my new couch already has my butt imprint.

it's no surprise that once we have a temporary roommate who's addicted to her computer (as am i), it gives me a reason to hang out on it all night.  a plus for you that check my blog regularly -- if there's anybody that does -- but i'm quite certain that's unhealthy.  somehow.  oh well!

andrew's work computer was having difficulties, so he spent the day working from home.  ashley had her first day at the clinic and turns out she loved it, which was quite a relief!  pulling from her blog, she has fallen in love with certain aspects of california and says that she would be comfortable coming out here if something falls through with her placement in pheonix.  can't argue that!  i spent the day at the pool.  nothing new there.  i also completed some more paperwork for my upcoming job at the jr. museum & zoo, and stopped by there to say hello.

on the relocating front, i'm no closer to finding us a new apartment, but i've shortened one commuting problem that i was facing: tutoring.  i've been tutoring at least once a week up in walnut creek (45 minutes north of pleasanton), but one days where i go from the ymca in palo alto there, it can take over 2 hours to get there.  the student is annoyed that i'm late, i'm fuming from being stuck in traffic, and my wallet is "in the red" after being on the road so long.  so, i've taken my name off the roster and asked that my boss finds replacements for my current students.  it took a lot of pro & con lists, discussions with mom, and reasoning with andrew (who was completely supportive) for me to finally temporararily quit.  i will probably offer to come back after the move, but i'm not making any promises yet.  perhaps if they beg.  :)

that's really all for now.  oh, but i did make an interesting homemade salsa tonight!  it needs some work...i'll put my suggestions at the end, but i dare you to try it.  it makes about 3-4 cups worth and was delicious on already seasoned tacos.  here it is:

8 oz. cream cheese
1.5 cups chunky salsa
1/4 tbs red pepper sauce
1/4 cup chopped cilantro
& i added an assortment of 1/2 cup to 1 cup worth of the following chopped vegetables:
   green pepper
   tomato
   green onion
   garlic
   celery
   jalapenos

my advice:
 1. mix the cream cheese, salsa, & hot sauce before you add the veggies. 
 2. add more salsa.
 3. if you have the tools, blend the whole mix for awhile.  we're going to try and put it through the "bullet" and see what happens.  there were so many chunks that we were tasting all the veggies individually instead of as  a whole mix.

good luck!