Junkie

I have a new addiction. It’s not honey nut peanut butter or rooibus chai tea or any of the products that have topped the favorites chart over the last few years. I’ve become addicted to Craig's List, or more specifically, searching for houses to rent in San Diego on Craig’s List. I plan on moving down to San Diego in the middle of August, when Nick returns from his deployment with the Marine Corps. I haven’t talked to Nick in well over a month, so daily forays onto the Craig’s List site have served to fan the enthusiasm, and keep me focused on the future. Even though the houses that I’m looking at will likely not be available when we’re looking, somehow it feels valuable to me to know what’s out there, and it keeps me dreaming of the fun to come.

The family for whom I cook has gone on a three week vacation, which means vacation for me too, whether I like it or not. I should be prowling the farmer’s markets and spending time each day cooking and enjoying summer’s bounty. I should be taking this time to make beautiful food for my family and friends to enjoy. And I should be writing about it in language as colorful as the dishes themselves. I’m not. And even when I do cook, it’s in an effort to clear the pantry of the odds and ends that I don’t want to move. As much as this kind of cooking invites creativity, one can’t develop recipes based on the scoop of jam left in the jar, or the reduction that I made a while ago out of some sort of balsamic vinegar and something else that I can’t remember. There’s merit in trying not to waste ingredients that I’ve spent my money buying, there’s just not much I can pass along as a bona fide recipe. And the cooking I’ve done lately, has been squeezed in between rounds of organizing, sorting, packing, runs to Goodwill, and of course, browsing the housing section of Craig’s List. But, alas, my time will not have been wasted, for come August, we’ll be unpacking all of my glorious kitchen stuff in our little Spanish-style dream house.

Comments

[Tanna]

Quiet, beautiful musings. Beautiful times ahead.
It will be helpful to know what's out there when you're looking for real, it won't be wasted time. How really exhilarating!!! Keep packing.