I woke up earlier than usual, got up, and then just sat around until Tom got up. I felt down and depressed. My plan had been to make the strawberry jam in the bread machine (jam cycle) to see how it works and cut and recolor my hair after that. But I ended up talking to Tom about the things that I am unhappy about in my life, all the things that I don't get done or don't do. I found myself asking him if he respected me, if he felt taken advantage of because he does so much for me. He didn't seem to see it as all that much and mentioned that he didn't do this much for years. We talked for several hours and I did feel better afterwards.
Then I got moving and did the jam. I don't think it is going to gel though. If not it will work fine for toppings and I have lots more strawberries to use with the old-fashioned way of jam making, on the stovetop. While the bread machine was doing the work I cut my hair and did a little packing for Starwood.
Afterwards I redyed my hair and had a minor mishap. Somehow I dripped the goop directly into my eye. It was not something I would recommend doing - stung! But I immediately washed it out while calling out to Tom. A few minutes later he came into the bathroom and I thought he was responding to my call. It turns out he never heard me, just came out for lunch. (As I write this he says that I should add that he was behind a closed door in another room with an air conditioner on. He doesn't want anyone to think he wouldn't respond to me if I were in danger. Cute, hunh?)
Later I got the bread going. I still don't feel like I got much done though.
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