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Rain, Roots & [Sushi] Rolls

November 26, 2010 by Hillary 11 Comments

I really don’t know where the week went. It seems as though it was just yesterday that I was eating a much-anticipated sushi dinner with my dad. I can almost taste it still. Ohhh… maybe it’s because I had sushi for dinner with the parentals again as my last supper in town. I probably could have gone without dinner tonight – I woke up unfortunately full this a.m. – but after months sans sushi, I had to get my fix.

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Sushi is so photogenic… when you have adequate light, that is.

My last full day at home:

I started my day by burning off a couple forkfuls of decadent chocolate pecan pie with 1 hour of DanceFit at my old dance studio. I followed it up with a mid-morning bowl of oatmeal. I have issues skipping meals even when I’m not that hungry =/ Then I had plans to go out to Redwood Roots Farm with my aunt and uncle to pick vegetables courtesy of their CSA membership. I remember my trip to the farm last year well – don’t you? It started to sprinkle just as we started picking, but that didn’t phase us seasoned Humboldtans. I came home a little damp, a little dirty, and very grateful for my brimming bucket of produce – leeks, lettuce, potatoes, and more.

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The rest of my day consisted of studying for my physiology lab exam while drinking Candy Cane Lane tea and eating leftover pumpkin pie.

Then at 21 years young, I learned how to sew on a button using a needle and thread. Better late than never, right? Reason #693 why I am thankful for my mom.

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As I lay here in my bed, surrounded by my cheery buttercup yellow-painted walls and the soothing sound of rain outside my windows, I find myself not nearly ready to leave home. I feel like I barely made a dent in all that I had hoped to do during my “break” – well, what’s new.

I’d love to stay forever and ever, but I have to tend to my responsibilities at school. I can only be thankful for what I was able to do.

I’ll leave tomorrow as I came – in the rain – with an appreciative heart and a belly a bit more full.

See ya from my stop in Sonoma…

Hill

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Friendly Reminder: Artisana GIVEAWAY ends Sunday!

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