Make that (home)work-life balance.
Yesterday was a full day of homework. Graduate school so far seems to be a process of surfing through a sea of reading. The reading assignments, admittedly, are extremely interesting and I am learning so much. Instead of just skimming through the text I find myself highlighting and taking copious notes on some topics because I feel like these will be useful information to refer back to in the future (although ideally I know I ought to commit those to memory).
It was also a day of household chores and cooking. K is visiting this weekend and he's been fixing up around the apartment because I've seemingly been behaving like a baby bull in a china shop. He's fixed the space heater, the sink drain, and my curtain rod. He's also attempted to seal the air leaks in the apartment but some cracks are trickier to deal with than others. And he did this while managing a full day's work of spreadsheets and conference calls and I had my full day of homework.
In between homework, I tried to be a good little housebunny and cook. I'm still stubbornly resisting going down the takeout/delivery route and instead opting for the healthy cooking route. I succeeded at doing this for lunch, but dinner was a pretty unhealthy feast of bacon and carbs. As you can see I was in a bit of a tomato mood.
I ended up finishing homework (for the day, there's still a lot more reading to do) at around 11pm and we watched the tail end of Ocean's 13 on TV before calling it a night.
<3,
Tiffy
Yesterday was a full day of homework. Graduate school so far seems to be a process of surfing through a sea of reading. The reading assignments, admittedly, are extremely interesting and I am learning so much. Instead of just skimming through the text I find myself highlighting and taking copious notes on some topics because I feel like these will be useful information to refer back to in the future (although ideally I know I ought to commit those to memory).
It was also a day of household chores and cooking. K is visiting this weekend and he's been fixing up around the apartment because I've seemingly been behaving like a baby bull in a china shop. He's fixed the space heater, the sink drain, and my curtain rod. He's also attempted to seal the air leaks in the apartment but some cracks are trickier to deal with than others. And he did this while managing a full day's work of spreadsheets and conference calls and I had my full day of homework.
[K doing work, K buying things at the hardware store,
K fixing things]
In between homework, I tried to be a good little housebunny and cook. I'm still stubbornly resisting going down the takeout/delivery route and instead opting for the healthy cooking route. I succeeded at doing this for lunch, but dinner was a pretty unhealthy feast of bacon and carbs. As you can see I was in a bit of a tomato mood.
[tomato-basil soup, grilled cheese sandwich w/ brie,
& a side salad w/ turkey bits & sesame-ginger dressing]
[bacon brussel sprouts, chicken parmigiano, spaghetti marinara,
& a bottle of cheap (but yummy) moscato]
I ended up finishing homework (for the day, there's still a lot more reading to do) at around 11pm and we watched the tail end of Ocean's 13 on TV before calling it a night.
<3,
Tiffy
Brussel sprouts always always needs bacon. If you want a more crispy version of what you made, basically toss all the ingredients into a baking pan, toss with olive oil, garlic, salt and pepper it and bake it at 375 for about 25 minutes or so. :D Plus I don't have to think about it until it's done hehehe. Yes, I am that lazy.
ReplyDeletethanks, that sounds so good! i will definitely try that next time! :)
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