Pesto and Politics

Hey, A,

I'm glad you enjoy life at BLU....I don't remember you being so close to neighbors back when I was there last, but I recall meeting S, with whom you were just becoming friends, and hearing about Kim. Anyway, I'm glad you enjoy it. It certainly sounds like something special--and I bet it keeps you on your housekeeping toes!

Going back to school today wasn't bad. Sometimes, as you must know, it doesn't pay to stay out and it's a nightmare to go back. Fortunately, two classes I would have met with yesterday had assemblies to attend, so I didn't need to leave plans for them and didn't come back to piles of papers. Actually, I only missed one class so today was not a day of catch-up.

I'm home with some papers to correct but not sure I'll get around to them. On my way home from school, during a phone call with C, who talked of the steaks she had taken out of the freezer to thaw, I realized I hadn't taken anything out but was in the mood to cook. In fact, I am in the mood for the salmon I forgot to take out...It's a small piece, so I'm hoping it will thaw by the time I want to cook; it's on the counter thawing now. That was dilemma number 1. The second is that I don't have spinach, which I love with salmon and a little pasta (garlic, capers, olive oil)... I do have haricot verts and always have homemade pesto in the freezer, so the pesto is thawing too. Maybe I'll do the salmon and pasta with pesto. With or without beans. I'll decide later.

So that will be dinner. A special dinner for me before tuning into Barack--the only other thing on tonight's agenda--for that half-hour program. I'm so excited, yet a touch nervous. I hope people who are on the fence won't find this arrogant or overkill, you know? Rather, I hope that those people will walk away saying, yes, this is who we need to elect next week. I won't be able to sleep that night, and I won't know what to do with myself for 4 hours every night after it's over...


Went on Powells.com earlier today and got a little nostalgic about my visits to your corner of the world. I also remembered that I lost track of a Powell's postcard (arty post card size print of a painting of Powells; I think it was actually free at the counter) that I had put aside to frame. I looked for it when I moved here last year and was ready to put it up but couldn't find it....Very sad. Guess I have to come back and visit.

Enjoy your welcome back to J. Hope to hear from you later or tomorrow.

Love you, Barb