{"id":324,"date":"2003-01-23T17:10:40","date_gmt":"2003-01-23T22:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karinajean.com\/wp\/?p=324"},"modified":"2006-08-23T07:34:47","modified_gmt":"2006-08-23T12:34:47","slug":"cold-weather-cold-attitudes-and-thai-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karinajean.com\/wp\/2003\/01\/cold-weather-cold-attitudes-and-thai-food\/","title":{"rendered":"Cold weather, cold attitudes, and Thai food."},"content":{"rendered":"

Wow, it\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s flippin cold out there today!<\/span><\/p>\n

And, um, it was yesterday, and the day before. And it will be tomorrow, also. We\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2re in a Deep Freeze! A Cold Snap! <\/span><\/p>\n

I can\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2t complain, you know, because it\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s not too cold, and I do have lots of warm clothes and layers and long socks and long johns to wear. And the heat in our apartment works pretty darn good right now. And even though it\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s cold at work, I dress appropriately, so it\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s no problem. And, I really can\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2t complain to my dad or mom, b\/c where they live it\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s regularly below zero at night these days. And my mom works outside. Yep, outside, in the cold. And my brother does, too, pretty much, only at night! My family is so tough I can\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2t say a word about cold weather. It\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s not that cold, really.<\/span><\/p>\n

Plus, I really love the cold weather! I love real winters, I love bundling up in wool and layers and wearing long socks and ridiculous hats and mittens. I love snuggling up under my covers at night, and I love that I can\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2t sit up and read late because my hands get too cold. Winter is good times, if you ask me. I love the snow. I love storms. I love power outages. I love having to be prepared for cold weather when I leave the house, and I love having to pack extra things with me. Have I said all of this before on here? I may have<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

So, I badmouthed some kids in my neighborhood and said people had let the air<\/a> out of my tires: that\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s not true. They\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2re just leaking and leaking and leaking. I have to fill them up all the time. I don\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2t know if it\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s the rims, which would mean the tire guys in Albany who put on the new ones were negligent and didn\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2t tell me about it, or if it\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s the cold weather, which is, lets face it, very very cold, or if I\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2m not inflating them far enough and pocky rims let the air drip out (which would imply that kids DID let the air out, the first time). I took the car to a tire place down here and they took the tires off and checked them well, and said there was no problem. So, I don\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2t know what\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s going on, other than I have tires that need new air every 3 days.<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2m zooming along on daddy\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s mittens. They\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2re freakin big, let me tell you! And, also, I\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2m having such a great time getting home at a reasonable time and making my dinner. I had really good curry noodle soup with tofu, and I can\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2t recommend the Thai Kitchen<\/a> products highly enough. They are so good. The curry noodle soup called for 1 \u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00bd cup of water and \u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00bd a cup of milk, soy milk, or coconut milk. I mixed it up a little and added 1 \u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00bd cup of coconut water, and \u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00bd cup of milk. It was so good, and mildly coconutty. Yum. So, I guess as far as my new years resolutions go, I\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2ve been very good at keeping the One Against Bitching, the One Against So Much Coffee, the One Against Eating Out, and the One For Keeping Cupboards Full. Exercising? Well, it\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s 8 degrees when I wake up, and very dark. Making stuff? Doesn\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2t count until I finish my xmas presents. <\/span><\/p>\n

Tuesday I went to the NJ office for a big meeting. It went really well, except the tights I was wearing were too small, and they gave me monster gas. I didn\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2t disrupt the meeting, or anything, but it was a little uncomfortable for a bit. The fun part about Tuesday was driving to work. Even though my car tires were getting low by the end of the day, it was great to drive a couple of pals back into the Big City. The drive home wasn\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2t long at all, and traffic was superfantastic at the Holland Tunnel (I\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2m a car pool!).<\/span><\/p>\n

Wednesday I took a bit of time to go down to Cooper to drop off recommendation forms. That\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s right, I\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2m really going to apply to grad school. It\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s a long arduous process, but I\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2m really going to do it. I did have a great lunch with Matt at the sushi place. It seems so luxurious to take a nice lunch with someone you care about. It was great.<\/span><\/p>\n

Today, speaking of no bitching (ok, so I wasn\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2t speaking of it recently, but I was before), I had a tough time with an email that implied I had been assigned a task at a meeting on Tuesday, and had shirked my duty. Man. Stupid office politics. The email made it seem like I was goofing off! There\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s this bitchy game that people play sometimes in offices, where they try to be the best, most perfect employee. And I don\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2t know if the person who\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s sending the emails is really playing that game or not! Oh well. El B. likes her better than he likes me, anyway, because she actively is trying to be his golden-girl employee, and I\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2m just ultra-professional and unflappable. That\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s right, I\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2m unflappable. Or I try to be. Nothing to be solved by getting upset by El B.!<\/span><\/p>\n

Did anyone notice I updated the crafts page with new embroidery section? Well, yeah, I did.<\/span><\/p>\n

Out into the cold I go! It\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s probably very cold, with a windchill of very very cold. Luckily I\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2m wearing my long johns and tall socks under my skirt!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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