i'm a fruit-tarian like that crazy woman in Notting Hill

just kidding!

But I am trying to be a vegetarian. Or eat local meat. I feel like it's more environmentally sustainable that way, and this year I am at a place where there are a lot of resources and other people with similar views.

So, I'm going to try not to eat meat as much as possible. I caved for a hamburger, I admit it. But it was a pretty good one. But I'm going to try again.

I got some books today on being a vegetarian, because I want to do it in a healthy way (aka, not just eat lots of carbs and a few vegetables here and there). I have little motivation to cook, since we have a cafeteria here and that's just easier, but I think I will try to do a little bit of cooking, so I can make sure to be eating healthy-- doing the right combinations to get the correct vitamins and protein and such.

In one of the books, the author used the phrase "gastronomically sensational," as in: "A good vegetarian diet meets all today's requirements: it's nutritionally sound, both quick to prepare and easy to follow, and gastronomically sensational" (The Essential Vegetarian Cookbook 9). I really enjoyed that sentence :)

On a totally different, but somewhat connected note, I read a different sentence today that I did not enjoy. It was on our webpage. It had poor (as in, a lack of) subject/pronoun agreement. Two sentences later was an incomplete sentence. I stopped reading.

Enough rambling from this girl. I must go because I need to call my sister and because my computer is being funny and I'm worried it might have a contagious worm again and I want to get offline before I spread any potential virus or sickness to the rest of the computers on our system.

But in a nutshell, I am doing well. Still liking my work, though I am with the alpacas more now and they are causing me a little anxiety because they are animals and I'm afraid I will make a mistake that will cause harm to them (whereas if I make a mistake in the garden, it feels like less of a big deal). But hopefully over time I will get more comfortable and confident with what I do. Plus, I work with 1 to 2 other people, so they can answer my questions and calm my nervousness. That's good. And it is an exciting time, as we have baby alpacas (crias) coming. They are sweet and very soft!

Hope you all are well too!!

laura