my summer mantra for the past two years has been: summer wins, it always does. originally i had directed it to my inability to avoid summer's greatest weapons--sunburn and mosquito bites. now i think i will add "reduced productivity". i found myself keeping up with recipes, one of (f)unemployment's little perks. i was never good at religiously blogging the day after. while i still strive to be the best cook i can be for my small following (myself and m), i want to use this space as a means of chronicling my "new adventure"--working as a VISTA for Americorps.
as i look back on my journals from study abroad and other travel experiences, i realize how little i can remember. re-reading these entries is almost like picking up someone else's journal. towards the end of my trip, when i scrambled to visit every favorite restaurant, each art museum and most beloved people watching bench, my journal entries resembled shopping lists more than detailed memories. it's times like that where i wish i was like dumbledore from harry potter. a pensieve to store strands of memories as i recall them at the time and can slip into when the need arises. perhaps if i visit the harry potter theme park i can purchase one...probably not. blogspot it is.
i feel like i'm breaking my new commitment to journaling already. i'm dashing off to a favorite cafe' in chicago one last time to read my book (The Elegance of the Hedgehog) and hopefully make use of the WiFi and catch up on some journaling.
in case i forget (which i might), here's my shopping list of topics to cover:
-post about the recipes i promised (pulled pork and pasta carbonara)
-my move from Chicago to Cleveland
-debrief about training in hotlanta! (i will spare the boring details of seminars and focus more on the people. i'm gonna talk a little trash, i won't lie...)
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