Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
the adventures of apricot.
I am trying a new method in writing this entry & if it works, I shall do this often. I quite enjoyed switching it up a bit.
This morning, I woke up at 9:00am (on the dot!) with a stiff neck. Sofie was crying for me at the bottom of the stairs as usual so I stumbled out of bed & proceeded to turn on our oven, which just so happens to be a wonderful heater in our studio! Our apartment never came with a heating unit, so I came up with the brilliant idea during the beginning of fall to use our oven as a heater. It works like a charm for our small space! (Thankfully, our apartment does have an air conditioner, which will be of much use for those 110+ degree temperatures to be expected this & every summer.) I turned on the television, cuddled up to Sofie on the couch, trying to wake up slowly. The oven was heating up just right & I then it dawned on me: I was hungry. I reluctantly got out of my comfortable blankets & crept toward the refrigerator. In the freezer I found the best thing to be found in a freezer: monkey bread.
I started to do a happy dance in my kitchen upon finding this delectable treasure that I had almost forgotten about! & perfect timing too, because the oven was set & ready to heat these tasty cinnamon treats up. I opened the package & pulled the carton out. They look awfully boring when they haven’t been cooked; I tried not to get discouraged.
Very boring, indeed. But after a just few minutes in the oven, they transformed into gooey bits of sticky cinnamon bread & I was just dying to get my hands on them.
Oh & it was absolutely heavenly; simply delicious. Tasty Goody!, as I like to say. I enjoyed several bits of these sugary excuses for a breakfast & decided to work on my writing. I received a letter from the editor I have been working with about an article I was doing for her. She didn’t like it. Truthfully, if an article was written about ponytails, I’m not quite sure if I could enjoy it either; I’m just not much into “missy, sissy, prissy” magazines. I tried to switch the article up a bit & come from a mature view point of the infamous ponytail. All of my efforts were useless because the editor was disappointed that “someone of my age” couldn’t deliver something youthful & flirty for a women’s magazine. She asked that I re-write it completely, returning it to her on Monday. I wrote a letter back to her, telling her that I was sorry she didn’t like it, but I had other articles that I was wrapping up (which I do) & couldn’t re-write an entire article at the moment. I truly tried not to be insulted by her critique but it is obvious that I may not be the right fit for this magazine, since I write so differently from girls “my age.” I will not conform! I want to be a privileged writer, not a tutti-fruity teenage essayist. Needless to say, I was quite bummed. So I put on a killer, yet simple outfit & headed to Target to pick up a few things.
There I am, driving with my mean face. & I truly did manage to pick up just a FEW things at Target. Lightbulbs for our upstairs light & a pack of Men’s t-shirts for myself, which I have been dying to have. & they were only about $7.00 for a pack of 3! A steal, if I should say so myself, for all of the endless possibilities that can conspire with a plain white tee! Lover would be so proud — or maybe he won’t, since I didn’t actually need those shirts. He would be proud to know, though, that I was about to buy many, many other things (this darling little V-necked t-shirt with a rustic tree on it; a bottle of Smart Water since they didn’t have my Aquafina; this tranquility soy candle that smelled like Heaven but was an astonishing $10.00!; so on & so forth) but… I put them down saying, You don’t need it, Ev’Yan. I’m very proud of myself. I only spent ten dollars at Target. I was walking with a skip in my step at my accomplishment & decided that I needed to wash my terribly unattractively dirty car. So I went to the Car Wash.
wash.
rinse.
repeat.
Done! & squeaky clean… except for this one spot by my mirrors, but I can’t hate the machine who is cleaning my car, when I have 2 perfectly good arms to do it myself. Truthfully, I get such a thrill out of going through a car wash. I always have since I was little, but was deprived the pleasure. So I am making up for it in my adulthood. I still squeal & laugh like it’s this roller coaster ride. Naturally, I was in a euphoric mood after my outstanding self-control in Target & my freshly cleaned car (not to mention the monkey bread, which was till tying me over at 1 o’clock).
I am smiling much more than I was earlier. & I’m having a good hair day as well! & it’s Wednesday! All of this excitement! This calls for a celebration! I took just a few pictures of the California mountains while driving toward home; unfortunately it was a smoggy mess. But the pictures don’t really portray that, which is both good & kind of sneaky.
The clouds are beautiful today & the breeze is perfect. I arrived home to a very excited Sofie Aiko, who grabbed several toys upon greeting me. She was wagging her tail with such might that it made my heart fill with love. I decided to take her for a walk (no pictures of this; I don’t trust myself walking around with this three hundred dollar camera in my pocket.) She sprinted the whole walk as usual, kissing people’s toes & legs that happened to cross our path. People are either delighted at her forward affection or disgusted. Sofie never cares about other’s opinions, though. She just struts her stuff, regardless of the barking dogs or the noise around her. & that is when I started thinking how simple it must be to be a dog, especially Sofie, who is pampered by her mommy & daddy.
