Sunday Errands

(Generally speaking) Everyone needs a Sunday.  That day of the week where you don't eat breakfast until after 10am, run around like a mad-hatter for the rest of the morning completing errands and then plunk yourself down in a coffee-shop for some serious reading. Hopefully, the personal enjoyment kind and not the pathetically-euphemistic "enrichment" kind.

Today was that type of Sunday.  I slept in and then tackled my imposing to-do list: laundry, sweep room, dishes, fold horizontal closet back into the vertical closet, make a few days’ worth of rice-oatmeal, non-food groceries ...you get the picture.  While my mum may beg to differ, I love doing errands.  Especially in one fell swoop.  There is something intrinsically liberating about looking at a list of uncompleted activities and going check, check, check, check, check, check! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. What a sense of accomplishment.

The easiest of the errands to complete on my list was: Make bed.   So, whilst I was at that, I decided to post a little peak into my dorm room.   Both my Degenerate Art Ensemble (DAE) poster and whimsy pennants were new additions this week. If anyone has suggestion on what else I could/should add to my room decor, you are welcome to share!  Organized clutter makes me happy :)

Laundry in the dorms is an ordeal that I think should be reserved for those who end up in 5th circle of the Inferno.  To simply wash ONE load of laundry it takes about 30-45minutes.  And keep in mind I am an eco-freak.  I wash everything in cold to warm water and use about 1/2 the detergent called for on the bottle per load. I figure that unless I am doing some serious gymnastics in my clothing or hanging out in the dirt, my clothes never actually get dirty enough to require super-sudsation.

Returning back to my point, after my loads of laundry finished in the washer, I was in no frame of mind to patiently wait for the dryer to dink around with spinning the water out of my knickers.  Everything got an old fashioned air-dry back up in the room! (And I inadvertently saved energy in the process. You lose some, you win some).  I pretty much gathered together all of my hangers not in use and hung all of my textile possessions throughout the room.  Underwear by cabinet handles, shirts off the edge of the bed, pajamas and pants tucked into the crack between the mattress and the bed frame. It is amazing how inventive one becomes when put into pressing situations.  Mum, you were right.  In university, somehow you just get by.

Now, I am kicking my feet up at Break Espresso in downtown Missoula.  They have a wide variety of in-house made desserts/snacks, many of which are vegan, and coffee that 1x10² times better than the stuff on campus. It reminds me a bit of Vivace Espresso in Seattle.  Earthy, scholarly vibe and FREE Wi-fi.  Life is way too short to pay for Wi-fi mis amigos!

Currently, I am munching on a raspberry oat bar while reading up on Chaos and String Theory.  I need to "magically" write an argument explaining how Taoist doctrine (primarily presented in Tao Te Ching) and Christian doctrine (as presented in The Book of Job) speak to chaos theory.  To simplify a bit:  Truth and Wisdom cannot be attained through logic or reason.  Essentially weirdness and disorder rule and no human imposed laws can create order from it.  F. Scott Fitzgerald said something  along the lines of this:  "One should...be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise."  

Life really is Alice in Wonderland, eh?  Would anyone like to volunteer to edit this paper? Do I have taker?  Going once, twice, thrice...

Regardless, signing off with: I swear to tell the truth and nothing by the truth so help me chaos,

Cheers, kaite ;]