What is fresh fruit?

a quirky way to describe my day, one hundred times. that's my goal for the year. after my first attempt though, i'm noticing i should shorten it up a little.

i will begin with yesterday. my morning began at 11 am, when i grudgingly opened my eyes and winced at the time. my internal clock has shifted to 'holiday mode', which encompasses 3 am bedtimes and lunchtime mornings. the plan to meet svety at 10 am was cancelled for the umpteenth time, but it's all good because she woke up later than me anyway. i proceeded to slowly clean up my room -- an affair that lasted through the day as it was done in tiny portions (i.e., pick up a sweater...head back to computer. place sweater in hamper...go up for breakfast). martin had alex over and they were quietly playing video games in the next door room. mom was heading out for the bi-weekly girlfriend's get-together and she and galq were (what looked like) signing a card in the dining room. the day was moving along and i had thus far taken no part in it. i took a shower and sprayed some new hair products in my hair which resulted in unwanted volume and a crappy hairstyle the day after. i headed down to meet magda, julia, and afsheen at snakes & lattes in the early afternoon. being the first to arrive at the cafe, i discovered that the wait would be approximately 2 hours. the host suggested i put my name on the waitlist and he'd shoot me a txt when a table becomes available (hello, technology!). the girls arrived and we proceeded to look for a coffeeshop to kill time & catch up. turns out the whole city decided that Dec 27th was coffeeshop day. we scored a stool-like table at the green beanery, but only two chairs were available. we hung around hoping that someone would free up a chair, but lifted our arms in defeat after several minutes of asking around. a lady seized our table seconds we slid away from it, exclaiming gratefully that this had been the 5th cafe she'd passed by, and the first that had a table available. we walked across the street to aroma and Julia noticed a window table being freed right at the moment & the four of us barged through the doors and sat down. the man sitting at the neighbouring table told Julia that he had seen her eyeing it from afar. i ordered a large aroma cafe. favourite part was the melted chocolate at the bottom - delicious.Within two hours, we received a text that our table at S&L was ready and off we ran. S&L has expanded. It now has a large room full with tables and couches. I ordered an apple (Was craving..fresh fruit for 0.75 cents? Hard to resist, no?). We played taboo & pictionary, and a tiny bit of trivial pursuit and friends trivia. i knocked down a glass of water & my chair fell as i stood up. decided that i wasn't having the luckiest of days. it didn't help that i was on the losing team for both games...

i headed home at around 7 pm. walked through our doors & was confronted with an upset family. martin had somehow pissed off mom again -- old news. He'll begin getting even better at this. I can't believe he's only 11 and he's achieving this so well...

I tried watching Larry Crowne, but was falling asleep (it was only 10:15...). Headed down and somehow ended staying up till 3. couldn't fall asleep till maybe 4. good idea to lay off the coffee, for a bit at least.

today i'm planning to do a lot of work for Rotundo. & get some grant applications for Peru going. i also want to prepare a recipe list for tmr.