Errands

I had a lot of fun last night and got to meet a lot of new people.  I'm a little sad because the guy who was leaving (another postdoc) and his girlfriend both seemed like really nice people. It's really too bad they're leaving!

Today is going to be errands day.  I was thinking about going to a cider festival and then a music festival with some friends - but it's supposed to rain in the evening, so being outside for a festival doesn't sound great to me.  Plus, I've been having some allergy issues since I got my bug bites (plus another lovely bite on my cheek).  Since allergy medicine makes me sleepy, I think I'll just rest tonight.  I think that these are the same allergy problems I had right before I moved, which make me think that they're a combination of stress and environmental stuff like trees, etc.

But today, I'm going to the big grocery store and I'm going to try to check out the yarn store that's nearby.  If that doesn't take me too long I might also go to the home store nearby to try to get some sheets and something with color for my apartment.

I'm a little stressed about cooking here.  I'm still having a pretty hard time finding ingredients to make things that I cook at home.  I'm going to try to go through the grocery store slowly today to find what I need and want.  Hopefully, I'll find some new things and be able to make things that aren't variations on lemon/caper/olive sauce + meat/fish/pasta.

I also really need to find a shopping cart/bag that will make it easier to schlep all of my stuff home from the grocery store.  It's really the only time I miss having a car here!