To say that my day started with a lazy whimper and escalated into a full on atomic explosion would only be a mild overstatement because one moment I was doing crunches with little plans for the day ahead except getting on with my drawing and the other I was lunching, caffeinating, shopping and socialising right into sunset.
That I had the hindsight to make some bread dough before leaving house was only a miraculous afterthought to dreaming of pizza's all night and all thanks to that I am now in the process of making some pizza sauce because dinner tonight is pizza, albeit homemade but still.
The only setback today was that I couldn't finish my workout because right in the middle of it I had company in the form of friends who had been trying to get in touch with me all morning and my phone was somewhere in the creases of my bed.
That they thought it best to come over and drag me out in person was extremely infuriating but one has little choice in such matters when said friends can't stop raving about a hot pot restaurant that has been raved to them for a while and now want to check it out because that is what one usually does on a Monday, right?
I have still to finish my exercises I protested.
They agreed to watch and I lost the heart to continue and so a bit of a shower and some well formed curse words later I was beaming at a very small, local, almost grimy Chinese restaurant that served hot pot old school and that it was excellent would be only putting it mildly because I must have eaten my weight in veg and tofu.
That done, next step was the superstore because someone had to buy some specific cookies and by the heavens those specific box of cookies looked so alluring only because they were assorted macarons that everybody went ahead and bought it after which a newly opened Starbucks reserve roastery was visited because, well, people apparently like Starbucks and it's rude to protest in company especially when prevailing democracy is not in your favour and a quarter of a litre of Nicaraguan Chemex brewed coffee (surprisingly delicious) later we were shop hopping in specialty imported products stores which happen to line a particular area and though I went in with no agenda to buy anything I came back with a solid list of things I surprisingly really wanted, not needed..of course not.
Eco friendly plant based dishwasher anyone? How about some some cantuccini meant to be eaten with wine? And oh some goat milk soap and hand wash please, along with sliced sharp cheddar, manuka honey and assorted cookies to give as gifts to everyone whom I have to suddenly meet either for a small favour like moving their car or coffee.
Small things keep coming up you know.
Ok the way back, which was a long languorous wall of over 3 kms, vegetables were bought, familiar people walking their dogs were met and finally we all departed at the gates of the compound and now here I am stirring tomato sauce for pizza.
Alrighty then!!
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