Spring Day 21: Easter

Today was pretty great. Got up at 7 to start cooking and actually made it downstairs by like 7:10. Fried my eggs, prepared the balado (which was too dark and not spicy enough but delicious, it reminds me of the sambal that's been haunting me for years) and had all the telur balado ready by like a little after 9. Showered and remembered that soap isn't enough to remove chili oil (ouch), put on street clothes packed up and was out the door by like 10:10. Weather was absolutely gorgeous. Got to church, put my food in the kitchen, got dressed and waited around for choir practice. Did that, prepared the sacrament and taught one of our knew members how to bless it (he did great). Easter program was very good, if a bit long. Rushed out to start reheating my food for the potluck.

The microwave was sufficient and I plated my rendang and telur balado in bowls I found in the kitchen. They were hits of course. The other food was good too. Table conversation went well. Was dynamic and fun. I was maybe a bit too controlling of it but whatever. At least I was participating and was happy. 

Helped clean up (there was a lot of clean up to do). Went over to play with a cat while its owner was out of town. Talked to the cat for a while about my problems, which was nice. Cat was very affectionate. Got home and lay down for a while (didn't sleep though). Cleaned the kitchen. Sat and talked for a bit. And read stuff? I'm not sure. Prepared my presentation for tomorrow (really bad but hey, I probably won't be selected). Wrote some stuff.

Oh and I got a random text this morning that might be a lead into a network of Indonesian high school principals which I can leverage into my research maybe? Best lead I've got in a while, at least. And yet, still not the best thing to happen today.

Like I said, I felt great today. But not anxious, not feeling pressed. More natural. Not so agitated, I mostly just powered through that presentation instead of getting up to pace every five minutes. Still no idea if my thoughts are different than last time. Or my speech for that matter. I actually made a bit of progress on the question, in a three steps forward one step back sort of way I hope. No answer in sight (that takes a lot) but planted seeds for how to work on it in the future, maybe.