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Saturday, June 29, 2013

A Summer for one

It has been exactly one week now since Seth left for a 2+ month stay in Seattle.  For the past year and a half he had been dreaming about leaving for the Pacific Northwest every time the temps tipped over the 75 degree mark.  Finally, he made it!  I am staying here, holding the fort in Waltham.  This will actually be the longest I have ever been by myself.  In college I had roommates; in Australia I always lived with other people; and since moving to Waltham (and Italy) I have only been on my own for just a few days at a time, usually when Seth would go to a conference for a long weekend.  Not having a companion makes me really wish I had a pet to borrow for a little while!  Actually, I am watching our neighbors' cats this week, so I expect I will be spending my evenings watching lots of TV shows with kitties on my lap!  I am a true cat lady.

Now that I only spend a fraction of the time cooking--one dish is enough to feed me for several days--I have more time to focus on other things, like catching up on reading and summer assignments.  I also can use this alone time to try out some modified diets, so I am going gluten-free for a little while; Seth would have no part in swapping regular pasta with rice or corn pasta :P.  This is a 'suggested exercise' to help dietetics students better understand and counsel people on modified diets.  So far it is pretty easy, except I do miss my peanut-butter honey toast in the AM :o(

Now to figure out what to do for the 4th of July.  All my friends (actually, shall I say both my friends?) already have plans.  It isn't too fun to have a cookout with a single veggie burger on a gluten-free bun then go watch fireworks on your own.  :-/

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