It's been awhile. I've been out, sick and busy.  The flu ended up being bad and I had it for over a week and a half.  Remember in the previous post I said I never had pink eye?  Well, I got it.  Twas fun.  I'm much better now, though.  Still filled with gross mucus, but feel ten times better.  Good thing Jason was around to take care of me, because I was acting pretty pathetic.  

Despite being sick I was super productive in the work department. I didn't have time to lay in bed for days. Too much work to do.

This past weekend was nice. I was recovering nicely from the flu and pretty much stayed home and did a bit of work.  We took a drive to the huge regional park near us and got a little 'lost'.  Not 'lost' like we didn't know where we were going, but lost in exploration mode.  It's rainy season right now and it was awesome to be in the forest amidst the rain. Love exploring. It is when I do my best thinking.   We visit this park quite often now.  It's quiet and lovely.  Nature really is the ultimate designer. Everything looks good...proportions, shadows, lighting...

It's been bouncing from extremely rainy to very sunny and we ended up in this farm land area that had gorgeous rolling green hills. It was very nice.  I came home after that and made a bunch of food. I had not been able to cook for the past week (+) and living off of gross carryout food :(, so after a hint of feeling better I got back to cooking.  I made a huge pot of homemade chicken noodle soup, homemade stock and all.  It was so good.  Nothing like a pot of warm soup during rainy weather. I was in my glory, too. 

Cooking really is my happy place.  Cooking really is so much cheaper than eating out, too.  I've never been good at controlling quantity when I cook. I always cook large batches of everything. I think I adopted this from my mother. We had a large family and she cooked large portions.  It's ok, because we end up living off the food I cook for days. I just wished I had people around me that would just stop by and eat all my food. I love that. I think a house is meant to be filled with people eating your homemade food and hanging out. I probably adopted this from my grandma.

April looks to be gearing up as a very busy month for me. I just finished my portfolio and will begin job searching. Working from home has been ok, but it is not my style. I need to be among other people. I feed off of their energy and it stimulates more ideas and self-improvement.  Now that I have finished my portfolio I am working heavily on my charity bike project Bike for Kam.  I'm working on the website, design and PR materials and hopefully we will launch the project next week.

Look for it :).