Brilliant Epiphanies

So... I don't know if it's the returned onslaught of wintry weather, or the typical "I'm-ready-for-spring-and-sunshine" blues, but I've been a little blah lately. Yesterday I had so much homework to do that I decided to take a nap. By 5:30 p.m. I decided I had worked (slept?) long enough, so I turned to other activities to make me feel more productive. And thus had some brilliant epiphanies that can only be experienced when going about the mundane routines in life...

#1) Cooking dinner: I love trying new foods! In my pantry was a package of Vietnamese spring roll wrappers from last year's visit to an Asian food mart in northern Virginia. And thus, my first attempt at making spring rolls! Served with steamed broccoli, meat patties, seaweed, and sesame rice crackers, they at least passed as a meal. But I think I would prefer learning to prepare ethnic dishes from members within their own culture...

#2) Washing dishes: I love unloading the dishwasher! Why is it so satisfying to put all the clean plates, bowls, glasses, silverware, and tupperware into their respective places around the kitchen? I wonder if it's because I so appreciate organization...

#3) Exercising: I love being sore! It means I've finally awoken those muscles which have attempted to remain hidden from motivation for so long. Pilates, even over three sessions, has built up enough soreness in my abs as to make laughing painful...

#4) Paperwork: I love organizing! Oh, so I guess that answers my wondering from Epiphany #2. Maybe I'll never actually DO everything on those lists I wrote out, but hey, at least they helped me FEEL ever so industrious. And I really like throwing things away - like all those receipts from purchases months and months ago...