Le Sigh

It seems like the stretch between February and the end of May is always the hardest part of the year for me. It's being exacerbated now by some of the side-effects of coming off the BC pill (moodswings, cramps, bloating, headaches, freaking BREAST TENDERNESS, which I've never had before, and no before you ask I'm not pregnant).

John is in Berkeley right now checking out the law school and such (he got accepted and they're throwing fat stacks of money at him, it's a sure-thing we're moving in August). I miss him a lot. It's a portent of how hard it's going to be while we're apart during my stint in D-land (which I bought my ticket for, incidentally: arriving in D-Land June 21 and coming home July 25). But then at least I'll be busy instead of bumming around my apartment while it pisses rain outside and I ignore the huge pile of dishes in my sink.

But all is not lost. I have Death at a Funeral on DVD, and I made GRUB sweet and sour tofu, and I have chocolate, and tomorrow (if the weather doesn't suck) after I do my homework I'm going to go down to the first farmer's market of the season.

Okonomiyaki discovery

Oh. my. GOD. I picked up Vegan Vittles by Jo Stepaniak at Smith Family Books today because I had a coupon for 20% used books (I picked up Vegan Italiano by Donna Klein as well), and it has a recipe for fucking OKONOMIYAKI, which ANY former or current Ranma 1/2 fan (read: überdork) knows is Ukyo's specialty and tastes like YUM. I can't wait to try this. I'm going to make it a little different than the recipe calls for, to try and replicate the way they make it in that little restaurant in Japantown in San Francisco, but yeah. OM NOM NOM.

It snowed yesterday.

I took a day off from homework and Holy Cow stuff (well, most of the day) and played in the snow with John. There were snowballs, and snowmen, and a long walk, and lentil-walnut burgers.

I've been insanely busy, hence the lack of update-y-ness. I've baked and cooked so many things I can't even remember them all. Lemon poppy seed muffins, lemon gem cupcakes, pad thai, bean & corn tortilla lasagna with avocado, crepes with fruit puree and celestial cream, chocolate chocolate chip walnut cookies, almond-quinoa muffins...the list goes on.

I'm currently trying to save the only vegetarian/vegan restaurant on campus. Join http://oregon.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8680109351 if you're interested in keeping a sustainable environmentally-friendly cafe alive and at UO.

School is going to drive me mad, I've decided.

Also I have a new job as a tutor for student athletes.

Tired.