Interlude

I really should be doing the next post on my Fukuoka trip, and talking about the New Year and how I would like to thank people- but you know how much of a procrastinator I am, and how often uninspired I am. Sometimes a thought occurs but I'm not doing the right thing to write, but as my days fall into a comfortable cycle again I thought I would spend some time this morning giving least, a short update on my life, no matter how drab and boring it may be. (If there are glaring punctuation errors and typing issues its because I'm typing this post on my phone, and I have literally no means of properly gauging how my formatting will turn out or at times how my autocorrect makes me a complete idiot, taking my past spelling errors and using them against me.) 

At the moment I find myself in a McDonalds that is more far away from home than I would usually be at 8.30am in the morning on a fine Tuesday, considering it's my holiday. Without digressing, I've basically decided to pick up a job, and so far I'm enjoying it immensely. Without divulging too much information about my workplace, I'll leave it that I am presently working on internship and am pursuing marketing. While it wasn't totally part of my plan (I had wanted to work in a cooking studio) I find that having worked here may at least make my (possibly miserable) results look better to my interviewer, as well as give me an idea on if I want to pursue this for the rest of my life. 

Again? The back up plan is to devote my existence to the creation of things like this: 

On the Sunday just past I found myself at the mercy of my tiny hand beater trying to whip together a meringue after making the base of my lemon meringue tart. While baking this often is by no means a cheap hobby I get a lot of satisfaction out of creating my favorite sweets and treats. Sadly for fear I will someday destroy my over horribly or that the tiny electric beater will explode in my face, I have yet to embark on anything too ambitious. Perhaps next weekend I'll try my hand at baking bread again, but till then I have a pretty meringue pie sitting in my fridge waiting to be eaten. Which is nice enough.

As if my backlog wasn't enough, I'll be going on a cruise extremely soon. While I managed to work out the dates I sail with my company (which was very incredibly understanding of them), I will be able to set sail with my grandfather. Almost like a metaphor the trip seems to represent his journey on high sea and treacherous water, but by some grace he is comfortable and all is well on deck. (In terms, perhaps, of him dealing with his cancer to good success). I will be entirely honest and say it's been slightly perplexing to deal with, largely because we have had to make lifestyle changes accordingly and with work it becomes harder to spend weeknight evenings with him especially when having dinner out means I get home only at 9 in the night. Either way, my grandfather tells me, doting on me endlessly again, that I should not have to work, and that I ought to enjoy myself more- I remind him again I work not for money but for experience, although he would much rather have me home and relaxing my days away. 

In my absent mindedness I realize that the ice chocolate at McCafe is pretty good, because it's Hershey's and milk- and chide myself for forgetting my flask and tea today, which is extremely regrettable. I need tea on a daily basis. Everything seems more comfortable with tea.

Looking at the time I should be off to the office. Hopefully all of you have a good day as well! 

Xoxo