How have I forgotten to mention my love for Malta Corona? If there’s one drink I never get sick of it’s this. I fell in love with it when I tried it at the European Pantry across the street; it goes well with baklava and tyropitas. I’ve had two bottles so far tonight and four more wait for me in my fridge. My tongue will be happy tonight.
My vacation has flown by and now that the last day of it has come to a close I’m wishing it would last longer. I completed the suitcase project, spent a lot of time with wonderful people, read plenty, went to a great concert, and generally had a refreshing and rewarding break from work.
I enjoyed my trip to New Brunswick over the weekend, spending time with my parents and cousins. I hadn’t seen Frank and Melanie, their kids Kailey, Shane, Victoria and Colton, or my aunt Lucille in a couple years, so I had been looking forward to seeing them all again. It’s a bit strange to know that Kailey will graduate from high school in a couple months and that all the others have grown up so much. It was fun to be climbed over by a couple rugrats during the day and spend an evening drinking margaritas.
I discovered an odd drink while in Fredericton; in a mall there was a stand selling Smoochies, which were a combination of bubble tea and slushies. The drink was good, actually, enough so that I’d get it again, but I do prefer real bubble tea.
I think the best moment of the trip was when my mom asked me, “So, will you be buying Christmas presents for all the women in your life?”
I looked over at her and said, “Jesus, Mom, I’m not that rich!”
I got a funny look for that, and I know she meant my roommates and Gwen, but 99% of my friends happen to be female, so I couldn’t help but respond in that way.
This time away from work has renewed my commitment to find ways to have more time and resources to pursue projects and interests I have outside of conventional work. Central to that is creating a location-independent income source, which would allow me to stretch my nomadic wings some. I’m working on it diligently.
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11 comments on “Dissolution of Freedom”
Mmm. You’ve made me want bubble tea.
Tomorrow this girl is getting her first credit card,
so I won’t feel guilty if I spend a couple dollars of the money I actually have on a HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAM bubble tea indulgence.
I’m glad you had a good time in New Brunswick.
I was looking at the outbox in my voice mail and read that I sent you a message that said, “hey sexy.” I was like, “How drunk did I get that night?” 😀
I forgot that like most times when I am drinking with friends, someone else was using my phone.
I hear that you have a DVD with episodes of Superheroes. I want to borrow it.
and I know you like your Corona. I spilled it all over my skirt once!
Oh, that’s exciting about the credit card. We should all go for bubble tea sometime.
You’ll be welcome to borrow episodes of Heroes. I have the first 7 and #8 downloading now.
The corona you spilled was real alcoholic corona. Malta Corona is more like molassesy pop.
Speed reading…. I saw only “corona.” I’ve been too busy to do ANY close reading lately. (today, a prof. told me to quit my job and beg relatives for money! )
I will be at your place tonight, don’t know if you’ll be there.
But i’ll eventually get the episodes.
I am working the 25th, but If you are serious about a Bday party for me, i think we should have it at my apartment, on Sunday. Because you and Gwen have never been here before, and because I like it much better now that Chris is gone!
Pam when I was over at chez apollo/april/Jana last night I found out that Jana is next in line for the Heroes DVD so you may have to wait until she is finished with the disc.
She’ll just copy the files to her hard drive and it’ll be ready to go.
yay for everyone loving Heroes. It is the best show EVER.
PS- Do you still want a Doctor Who Scarf? I knit so much at work now I think I’ll give it a whirl.
Heroes really is wonderful!
Yes, I would LOVE a Doctor Who scarf!!!!!!!!111
Hah! I’ll fight her for it!
I’m smaller, but she’s only got one hand! 😀
Thank you!
*dies* Malta Corona is brewed in Mayaguez, very near here. I’ve walked by the brewery many times; bad, bad smell when it’s brewing, I must say. That’s so cool that it’s sold up your way. ^_^
Some people say malta and egg yolk boosts your hemoglobin if you’re anemic. It’s an old wives’ tale, of course; I think some people just like the taste. 😛
The malta corona I have was made in New York, I believe. I understand it’s fairly popular world-wide.
I like the taste, whether or not it’s good for me.