The Joy of Cooking

Hello there!
I had a difficult day.
[If you are interested in details see the end of the post, it's ok if you'd rather pass]

But yeah, after my difficult day, I cooked up a storm and it made me feel SO MUCH BETTER.  I have never realized how much cooking relaxes me.  I may not be super good at it yet, but I'm trying.  Tonight I made a coconut milk chicken curry, a good pot of rice, and sweet potato latkes.  If I had it to do over again there would be some adjustments, but the important thing is that it was a good time.  I had the kitchen to myself, and totally escaped, with my headphones on, into the steam and music.

Tonight I discovered a new favorite TV show!  It's called "First Family" and it is about an all black first family of the United States! This episode was about the butler's son wanting to become a magician.

One really cool thing that happened today was that I got to spend a lot of time reading a book by a South African author called Black Diamond.  I am about 150 pages in, and it hasn't, like dazzled me or anything, but its very fun to see terms and places I recognize!  Also, I was in line with some charming women who spent most of the day talking in Xhosa, which is one of the local languages.  It sounds really cool, and it has a ton of sounds we don't have, including several clicks.

Tomorrow we are going to visit the District Six museum and then go explore the Old Biscuit Mill area.  Some other exchange students have been raving about the food and crafts there and I can't wait to check it out!  I am very excited to take advantage of my weekend!



Difficult day:  It was rainy.  And then I spent a freezing 4 hours in line too add and drop classes, only to find the class I wanted was full, at which point I burst into tears in front of everyone. Standing in line is draining!  heh heh.  I don't really have an excuse.  But then I went to talk to my program coordinator about solutions to my rising anxiety over how stranded we are living on campus.  She is very nice, and talking to her made me feel better, but realistically there is not a lot to be done.