I should perhaps learn to be less stressed, more chilled out and easy-going, and less homicidal. But let's face it: it's most likely not going to happen. Though I am trying to increase the amount of yoga (both time and number of times a day) that I do.
Oh, so many things. Still no word back from UKBA, so Adam's and my passports are still being held hostage. I'll be writing a letter to them shortly, even though they've requested that people not contact them--this is why I'm writing, not calling. I have plane tickets in September, so if I have to do a stupid biometrics thing (again) for the stupid biometrics card that I'm required to travel with (as well as my passport) I need that taken care of sooner rather than later. And we both have travel plans in November.
I'm seriously ready to murder the physio people upstairs. Now they also seem to run a babysitting service, which seems to include yelling and stomping, and last night, kicking rocks into our bedroom/bathroom windows (we live in an underdwelling, so our back rooms are half underground). Last night I heard a shout of "mommy!" when the little brats arrived, so "Mommy" needs to explain the notion of courtesy to others. Of course Mommy doesn't seem to have learned that lesson herself, so I don't know why I would expect her to pass that on. And they've started coming in on Saturdays now as well.
A job I applied for a few weeks back contacted me about a week after the deadline, not to invite me for an interview or tell me I was unsuccessful, but to tell me that they decided not to hire someone after all. I understand that sometimes things happen, but it really sucks that my time--and that of all the other applicants--was wasted.
I was slightly peeved at my in-laws for wasting blueberry coffee cake,* albeit unintentionally. It wasn't their fault, but I gave them half of a crack cocaine delicious blueberry coffee cake, and I even made it properly and separated the eggs to fold the beaten egg whites in.** They were going to have it for breakfast the following day whilst on holiday, but turns out the cottage they were at had ants, and they infested the cake. Completely not their fault, but Adam and I happily would have eaten their share of the coffee cake (without ants, of course).
I'm also irked at Morrisons' loo roll. We haven't been out to Makro in ages (which is like Costco, but crappier and with more labels in Polish) so we ran out of decent loo roll, and--out of a desire to be able to wipe my butt in a sanitaryish manner--I bought some from Morrisons. Admittedly it was the cheapest I could find, but the only positive thing to say about this loo roll is that they last a while. And technically speaking, it's two-ply. But only technically speaking.
In terms of good news, I have an interview--on Adam's birthday, no less--for a job that I desperately want, think I would be good at, and would love. I'm going to Makro tomorrow for loo roll and other necessities and also going out to the homebrew supply place so we can make three more batches of beer (pale ale, a strong dark one, and a vanilla porter which is my recipe). Our neighbors asked us to plant sit for them for a couple of weeks and in return, they gave us a bar of Swiss milk chocolate; completely unnecessary but holy crap delicious. I've made two more batches of blueberry coffee cake: one for Adam and I (mostly gone) and the second just finished one for Pam and Tony (there will be death if this one molds or gets attacked by bugs since it's freezable). I've also got a pretty good coleslaw dressing that I've created. Donut peaches are in at the green grocer's, so I think it'll soon be time for peach and ____ cobblers. Nom nom nom.
*As an FYI for non-American readers, in the US, coffee cake doesn't have to include coffee as an ingredient. Instead it's called coffee cake because it's served with coffee (or tea). Think Hyacinth Bucket offering biscuits to her neighbor Elizabeth and you've got the idea.
**I won't be doing that again. It's not hard by any stretch, but instead of being a one bowl cake, it becomes a two bowl cake and takes twice as long to make. There is a minimal taste/texture difference.
