Snapshots from my life...

Not much to blog but lots going on:

 (I've been taking a mediation course downtown these past two weeks) 

(The little park I sometimes read at before my class starts up for the evening)

 

(I've also been doing a bit of knitting, too.)

(And a whole lot of eating...)

 (A feast I prepared myself a few days ago - salmon, shrimp, sauted mushrooms,
mashed sweet potato, and salad)

 (A mac 'n cheese pancake from Blue Plate in Santa Monica)

 (An epic grilled vegetable panini and salad from Vanilla Bean Bakery in Santa Monica)

(And an Umami burger with sweet potato fries)

(Enjoying tea while catching up on some busy work and blogging while at Profeta)

I've also been doing a whole bunch of running, but that is much harder/more boring to document.

I must say that after a year of living out here, I'm finally starting to get the hang of it. And that's a pretty wonderful feeling. =)

Day 75: Rebound Cooking, Knitting, and Dating

It's getting easier to get through the day without thinking about Nick so much.  I'm often distracted with 

Dinners with family:

Cooking dates with new friends:

Recipe from The Smitten Kitchen

 

Reading/preparing for book clubs: 

And lots and lots of knitting. 

Progress on Snow White's Breakup Shawl:

Knitting dates with new friends:

This was his progress after about an hour. Look at that even garter stitch!  

I've also gone on a whole slew of conventional dates with interesting men I have little interest in. Dating is hard, but I know I need to be single right now to focus on myself and the goals I want to accomplish in the coming months. One of those goals is definitely to meet a lot more people here in LA and develop a nice social circle. Can't do that if I don't put myself out there and at least try.

I get my bar results on Friday afternoon at 6pm. Those results will determine the next 6 months of my life... whether I can start looking for jobs or whether I have to sit down, study and take the exam again. At this point, I just want to know the results, either way. The waiting game is just awful.