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So, I'm back!

In big important adulting news, I recently discovered that the house I'm living in is being sold. It's pretty crushing for me, because I have finally managed to settle in here in such a way that I feel comfortable and can be productive and can use the kitchen, and I am worried that I won't be able to find another place to live alone that I can afford. I've emailed the current owners of the house asking whether it might be possible for me to rent from the buyers, but they are at a very early stage of the process and probably will not know for a while yet. I'm trying to emotionally prepare, but I haven't started looking for a new place yet. I'm trying to get my little house in order at least, because people will be coming in, but I lost a few days of work due to the stress of finding that out, so I'm very pressed for time.

I finished grad school applications, although there was a really large, embarrassing mistake in my very last one that makes me feel less triumphant about being done.

I've discovered that entirely by accident, I'm mostly eating vegetarian now. I do still eat chicken nuggets, because of course I do, and pretty soon I'm going to be making soup with a ham bone in it, but my primary food items are brown rice, legumes (navy beans, black beans, chickpeas, and regular peas), potatoes, salad, fruit (bananas and applesauce), and cheese; so, lots of plant matter. It's really a lot less expensive this way. (Oh, and if anybody reading who's informed about, particularly, vegetarian diets sees any nutritional red flags, please let me know because I would really like to avoid getting sick for some silly, avoidable reason.) A few days ago I managed to successfully make brown rice that was an appropriate consistency - turns out the trick was actually not opening it, as multiple people told me, rather than trying not to open it and failing. Who knew? (Everybody, actually.) Then I mixed in some black beans, which were perfect and cost like 90 cents for a whole can. If I'd thought about it more, I would have also added onions, but I forgot. Good in tortillas, with cheese and sour cream, or just by itself.

And finally, I've added "reading things that aren't for school" to my list of priorities. So far I've just read some fiction (Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood, currently reading Hogfather by Terry Pratchett), but I'm hoping to start on the list of recommendations I was given last year sometime soon.