Confinement Day #3

You get a sense of achievement sometimes just by keeping track of something - like days, for example. Each day is an accomplishment in itself, not that anything that is worth accrediting as an accomplishment took place but it is an accomplishment in itself to say that you've spent x number of days, doing x number of things. It's like giving it 'value'. OK so it's day 3 and yes today I decided I really could not eat any more noodles - not glass noodles, not egg noodles, not instant noodles (the koreans call it ramen btw), and because I really did not feel like dragging the rice cooker out from the cupboard and from experience, know I need to do a lot more than getting it out to begin using it. I thought, I should try out something new - that is cook rice using a pot. I did that, and it worked fine. Now I can start planning something more creative - green curry maybe, or japanese curry, or stir-fry...yum, just the thought of it makes my mouth water. How does 4 days of solitude and at least 25 more feel - it makes you hungry. You look forward to meal times, even if it's just cooking for ONE. And you look forward to silly things like Dodgeball and Men In Black. When C asked yesterday when was the longest I've not spoken to anyone - I asked, is talking to myself counted? She laughed. Erm, no. Right, then I guess a couple of days I don't know maybe that is something I should start keeping track of? Anyway she said for her it was 3 and when she went to the supermarket to buy food, even a hello how are you from the cashier she had trouble responding. That's what solitude does to a person. But strangely, I enjoy it. It may appear to the outsider, incredibly lonely, but it's not. I sat in the garden today and felt the cool breeze against my face, the birds were singing different tunes, it was just awesome. Oh and yes, here is a quote worth recording - it's from my dad - he said, just keep walking. I was feeling a tad depressed - what was I going to do after Confinement Day #30? That's right, even if you don't know the direction or the destination, there is no reason to stop. And then, there is Confinement Day #4 to look forward to.