A "Typical" Day in the Office

-Wake up, in stupor.
-Take a shower, avoiding electrocution while banging on the electric showerhead so it will "catch."
-Hand wash laundry while simultaneously reading the internet news, washing dishes and preparing breakfast.
-Scrub kitchen clean, including stovetop. Yuck.
-Clean rest of house, remove cobwebs. (It's been a while.)
-Work on office responsibilities and writing assignments.
-Check email 16 times.
-Play solitaire and organize a mountain of papers.
-Take out the trash. Wish there was recycling in this neighborhood.
-Watch in horror as computer goes into blue screen of death, followed by black screen of confusion. Reload. (Prayers are successful and nothing seems to be lost!)
-Pray for an Apple laptop. Curse HP and Windows Vista.
-Verify that I did not fail my class in Research and Consumer Behavior due to absences. Passed!
-Make lunch, marvel at how beans burn in a pressure cooker when there are still 3 cups of liquid remaining. Rinse lunch, cook some more.
-Bible study and contemplation time, followed by a nap.
-Hit snooze button on the cellphone post-nap to pray: 8 minutes for each person. This is not procrastinating...
-Begin answering interview questions for a local indi-mag. Try to be succinct in Portuguese.

And...now I'm getting ready to host a dinner at home with some friends, but thankfully the guests are bringing the ingredients. I'm not in a mood to go to the supermarket today...