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What a pleasant surprise! This morning I woke up to the phone ringing--and it was Mama! She finally decided to check in on her youngest daughter. She called at 7 a.m. though so we decided she'd call me back after going to movie and I fell back asleep.

Today I have been very disciplined about making good use of my day off. I started with a real meal: I made Norwegian risgrøt (rice pudding) for breakfast and then started laundry, tore apart my kitchen, washing everything in sight, vacuumed all the floors, rearranged my closets and drawers, completely finished unpacking my luggage from America AND had a wonderful conversation with Mama. For lunch I had mashed potatoes, mini hot dogs and that same iceberg salad. This time I tried making a dressing out of soy sauce and olive oil, but it didn't turn out very well. I need to get some spices, salt and pepper and other basics the apartment didn't have when I arrived.

Norwegian risgrøt prepared the traditional way (with Japanese ingredients).

When I bring my clothes off the line I'm going to take my curtains outside and shake the dust out of them. I can't understand why my apartment is so dusty all the time. I left my laptop open on my desk this a.m. so I could listen to music and when I came back the keys were already piling with dust! The only thing I can think of is the really thick curtains are harboring all sorts of dust mites or the AC brings it in from outside. If it's the AC I'll just have to live with it because I'm not turning that off!

So I'm off to the grocery store to pick up some necessities.

Love and clean tatami,
Sierra