This day dies with aloo gobhi... mostly gobhi.

6:15 Alarm goes off... hit snooze... again... and again... and again...

6:30 Get out of bed, prepare breakfast for a full house: bake awesome scones (sundried tomatoes, rosemary, and white cheddar (yes, I insist on the oxford comma))... wash and cut 6 types of fruits... brew coffee... &c &c

7:25 Shower

7:40 Go to work. Answer phone-- play receptionist all day.

13:00 Go to co-op grocery. Buy and consume strawberry flavoured kefir for lunch while reading Dalai Lama's Becoming Enlightened. Experience a small moment of panic as I realized that I seriously considered vegetarianism for an instant. (Don't blame ULTE2, he's actually recently become omnivorous again.)

16:35 Go home. Put a few bars of warm surf wax in the fridge.

16:40 Clean two rooms and three bathrooms... wash and fold a few loads of laundry.

18:50 Make iced tea with lemon. Eat two oranges and half a slice of previously baked frozen pizza that has (apparently) been in the fridge too long. Realize that I really want some aloo gobhi, but won't have time before the 2nd sunset session with the newly formed DoT surf team to cook. Get ready to go for a surf.

19:05 Throw wetsuit and mitts in Aerostar. Drive to co-op groceries and buy cauliflower and cilantro.

19:30 Arrive at Long Beach. Get in wetsuit. Realized that I had forgotten the refrigerated wax at home. Smear warm melty wax on board.

19:45 Join the surf team in the water. Spent about half an hour wondering what the hell I was doing. Miss a whole lot of waves... catch some... get some time on the green (I can almost be blasé about this... but not quite... time on the green is still a big deal for me...) Enjoy the surf, the sun, the company. Spot four sea lions. Realize that I'm surrounded by sea lions. Small moment of panic.

21:15 Get out of the water. Drive back to town.

21:30 Shower... realized that total food consumption for the day was a glass of orange juice, kefir, two oranges, ice tea, half a slice of bad bad bad pizza, and a limonata.

22:05 Decide that it's never too late for aloo gobhi. Cannot find hing. Find hing. Make aloo gobhi. While aloo gobhi is cooking, clean dishes and kitchen, and eat some left over raw gobhi. Overcook aloo gobhi because dishes took longer than expected.

23:30 Eat aloo gobhi in front of computer-- overcooked, slightly mushy... but otherwise good. See left over raw gobhi. Due to recent eating habits, cannot resist eating leftover raw gobhi. Eat all leftover raw gobhi down to the stump.

00:25 Sitting in front of computer looking at bowl of left over aloo gobhi and raw gobhi stump. Decide that it's time for bed. Realise that I managed to squeeze a lot out of today. If I were ever asked what I did on the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, I will say that I surfed and ate cauliflower..