1 april 2012 (su)

1720 / 65 deg f / sunny

april fool's day.


"APRIL is the cruellest month, breeding
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
Memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain"

--- T.S. Eliot, The Waste Land

Whan that Aprill with his shoures sote The droghte° of Marche hath perced to the rote,° And bathed every veyne° in swich licour,° Of which vertu° engendred is the flour; Whan Zephirus° eek with his swete breeth Inspired° hath in every holt° and heeth° The tendre croppes,° and the yonge sonne Hath in the Ram his halfe cours y-ronne;1 And smale fowles° maken melodye, That slepen al the night with open yë°— So priketh hem Nature in hir corages2— Than longen° folk to goon° on pilgrimages, And palmeres for to seken straunge strondes,3 To ferne halwes,° couthe° in sondry londes; And specially, from every shires ende Of Engelond to Caunterbury they wende, The holy blisful martir4 for to seke,° That hem hath holpen,° whan that they were seke.°

--- Geoffrey Chaucer, The Caterbury Tales, General Prologue

slept in a little this morning. got up a little after 8:00. elizabeth was already up.

breakfast

scrambled eggs (2)

bagel w/ cc

banana

oj

coffee

iced tea

also cooked an egg for elizabeth

mopped the kitchen floor in the morning and did some laundry.

watched the end of this is spinal tap. ok but not a laugh riot.

lunch

roast beef, ham and cheese sandwich

pickle spears

olives

carrots

iced tea

we went to p.w. county library in the afternoon. got a library card. checked out a book/cd set to learn hindi.

snack

caramel hi rise

chips

at caribou on the way home from the library.

2304 / 60 deg f / mostly cloudy

worked on the computer for a few hours after we got back from the library.

dinner

cubed steak w/ peppers, onions, tomatoes
rice
iced tea

watched part of the empire strikes back on cable. then watched the first part of great expectations on masterpiece.

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