Painting

I spent a couple of hours last night at Alice and Val's place, helping to paint their new shelves. The paint smell is not good for Alice and the baby, so it had to be done while she was out of town. I only spilled a drop or two on the floor, and luckily Val caught it and cleaned it up. Val was pretty happy to have some help, but really I only did it for the free food - he fed me some rice and veggies, which is a whole lot better than what I would have made for myself at home. This is basically what happens when John isn't here - and when it's the last 2 weeks of class - I forget to think about getting groceries and cooking good meals, and my diet ends up being sort of bad. For example, I boiled some eggs that were in the fridge the other day, and it was the most cooking I'd done since I thawed out some split-pea/lentil soup two days before. It's a bit embarrassing.