home alone.

i'm weird. 

(in case you've ever doubted my awareness of this observation.) 

i can go hours & hours & hours alone in a quiet house in complete serenity. i quite enjoy a silent evening alone. of my few talents, i am more than capable of occupying myself for ridiculous stretches of time. 

(this can be a strength & a weakness. trust me.) 

i'm convinced the root of this tendency is the 16 years i spent as an only child...with parents who were running a time consuming business & going to college & growing up themselves....all while trying to raise a precocious little girl.

so when D is away, i indulge in what's known as Secret Single Behavior.  this little ceremony was once mentioned on Sex In The City. SSB is those idiosyncrasies that come to life when you've been left alone with no roommate, partner, spouse, etc. i can easily divide an entire evening between deep cleaning, cooking a new recipe, enjoying a beer while i peruse the internet for new music, eating sweetness from a jar, or organizing some arbitrary household commodity. i can actually squeeze all of the aforementioned activities into one evening typically!  

tonight's roster included: fixing a vacuum cleaner, drinking a Goose Island Mild Winter, making Moroccan Stew, searching for Alexi Murdoch videos and eating a spoonful (or 2) of nutella. 

uh-may-zing! 

here's a little video i found of Mr. Murdoch. i'm uber stoked about seeing him next month. so much that i've been obsessed since i bought tickets on saturday. unfortunately, there seem to be very few videos available. this is one of the few live ones i could snag: 

here's to a nutella & beer night in your world.