shopping
Chocolate isn't doing it for me with the sublimation, so I'm onto the other great American pasttime of denial: shopping
1. Hard hat, respirator masks, work gloves, protective goggles (though, I just ordered a purple hard hat on-line so will return this yellow one)
2. Lambrusco
3. A mosquito net (they had the cheap, good ones in-stock, so buying it now will save me $50 and stress later)
4. Traveling Mercies by Anne Lamott and The End of Poverty by Jeffrey Sachs (Couldn't decide between Cuba, Venezuela, Oaxaca, and Chile - so put all the guide books back)
I think this shopping list makes me an interesting person. PLUS, I still have a 20% off possibility (I almost bought a kayak) and a dividend to spend at REI - which will probably be a new Thermarest, since I left mine in Jordan. They ain't cheap, but I'm sublimating, and I used my other one for many years and many times, so I know it's worth it. (OK, I had wanted another one anyway, because mine was beat-up, so leaving it in Jordan was just an excuse to be at this juncture.) I also want a new light sleeping bag - the one I have is bulky and I've had it for about 25 years (not to be confused with my lovely one for cold temps - but I want a light one to take to New Orleans).
Don't get me wrong - I'm happy to be going to New Orleans. But, last spring break I went kayaking off Baja, and that was awesome and I wish I were doing it again. Maybe I will some day.
1. Hard hat, respirator masks, work gloves, protective goggles (though, I just ordered a purple hard hat on-line so will return this yellow one)
2. Lambrusco
3. A mosquito net (they had the cheap, good ones in-stock, so buying it now will save me $50 and stress later)
4. Traveling Mercies by Anne Lamott and The End of Poverty by Jeffrey Sachs (Couldn't decide between Cuba, Venezuela, Oaxaca, and Chile - so put all the guide books back)
I think this shopping list makes me an interesting person. PLUS, I still have a 20% off possibility (I almost bought a kayak) and a dividend to spend at REI - which will probably be a new Thermarest, since I left mine in Jordan. They ain't cheap, but I'm sublimating, and I used my other one for many years and many times, so I know it's worth it. (OK, I had wanted another one anyway, because mine was beat-up, so leaving it in Jordan was just an excuse to be at this juncture.) I also want a new light sleeping bag - the one I have is bulky and I've had it for about 25 years (not to be confused with my lovely one for cold temps - but I want a light one to take to New Orleans).
Don't get me wrong - I'm happy to be going to New Orleans. But, last spring break I went kayaking off Baja, and that was awesome and I wish I were doing it again. Maybe I will some day.
posted by NOLA at 9:19 PM
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