We came home shortly after the brisk walk around the block & I made lunch. Sofie fell right asleep & so it has been for the remainder of the afternoon. Now I am patiently waiting for the time to pass to where I can drive to Lover & pick him up from work; which reminds me that I need to answer my own dreaded question of “what are we having for dinner tonight?” Lover never likes this question so it’s pointless & rather rhetorical for me to ask him. Better that I figure it out for myself.
Oh & here is my super smashing outfit today:
(I forgot to mention “tag” this photo! those teeny little feet belong to Sofie Aiko. & that red thing just so happens to be Sofie’s infamous “foot”from her Spider. She chewed off all the legs, & this is all that’s left.)
A “thrifted” jean overall jumper, an organic cotton tee from Target, a heart shaped necklace & a men’s cardigan both from forever21 (since the women’s cardigans aren’t saggy enough for me), & these super-cute shoes I bought from DSW several months ago on sale. Simple but still making some kind of a fashion statement. Unfortunately the shoes are ripping at the seams & I’m not sure if it is because I go trekking about in these shoes so often or because they’re cheaply made; nevertheless, I will wear these shoes until my toes are poking out of its holes. Maybe.
That was my day; my wonderful hump day. It would be even more wonderful if the “hump” could possibly make its way into my & Lover’s evening tonight. That would send me over the edge of Delight.
on Thursday, April 10th, 2008 at 2:16 am:
You are gorgeous! I love your hair and eyebrows & overalls!
UGH regarding people wanting you to rewrite your work. That’s a real bitch. :p
on Thursday, April 10th, 2008 at 6:12 am:
Mmm, the monkey bread looks so delicious I can almost taste it. I am jealous of your nice weather–it’s still barely in the forties here. Interesting entry today–thanks for sharing.
on Thursday, April 10th, 2008 at 10:15 am:
@ J: thank you for stopping by! & thank you for the compliments! :] the overalls are my favorite thing to wear. I can’t wait until it starts to become a bit warmer so I won’t need the boyfriend cardigan.
@ Holly: you know, as great as this weather is right now, I really wish it would be raining; I prefer rain over sunshine. :] thanks for stopping by!
on Thursday, April 10th, 2008 at 10:16 am:
I really, really like the feel of this post. Love, love, love the pictures! Sounds like a really great hump day, I had a good one too. No actual humping, but eh.
Car washing always turns out to be exponentially more fun than it sounds.
Always.
No, ALWAYS.
on Thursday, April 10th, 2008 at 2:00 pm:
love the “new” format of this post!! (even if it lasts temporarily..still love it!)
i, too, celebrate the fact that i (sometimes) can resist temptation at target and spend $10 or less on a shopping trip there (even if that kind of occasion is rare). i don’t know what it is, but when i step into ‘the greatland’ i lose all sense of good sense.
p.s. i have not seen organic cotton tees in target!! i wonder if it’s a regional thing..b/c i want one!
on Thursday, April 10th, 2008 at 2:32 pm:
First off…. you are absolutely beautiful! Secondly that bread looks sooooo yummy! I love your blog, keep it up :)
on Thursday, April 10th, 2008 at 2:38 pm:
@ thatShortChick: well, they’re not advertised. Right now, I know they have a lot of graphic tees out this season… & they’re usually found in that section. The only way of knowing is if you look at the tag. The brand is called L.O.L. =] I looove it.
@ Amanda: thank you & thank you. :] you’re so sweet!
on Thursday, April 10th, 2008 at 3:23 pm:
1.) That cinnamon monkey bread looks SO. GOOD.
2.) This may sound a bit weird but, I am so envious of your face and eyebrow shape. You really pull of the cute, sexy, pixie look with your hair and I’ve always wanted to do that.
on Thursday, April 10th, 2008 at 3:46 pm:
@ Sara: thank you! Go out & get some monkey bread, if you can find it. I highly recommend it. You just put it in the microwave for 2 minutes & voila! instant goodness. :]
& oh shucks; I never know how to respond when I get compliments. ;] Thank you! I am always trying to encourage people to cut their hair off… one of these days, I want to go voluntarily bald!
on Thursday, April 10th, 2008 at 6:37 pm:
Oh my goodness! I forgot to comment back Natalie! I’m sorry Natalie! :[
@ Natalie: unfortunately, my night didn’t involve any humping, thanks to Lover falling asleep faster than myself. So don’t feel too badly. & car washing is delightful, but now Lover is asking me why it is that I didn’t just wash the car myself & save us some money. Whoops. ;/
on Monday, April 14th, 2008 at 8:04 pm:
WHOA monkey bread! I’ve never heard of such a thing but looks awesome.
Love this denim piece on you, that’s so funny I’m selling the same piece right now :)
And you’re gorgeous. You and your boy are hot together.