when good intentions clash with family fun

Starting yesterday I started really feeling like I *should* be getting back to doing uni work. Sure, the thesis has been submitted, but there are papers to write, and a talk to organize before I get there. However, all I managed was doing a bit of reading. What did I do instead?

Yesterday:

* walked to the store to get a few things
* baked cookies with my niece
* went for a very short roller blade trip (it turns out that my sister's skates left bruises on the sides of my shins the day before, so that it hurt to try to skate again that soon)
* general social time with the family
* trip to the airport with mom to drop off one of my sisters and our friend who were heading to their homes
* Trivial pursuit game with mom and remaining sisters

Today:

* trip to the fruit/veg market with brother-in-law
* meet my nieces' god-mother
* play a game with niece & my sister
* mixed up & kneaded a traditional Russian style black bread to go with the borscht that my Russian brother-in-law will make for dinner tonight (I used his recipie, which involves ground fennel and instant coffee in addition to rye flour and molasses)
* attempted to download a couple of articles but ran into connection issues


Still to do today:

* Bake the bread
* Enjoy fresh bread and borscht
* head to Tacoma to hear Tania Opland perform (anyone want to come along or meet me there?)

when good intentions clash with family fun

Starting yesterday I started really feeling like I *should* be getting back to doing uni work. Sure, the thesis has been submitted, but there are papers to write, and a talk to organize before I get there. However, all I managed was doing a bit of reading. What did I do instead?

Yesterday:

* walked to the store to get a few things
* baked cookies with my niece
* went for a very short roller blade trip (it turns out that my sister's skates left bruises on the sides of my shins the day before, so that it hurt to try to skate again that soon)
* general social time with the family
* trip to the airport with mom to drop off one of my sisters and our friend who were heading to their homes
* Trivial pursuit game with mom and remaining sisters

Today:

* trip to the fruit/veg market with brother-in-law
* meet my nieces' god-mother
* play a game with niece & my sister
* mixed up & kneaded a traditional Russian style black bread to go with the borscht that my Russian brother-in-law will make for dinner tonight (I used his recipie, which involves ground fennel and instant coffee in addition to rye flour and molasses)
* attempted to download a couple of articles but ran into connection issues


Still to do today:

* Bake the bread
* Enjoy fresh bread and borscht
* head to Tacoma to hear Tania Opland perform (anyone want to come along or meet me there?)