Enjoying the first day off in a long time! "Off" is a vague term, as I'm not "on" in any paid sense of the word, but it's nice to be able to catch up on the jobs I've been putting on the backburner after what seems like an endless stream of church events.

Looking forward to cooking tonight :) Cran, Chance, and self went shopping a few days ago to a marvellous tea shop in SE Austin. The owner does a lot of blog marketing, so I don't want to mention the place here, but I do talk about it in my food blog. Good stuff--I bought the ingredients for Chai Tea Chicken, two cannisters of coconut chai tea and a fruity rubois blend, and a sample of a coconut assam...I lurve assam tea, and I'm very sad that I've run out of the coconut assam :( It became several servings of iced tea.

Submitted my first job application in a while--I just haven't bothered over the last month or so, but I confess, as much as I want mom's business to succeed, I'm having a gut-level bad feeling about it, and need to get a back-up plan in order. I've got one low-grade lead, we'll see what happens...but if anyone wants a gently used hyena as a co-worker, keep me in mind :)

Looking forward to the weekend. I've got one unpleasantness ahead--a six-hour church meeting--but I'm not going to do church on Sunday, just relax, give my father his birthday presents, and have a nice relaxing day before the committees and nonprofits and other time-wasting-but-rewarding groups start nipping at my heels again.