don't mess

with my files. if you're commenting on my edit, write the comments on the hard copy, or type in new paragraphs if you want, but don't take a copy of my file and type in the new stuff over it - then i have to look at each & every word to see if it's changed... at least she didn't put it on the server in the revised version, but it's still damn annoying. why can't she see this?

games

at least there was some good that came out of the accident: it looks like the somewhat inoperative lock on my friends' door will be fixed.

and yesterday at the hospital i got to play 2 games i hadn't played before, aquarius and guillotine.

(always looking for silver linings....)

it looks like they get out of the hospital today :-)

mood: still tired, but more optimistic

food highlights in chicago

(how could i go for a week without a food entry? hard to imagine...)

my friend's husband was away most of the time i was there (he's also my friend, but not quite as close). he was concerned that his wife not eat junk, so made lots of things before he left, including a wonderful shitake mushroom soup, a morrocan winter squash/spinach/chickpea dish, and a mexican seitan thing (all vegan; he's currently into cookbooks by lorna sass). all quite yummy.
in addition, we went out to a japanese restaurant, had some excellent sushi, also fried tofu, miso, veggie tempura. no, it wasn't a kosher restaurant. my friend had previously interviewed the chef (through an interpreter) about how things are done in his kitchen, and there were many things kept separate. and i seem to be changing how strict i am about some kosher things.... (but that's another post).