Hello!

This weekend is going to be a little different than usual. Today I'm only here until the evening, then I'll go back to the hospital and tomorrow I'll come back to sleep here. Sounds complicated, but Monday is a holiday and this was the best way to make use of that because I'm not allowed to spend more than one night at home in a row. It's an insurance thing, apparently.

I certainly like the prospect of returning to the hospital without having to pack first, for once. Plus I've got three days to do the laundry, which means it doesn't matter if something takes longer than a day to dry. I should do this more often! Only the two extra train tickets are a bit of a problem.

Now ... I think I'm going to do something very ... brave. Ahem. That is to say, I might just take a shower in spite of not being 100% sure that my towel is 100% clean, and then put on some clothes that might not be completely clean, either. SHOCKING, RIGHT?? -.-

Oh, and I noticed belatedly that I forgot to mention something important last week: chasingthunder, in case you didn't see it on Twitter, I got your postcard!! :D Thank you, it was a very nice surprise.

Food & Decisions

As if to make up for the fact that I don't need to pack (much) today, my brain decided to come up with a different problem: I forgot to buy enough food for three days instead of two. >.<; If I want to be back when I said I'd be back, I have to leave in little more than an hour - which means I can't really go food shopping a second time anymore. That alone often takes me an hour. So either I think of a way to make what I've got last three days ... or I could always decide to return late on purpose. But. I don't want to walk through swarms of mosquitoes in the dark. And take my pill too late. And find that my roommate has turned on the light without closing the window first. Being late is stressful! =.=

Well. A can of beans, some cheese, two sausages, half an onion, a tiny rest of lentils ... I could make two more warm meals. Somehow. I'd just have to eat a lot of rice crackers and peanut butter between those. And possibly polenta? I don't have milk, but the instructions say it can also be made with water. A little boring, that ... but I'll live. It's a challenge!

I don't know why my paragraphs all end on an exclamation mark today. Look! This one doesn't. XD

So I'm going to leave soon, but I'll be back tomorrow. I may or may not decide to visit my family tomorrow afternoon, which would require even more unexpected train tickets. IDK. Part of me is thinking, "Be sensible! You're already spending more money on transportation than usual this week, don't do it!", but then there is also that other part that's thinking, "Be sensible! You need to spend more time with your family - in fact you need to spend more time with people in general; what's a little money compared to that?!" See, this is what I mean when I say that I often try to be reasonable but can't figure out which is the reasonable course of action. :|

Either way you'll probably hear from me in the morning.