-- I had a Lean Pocket (broccoli and cheese) for dinner today. Bear heated it up for me. The first time I ever had a Lean Pocket was when Anelise shared hers with me (I believe it was the pizza flavor). I was really skeptical and then quickly became a fan. My mother would not approve of my frozen foodieness.
--Today I missed my sister extra much. I think it had something to do with opening our fridge and spotting her jar of jalepenos that's been there since last December. I counted four tiny ones left, sunken pitifully on the bottom. She used to eat them with kettle chips for dinner... until I'd hand a bowl of whatever veggies I could steam up next to a block of tofu and scallions and soy sauce. For dessert once I placed a mini Snickers bar. And then around midnight I fixed us both some peanut butter toast.
Neither of us ever really cooked but I guess that leads me to the best part, which is that we were fine with our own way of providing for each other. I think anyone else would have snorted if I laid a bowl of steamed greens in front of them, and given me a look like, "Really? Go fix me a real meal." But Ann and I were never like that with each other. I remember how touched I was when she heated up a bowl of canned soup for me the first night I got back from summer in Taiwan. It was as if she had made it all by herself.
-- Bear is a can-do man.
-- Isn't this great: "Ugly rows of apartment buildings the color of dried blood and mustard." (Tennessee Williams describing St. Louis)
-- Humidifiers intrigue me. I can actually see the mist spewing out of this one! Pew~Pew~Pew~ in soft waves. Oh, moist-me.
-- Could I pull off parachute pants?
-- I really miss my sister.
