While my boyfriend was away...

...I have:

- watched One Piece movies 1-10
- watched the subbed version of episodes 1-25 (once again...)
- listened to this playlist almost exclusively
- re-learned how to sing along to the first opening song
- learned some Japanese words/expressions so that sometimes, when I miss part of the subbed text (because I'm knitting or whatever) I still get what's going on

- knit and almost finished two baby jackets
- started on the baby blanket
- bought some more baby clothes
- been invited to not one but two baby parties her friends are throwing for my sister
(4 weeks now...probably...)

- spent time with family members on 6 days
- spent time with friends on 4 days
- eaten out 4 times (burger, Thai, Indian, vegan)
- been to McDonald's twice (which I do not count as 'eating out')
(a ratio which bears no relation whatsoever to my usual life)

- finished no book at all, but started two
- submitted a badly written (I think, because I wrote it in about 10 minutes, and it was the first time I wrote one at all) abstract for a conference taking place here in June
- finally gotten a haircut (first time at a hairdresser in, I think, 3 years)
- cleaned out my wardrobe
- cleaned up our bedroom, including washing the curtains and stuff like that which only ever happens every ice age or so
- gotten badly used to having the whole bed to myself (which leaves me wondering what battles will ensue once my boyfriend returns after two weeks of sleeping in queen and king size beds)

...I have not:
- written my long overdue term paper
- created a photo album for our 5-year-anniversary
- spring-cleaned the whole apartment
- sewn a sofa cover, table cloth and assorted pillow cases
- planted flowers on our balcony
- played one bit of Zelda
- bought a shipload of One Piece merchandise (...)
- done any reading for university (but there's a week of uni-free time left to do so, phew)
- eaten in a very healthy way at all
- been sad and lonely and depressed at all - hah!

March Reading + Food Update

Here's what I read in March:

Midnight's Children (I started this in October, but read only to about page 80 - finished it now)
Things fall apart
Disgrace
A bunch of short stories (Simple Recipe (Madeleine Thien), Swimming Lessons (Rohinton Mistry), Land Deal (Gerald Murnane), Pension Day (Archie Weller), Ismini (Beverley Farmer), Brackley and the Bed (Samuel Selvon), The Man (Austin Clarke))

...these were all for my exam,  which went very well indeed. :) And yes, I read those texts above in less than a week. Phew. But it was worth it. My mind went a little funny, reading all those rather sad stories in such a short space of time, but yeah. Life goes on. :)

And then, for something completely different:
One Piece #1-61

... I love them so much. I've been reading them for around 10 years now (I started after watching parts of the anime together with my brother, way back when). As I see it, they will continue for a long while yet, I would guess easily to around #100. I hope they will. They're the best. <3
Thankfully, my boyfriend has joined me in being a fan, and we can now talk about them endlessly. And watch the anime together. And share the cost of the books. Isn't it great when things work out like that? :D

Food Update:
I'm still keeping up my daily lists of what I consume, but one day I just stopped posting them - I wanted to add more commentary but was too tired, and it just continued from there. Maybe I'll post them later just like that, maybe I'll add some more explanation yet, I don't know.
Anyway, I told myself that up until Easter, I would try eating some things containing sugar again to see what that would do, and then after Easter I'll probably go back to eating none, with a book on fructose intolerance to help me some more. At least by now I'm pretty sure my problems are tied to fructose/high sugar in general. A good step in the right direction. :)