purple comfort

had the wierdest dreams last night. lots of flowers. a was pregnant in one- i was wondering how she was going to move to colorado with the baby being born soon. her belly was funny.
exhausted all day at work today. lukily we didn't have the thurs. morn. rush of last year. though our holiday numbers are down, our month to date numbers are still up, which is great. unfortunately, there's an extra day in last year's april, so we'll probably be down for the month. ch ended up leaving early. it was a quiet afternoon, and then a guy came in to buy a wrapped boquet for his anniversary. i suggested a big wrap at 40-50$ sounded like what he was looking for, and he said his wife liked warm, earthy colors. he liked all the flowers i was pulling, 3 eremerus, 3 calla lillies, orange spray roses, hypericum berries, lots of solidago, some purple asters- it looked great, and i thought it was about 50. well, the eremerus were $6 each and the callas were $8... so right there is $42. i couldn't charge him the full price, i just charged him $60. so i was sorry to be giving away ch's flowers- but we wouldn't have sold the eremerus at that price, anyway, and the customer was happy, and it was a really impressive boquet, so i don't feel too bad. actually, it probably was pretty close to $60. my mental math doesn't work well when i'm panicking.
cooked dinner for the first time this week. sat. had no food, sun. was the patty surprise, mon. was painting, tue. was aad prep, yesterday was night class. i made another new recipie- polenta with black beans. polenta seems scary to me- perhaps it's the discription, cornmeal mush- but i always enjoy it. it has the soft texture and the savory flavors of comfort food- it's so warm and cuddly to eat something with a big spoon. i imagined how others might make beans and polenta- white beans with flecks of parmesan on golden polenta. not in my kitchen! i use blue cornmeal, which makes the polenta a vibrant purple color (currently i have stoneground, which i don't like as it gives it a grainy texture, and the purple is greyer and less vibrant). the tomatoes are bright red, and the canned black beans (rinse!rinse!rinse!) are rather purple too. and i always use red onions instead of yellow or white, of course. sprinked with white parmesan and green parsley, it was quite vivid, but with saturated quiet colors that go with the whole comfort idea. it's still cold in my house. it's so hard to crawl out from the duvet every morning. i can't believe i have to go to work again tomorrow- but the flip side is tomorrow is the last day of worry free fun. saturday the homework cram begins. monday i must go again to classes and explain my lateness and truancy.