Afternoon

Was super crabby this morning.  Felt really schlumpy, was having a mini-money freak-out, and was missing having the house all to myself.
I met Paul at the gym at 12:30ish, and spend 40 minutes swimming hard, followed by about 7 minutes in the hot tub.  After a shower, I felt like a new person.  Didn't feel schlumpy anymore, stopped being freaked about money, and sharing a home didn't feel so bad anymore.
We went to Mari-Luna and had a lovely lunch.  We decided that Mari-Luna is definitely 'our' place.  It's so neat to walk in, and have people know you.  The smiles are much more genuine than when a stranger smiles at you.

Speaking of smiles, that's something that I've been more aware of lately.  I've been making myself look at people when I walk around in public and 'smile'.  I've been met with mixed results.  Some people simply don't make eye contact, others do, but don't smile back, and then you have the 'return smile' folks.  Those are my favourite.  It's an instant charge and generates this influx of happiness.

Not doing anything right now.  Paul's asleep on the couch, the cat's napping above him on the back of the couch, Indiana Jones is on the tv, and I'm just sitting here passing the time.   I started the Harira when we got home earlier, and it's smelling really, really good.  I added some saffron to it, and used brown lentils instead of green ones, so we'll see how it turns out.  I forgot to buy cilantro too, so maybe it's not Harira after all and it's a new recipe invented by yours truly. ;)

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