs and then having to mop it all up whilst getting dinner ready. yep, we keep it real in this house. in other news, mitch has been studying nonstop and I've woken up at six every day this week for work, which feels very productive but kind of alien since I usually don't roll out of bed until at least 7:30. thankfully, the sun has been waking up earlier and earlier, so it doesn't feel quite so ungodly and I can finally understand some people's fixation on beginning their day so early in the morning. it's quite a peaceful feeling to look out over our lagoon and see a perfect reflection of the mountains behind it because no one is awake to mess it up yet. the one downside is that I'm all ready for bed around 8 in the evening and am, therefore, writing this week's 'grateful' list with bleary eyes. let's have a look, shall we?
one :: cooking with fresh basil from my basil plant I've been nurturing for the last three weeks or so (the one before died during our europe trip). and I have to say, I am never buying dried herbs again! it even smells amazing. I want to wear it as a perfume. eau de basilica.
two :: dirty diet cokes--a mixture of diet coke, coconut syrup, and a couple limes. it's perfect for cooling down these crazy humid and tropical afternoons.
three :: shops that do a one-for-one exchange from dollars to euros. it makes shopping easier and not so mathematical.
four :: receiving our utility bill to find that we came in under budget despite the fact we "accidentally" left the air cool on all night multiple nights this month.
five :: the lack of traffic on the island since all the tourists left for the summer. it used to take me a whole day to complete all of my errands, but not this week. no traffic, no lines. it felt so vip.
six :: that freshly washed hair feeling. there's just something about clean hair that makes me feel so incredibly feminine even though I get that it's one of those basic hygiene things.
seven :: eating brownies for dinner. I feel like that's the best part of being an adult--that I can eat whatever I want and there's no one to stop me. so thursday night's dinner consisted of brownie batter followed by cooked brownies followed by a wee bit of the gristliest chicken I've ever eaten in my life.
eight :: writing on this little space again. as I've been writing this week, it makes me think of all the things I should have written about when they happened just so that I could have had it for my own memories. for instance, I changed grocery stores while I was away and I wish I could remember exactly how I felt about that at the time, you know?
nine :: a balanced budget. I was terribly behind with that nuisance and so it took much longer than it should have, but it was so relieving to look at that pile of receipts and think, 'I don't really need those anymore...'
ten :: beginning to make plans for the future. mitch and I are at that point now (less than 60 days!) that we can see the light at the end of the palm tree lined tunnel and it's been fun to make a few plans here and there to remind us that life goes on.
this weekend, mitch will continue his everlasting bout of studying and I'm thinking I'll take a painting class. I took one a week or so ago and even though I'm terrible and my creation looked nothing like the sample, it was weirdly therapeutic. what about you guys? up to anything exciting this weekend?
love, arielle
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