on fridays i can sleep in but i still woke up earlier than usual (9:30am). it was snowing for much of the day, but only stuck around on cars and grassy surfaces. i went out in the early afternoon to drop off a fedex package (my adidas jacket that i want to exchange) then walked to the dollar store to look for mini gloves (they were completely sold out). when i returned home, bruce came by and dropped off some hoppin' john (blacked eye peas with rice and salted pork).

i did some blog work but only made a small dent in the backlog of outstanding entries. couldn't even remember what i did the rest of the day. this is like the 4th consecutive friday where the weather's been bad enough that i can ride down to chinatown/haymarket. had some scallion bread for lunch. ate some navel orange slices. drank some hot tea. put on my sweatpants. i was also monitoring the online orders at the cafe, which didn't start coming in until after 2pm, when the snow started to let up. i called my parents a few times to make sure they got all on the items on some complicated orders.

i fell asleep on the couch around 6:30pm while watching youtube videos on the laptop balanced on my stomach. i woke up an hour later. i didn't eat dinner until almost 10pm, reheated the poppin' john. i reconstituted it with some water and added a dollop of habanero hot sauce to give it some kick. it really hit the spot, my face grew flush afterwards while i went into a food coma. i've had bruce's hoppin' jonh before, it's pretty good. i even tried to make it myself one time, but it came out a mushy mess, either used the wrong type of rice or cooked it way too long.