A lot of coffee.
Home, sweet Home! Tuesday we finally made it back. 5 awesome weeks with the family in the perfect Winter came to an end, and here we are again in Cotacachi. Jetlag was okay, it took Lily a few days adjust, but luckily she wakes up very early, so school wasn't a problem. I made it until 3.30am, then laid awake for 1h, and then slept until 6am. Coffee and go, go, go!

I immediately got to work on Wednesday, running around like crazy. While I barely got to 3k steps in Germany, the first day back in EC it was 15k. Wild. So much to do! Many things had been on stand by, obviously, and there is just no way the business runs the same way when I'm not there. And on top, my administrator had ankle surgery, so he wasn't present either but managing from afar.
Thursday was market day, I put on my nice new shirt that I got in exchange for my modelling gig and went to great everyone. That was nice. So many hugs! So many smiles! My standard answer to how the vacation was: "One of those experiences that will never repeat themselves in that quality. Once in a lifetime. Just perfect."
After the market, I worked a little more until Ellie came home a little early from work, to have a "coffee" and then we both worked on our laptops. I like it when she's here to work (and more). I'm more focused on my work, and every time one of us gets up, we go over to the other's work station and snuggle a little. Feels wonderful. One of the things that make me want to live together. One day...
Friday was equally productive. My gym has a new system installed - face recognition, or finger print recognition. So easy! So great! So awesome! Don't you love tech?!? I had talked to the owner beforehand, as he was very excited about that being installed. I tried to explain him why I would not like my bio-metrical data to be stored in a gym. And no, he's not a techy who can explain to the detail why is firewall is bullet proof. So, I got a QR code. He's still super excited about it, and showed me all the perks and how to use the QR code and all that. I must admit, it's kind of sweet.
Ellie wore sweatpants and a sport bra to the gym. I don't know why, but sweat pants are incredibly hot on her. She has a great body, and I think it's because the sweat pants do not show every curve to the detail, but only insinuate the hotness below. And yes, 5 weeks abroad made me very susceptible for that.
Yesterday's jamsession was awesome because I didn't have to do anything. Just 2 weeks before I left for Germany, a new guy came in and we talked a little. He immediately said he'd push the jam forward while I was gone, and he really did. It was kind of a "Barsinger" group, something that I was told about in Germany. Guys who can't really sing meet once a week to drink beer and sing. It's all about the fun, and I love it. That idea has so much potential! No karaoke solo stuff, but concert style, everyone shouting, nobody hitting the tone, but everyone happy.
Today was waking up, making coffee, preparing Fava bean Chermoula with fried potatoes for Ellie, have a great time and then work a lot. It's going really good. I'm very happy to be back home. The vacation gave me many new ideas, and I'm eager to get to it.
In that spirit - I hope you're having a productive weekend!
P.S.: Perfect Strangers and The Battle rages on are two of the albums my father had. I listened to them many times and can't believe how underappreciated so many of those songs are. But I do dislike "Smoke on the Water" a lot, too, so... Deep Purple was so much more!
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Hi welcome back! reading about your productivity streak makes me feel more motivated in my work as well. Also kudos to Ellie for sporting some hot sweatpants for dat ass, and to you for boasting about it - I love that! 😉
Yeah she's usually more of a tight-stuff girl, which I don't have anything against, either, as she absolutely pulls it off. But those sweatpants just have that little something... :-D
I love being away on vacation but coming home always feels so nice. It's having my own space, the way it feels which is perfectly suited to me because I created it and there's nothing quite like sleeping in my own bed.
I'm glad to hear you had a good trip and have made it home safely.
Becca 🌷
De-Homing my mom's space also made me aware of that. I still live in a transitory space. For 5 years now, quite stable, but still nothing that I say "I want to stay here." There's not that homey feeling that I have (had) at my mom's. Which is kind of nice, too, because I can see that as a new goal.
Deep Purple, can't say I've listened to them in years, but did have Made in Japan on vinyl at one stage. It was round the time I was living in a share house and we'd get stoned and listen to DP, Led Zepp, Hawkwind etc. Those were the days.
Food and Ellie's ass, you must be in heaven right now.
I made the most delicious beetroot greens with yoghurt and turmeric fried onions - I must share the recipe, it was delish. I can't recall if you are vegan or not?
Yes, very vegan - but also very good at replacing stuff like yogurt. Turmeric fried onions sounds great! I usually use paprika a little before the onions are ready. Turmeric is one to try for that! And beetroot reminds me that I still have to make that beetroot pickle recipe that you wrote down for me somewhere... :-D
I adapted this yesterday and had with beetroot greens. I'm sure it'd be amazing with something like skordalia, a coconut yoghurt or even hummus.
The beets came with greens - do you know if I can re-plant them to grow more greens? Like with carrots?
I bet you can! Please experiment for us!
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Got some! What was the idea again? Just pickling, or was it roasting? We talked about both, and I can't recall if it was pickled roasted beets, roasted pickled beets or two different things entirely. 😅
Roast, then pickle!!! Yum! Stuff whatever herbs, garlic, chilli, lemon in jar with them. Delish!!!!