For the first time in a
long while, I don’t actually know what to write. I just think that I need to.
So this is going to be a
bit of an adventure maybe.
At first I was thinking I
should tell you about a thought I had, following on from the theme of some of
my other posts. To start with, there are two places, aside from exotic or
exhilarating landscapes that really prompt me to start thinking. The first, of
course, is the toilet. I have actually on occasion gone and sat on the loo,
just to help me think or remember something. It used to be as a distraction,
i.e. from work, studying, being told off.
The second is 36,000 feet in the air.
It doesn’t have to be 36,000 exactly, but it helps.
It’s a weird place to be.
Suspended in mid air, surrounded by strangers and strange people, nothing to
look at but the backs of people’s heads and the inflight magazine or safety
card. It’s like.... nothing. Nowhere?
Anyway back to my
thought, which at the time was quite exciting, for me anyway. Maybe, just maybe
I should listen to people and Maybe, Perhaps, teaching could be something I
could get into. Not yet, I’m still in full on drift mode (although potentially
being unemployed in..... less than three weeks is more than daunting) but I
could so work in one of them Pupil referral units, the one’s where kids go when
they’re in trouble or not getting on in school. I think that’d be cool. Hard
work (for sure) but cool.
So that was my thought.
But really, in my drifting style, I need to think of now.
I’m applying for jobs
everywhere, bars, shops, and restaurants in both Grantham and Blackpool. I
cannot begin to imagine how it feels to be out of work for a long time. It’ll
be fine though. I just need to find something, anything, to tide me over.
So what else am I pin
balling, I hear you ask. Well,
Cooking and how freakin
amazing it feels to COOK again. Ahh! Our apartment has a bit of a kitchen you
see. Nothing special, but oh my, it’s nice. I’m going to make a cake. I’ve
already made butternut squash risotto, a courgette bake thing and my new
invention, Lazy Soup.
Lazy soup has all the qualities of normal, hearty
homemade soup, but is especially for the lazy or pushed for time among us.
Here is a rough idea of a
lazy soup. More of instructions than recipe.
Find fresh vegetables (I
say fresh, I used partly dried out squash, floppy carrots and half a broccoli)
Chop roughly
Put water in a saucepan
onto boil. Add an onion, stock cube and seasoning.
Boil vegetables for as
long as you have (ideally they would be fully cooked.)
Blend and serve.
YUM.
I’m going to be searching
my blog reading list for a good simple chocolate cake to bake on a budget. Once
I get on the net that is. Roll on nap time at the crèche.
