We helped my mom transfer last year’s compost from the bin to the pit, and it was lovely to do some light physical work in the garden. I also picked the sorrel, can’t wait to eat it.

We’ve found a place for most of our stuff in the flat. It’s not perfect, but it’s a good start two days after moving in. 

We’re looking for a new front door, new curtains, a desk and two office chairs, and we’ve done 90% of the “big shopping”, only a few items are missing, and we’ll have all our staple food here to start with.

One of my big sorrows is that i have postponed setting up a low-waste kitchen for now. I don’t have any good containers, neither do my parents, all the jars are the standard pickle jar size, how am i gonna store pasta in there, it can only hold enough for one portion :D I looked at the container prices in some shops and it seems that i would need to spend more on containers than the actual food that goes in them. So now I bought normal food in normal packaging, and i’ll look around for second-hand containers and such, maybe i can find something here and there, and then i’ll have enough sooner or later to gradually switch to buying from the refill shop.

I spotted the Easter cat while having my morning coffee.

i’ve been mindlessly scrolling various websites for hours to avoid doing what i have to do. it’s getting bad now.

We visited two friends last night, their house was warm and comfy, their cats were gorgeous, the tea was delicious, and the donut i had at 2 am was soft. It was a fun night with stupid yt videos, music, stories from the past, and talks about the future.

I’ve been looking at old photos on the laptop, and i found some from ten years ago. I remember i used to think i had too much fat at that time. I weigh 10 kg more now, can’t even take a proper hike without wheezing, and half of my clothes in the wardrobe are waiting for me to finally lose weight. I actually donated a lot of my clothes last week because i haven’t been able to wear them for 2-3 years. I’m devastated right now. I spent all my life thinking i’m overweight, while i am actually getting even fatter to the point where i can’t even look at my body in the bath. 

Last week i met a former colleague at her amazingly cozy and stylish house. She is working on a huge garden with raised beds, berry bushes, a pond and flowers, it already looks beautiful and it's not even finished. We made this thing with cuttings from the garden, it was relaxing and exciting at the same time, as we didn't know what the finished thing will look like. We just allowed it to take shape, and in the end it looked great.

A few days later we met again at a café and i gave her a couple of my plants, they will be better off there.

Got my steps in before the rain arrived here. It was surprisingly mild despite the grey and dull sky.

Lucky is helping me with my breating relaxation exercise.

The easter rabbit called in sick, so our garden cat started to prepare for his new role.

Saw some odd things on the loop today while picking litter, and i am just fucking fed up with everyone asking where i live.

you know it’s cold in the house when you decide to bake bread just so you have a “normal” reason to turn on the oven to 230 C.

The first batch of Easter eggs took forever to blow and dye. It was an experiment, i have never dyed blown eggs before in hot water. I have tried the cold soaking method a few times with natural dyes such as onion skin and even turmeric, and it yielded some sorry-looking, pale eggs. So yesterday i spent a whole afternoon blowing eggs after eggs after eggs, always having only one in the different colours, watching how they work. The one blue egg in the middle spent half a day and then a night in the dye. There are two other eggs in the same dye, but those were added in the evening, so i expect them to be done later today. Next week i’ll try to make some green eggs as well.

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update a day later: the two blue eggs in the dye won’t get any darker, they are far from this nice blue colour. At this point, they have been soaking for about 36 hours, and if they are not blue, i don’t think they ever will be. i just wish i knew what was so special about the first one that it turned out so nice.

I’m sitting here in the cold room, looking for my raison d'être, and then i go on the book community website, and among my fresh notifications there is a quote from a book saying how people and whole societies sometimes lose these important things, and i have this dark feeling that no amount of delicious food, picturesque scenery or exciting adventures can make me believe that life is worth living.

and while i am sinking into deep despair, the garden cat is loudly snoring on the carpet in his usual spot.

Morel risotto, my best risotto ever