Feb 242010
I’m having a really, really, crappy day. The kind that makes me want to dump everything and run away to join a travelling circus. Actually, a band of Icelandic nomads would be better, considering my aversion towards circuses.
February hasn’t been a good month at all because it produced quite a few headaches I didn’t need. Let’s hope March will be an improvement, but judging by the way things are at the moment, I doubt it.
I knew I should have answered a calling to become a lighthouse keeper when I was twelve. I would have been one if my mum wasn’t so set against it.
My February started out okay, but is waning in the latter part. Meet you in Reyjkavic? (or however you spell it).
My dad and I used to talk about getting ‘the Februarys,’ just a general depressive malaise. March is coming soon!
My day started out majorly sucky but improved in the afternoon. It’s Christian’s birthday and I promised I’d make his favourite chocolate orange cake. It’s not a complicated recipe but it has several stages and requires much stirring, making me very grateful for my Kitchen Aid. Um, yeah…when I can find the appropriate attachments.
So I weighed and measured all the ingredients, grated orange rind, separated eggs, cleaned up broken eggs from floor which kids dropped, lined tin, and so on and so forth. Then I discovered the part I needed to use the Kitchen Aid was missing. I searched everywhere, including all the usual hiding places where the toddler likes to put things. No luck. I eventually gave up and mixed the whole thing by hand. It took ages. Once the cake was finally in the oven, I found the damn attachments in my underwear drawer. Aargh!
Anyway, apologies for the rant. Hope your day improves. A slice of cake helped mine.
Maili, sorry, dear. House buying’s always such a toughie. Hope March improves significantly.
Sarah, do I dare enquire why in the world were your food processor implements “stored” in your underwear drawer? Is it a combined kitchen implements & underwear drawer? *struggling to understand Sarah’s organizational plan*
@Keira Soleore LOL! Blame the toddler. She takes things and hides them places. As I lack baby logic, it doesn’t always occur to me to look in certain places when something goes missing.
@Maili Sorry to hijack your whine thread. I hope you feel better today and that March is a happier month for you.
I too hope the Tides of March sweep away the doldrums of February. I think February is the cruelest month because there are little secret signs that spring is around the corner but it’s still dark and wet and dismal. And spring seems so far away plus I have gained 10 pounds hiding in my winter cave.
The smell of lavender makes me feel slightly better — do candles work for you? Bath salts?