Friday July 8

"Maybe you should wait until after this meeting to start your 'documentary'," Doug said.
No. If you delay for every inconvenience, you'll never get anything done.
I get up early with Doug to board the 6:20 ferry. Naturally, even after buying coffee, we are the first ones in line. I brought along plain yogurt to which I'd added blueberries.


Breakfast was ok for convention food, although I wasn't that hungry after blueberries and yogurt. I sat next to a couple of convention VIPs (one of them has published 4 must-read [if you’re in the field] books). I took advantage of a momentary distraction to take the picture.


I warned the convention-goer on my left that I needed to take a picture of my lunch for a "project", so he was fine with it, but the man on my right thought it was hilarious. Maybe he thought I was making fun of the food. Or maybe, being from Alaska, he was easily amused. The sandwich was actually very good and the apple was fine. I didn't eat the chips or cole-slaw and after one bite of the brownie, I remembered that Doug was meeting a friend for lunch at Dilettante, the famous choclatier, which was right downstairs.


Doug and Ronaldo were not in Dilettante. While I was there, I asked the clerk if it was possible to get one dark ephemere chocolate, or if that was too small of an order. She completely understood, not only chocolate fixes (she let an extra truffle slip into the bag), but of the need to take a picture. She arranged the truffle on a plate and artistically sprinkled it with cocoa. The second one looked exactly like this one and I ate it during the break of the next lecture. I needed a little something because I was feeling a bit drowsy, despite my total engrossment and thrill to be learning about the software for analyzing cash flow patterns, which was, in fact, my main reason for attending.


Doug and I are on the same ferry again. He shares his daily apple-for-the-ride-home with me and we sit next to Peter who just flew back from Scotland, which he says would have been a great trip if only there could be a way to get there instantaneously.


7:30 No one home. Doug has rehearsal. Giselle is babysitting. Bianca is out with friends. I open the fridge and find Bianca's leftovers (90% of it) from lunch yesterday at Veggie House and eat that while I work to get a few more clues on the crossword. For a Friday crossword, I did well.


Still hungry, so I have some salad left from yesterday. Unfortunately it was in the part of the fridge that freezes everything. Frozen lettuce and tomatoes are not that good, but I eat them anyway.


And I'm still hungry. I make toast topped with some strawberry jam that I made last week and a dessert of raspberries (the ones that aren't moldy) and whipped cream. I resort to google to help find a few more answers on the crossword.