My Surfboard

I must be a nester. I just got to my parents' house for the holiday and it's so great when i come here bc i don't have to worry about mopping the floors and i don't care if certain people (ahem!) forget to put their dishes in the sink and also its big and everything works and is clean and easy and, oh yeah, dinner is magically put onto the table without my having to do anything more than say, mom, do you want me to help? oh, you've already done everything. ok. and maybe set the table if I feel generous.

it IS amazing how much time food takes out of my life. The thinking preparing shopping cooking cleaning putting away getting ready for the next day packing lunches cutting snacks wondering what goes with what and picking up those last few ingredients. My mom just had her kitchen redone and so she couldn't cook for 6 weeks. They ate out almost every meal. She's like, wow, i can't believe how much free time i have. so she's been going to yoga. now she's kind of getting back into the swing of things and we'll put her kitchen to the test tomorrow when we cook the holiday chickens. it'll be nice not to have the oven break down on us for once.

still, she was deciding what to cook for dinner tonight and my dad suggested chinese food and she was like, oh, great idea! that never would have happened two months ago. never. i'm glad. i know it's hard for me to pull back and not do stuff --- and that's a lot because of her. and that's a good thing - a compliment i mean. because i think she really taught me how to get stuff done and not be lazy or disorganized. But still, it's also important to know how to relax and i'm glad she seems more able to do that.

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