like magic, play aces, stay with me, go places...once more for the ages.

so very fitting with the last two months of my life, the plan has changed again. i'm not staying in waterloo. our landlord/roommate decided he didn't want to have roommates anymore and we are kindly being asked to leave. although no one likes their plans to be messed around with, i'm actually thinking this is probably one of the better things that could have happened. we have a new plan, that really could and should be considered an old plan.

we are moving back home to cameron. we will set up headquarters in the presidents old bedroom and there we will live with his family for the next three months. it has nothing to do with not living at my house with my family, but everything to do with living with the president. even though i am sure my family won't see it that way. 

we have a lot of goals about going back home. it is very easy to fall into a complacent, accepting lifestyle where things are easier just left alone. we've fallen into it before. we have been told to accept things the way they are because it would be too much effort to change them. we have swallowed our instincts and opinions in favour of 'not fixing something that isn't broken'. it won't happen that way, this time.

last night i got into a making list mode. it felt great. i wrote down what short term costs i had, and what long term costs i would like to have (paris!!).  i also was in baking mode and made my highly requested cinnamon apple oatmeal cookies. the smell of fresh baked cookies and eating raw cookie dough is so comforting.

we went to the market again yesterday. this was what we bought. the pepper steak cost three dollars. how awesome is that? anyway, i bought more of the tea i tried last time. it called raspberry ginger white tea. if you find it, try it. each of the pints of strawberries was one dollar and the cranberries were free. which left money to spend on deliciously fresh homemade cinnamon buns. if you don't count the tea, everything we bough was under eight dollars. the tea was seven dollars and comparatively seems a little overpriced. 

who knew i could cook a steak so perfectly? not i. i never thought i would say this, but it was actually delicious.