Day: Oct 23, 2018

How we met (part 1)

shoes

About this time 3 years ago I was in Colchester Sixth Form, not really liking many of my subjects, which caused me to: bunk off any lessons I didn’t like; not concentrate in the lessons I actually went to and sleep often in school.

I tried dropping German as I took three other subjects anyway. But no, the college wouldn’t allow me to. So instead, I would bunk some of my lessons to do something more productive with my time. And believe me; I can now definitely say one of the days I did bunk, was certainly productive indeed. I just didn’t know it at the time.

No idea

Break was close to finishing and I was about to set off for German. Everyone had left the Student Pavilion, which was a social room where you can do work or talk, except one person. I had seen this guy around before but had never got the chance to talk to him. We started speaking – we had most of the same friends – and got to know each other a bit better. He was tall, auburn-haired, had electric blue eyes and a gorgeous ginger bushy beard. There was also something about the way he spoke, his voice, I could’ve listened to him talk all day. One thing that I noticed most of all was the rich, enticing essence of him. I can still remember it now. We spoke all week, at the same time when I was supposed to be going to boring German.

I had one problem: I was already in a relationship. The guy I was with was a bit of a dick to put it bluntly. I wasn’t so sure that he was the right one for me; he was too bossy and controlling, but I stayed with him anyway. I liked the idea of being in a relationship more than I liked him. Stupid, right?

Just an Outing

The week after meeting the guy I had grown to adore, he and I spent every free lesson and lunchtime we could together. We would go to the park and sit on the swing together in the pouring rain not having a care in the world talking about our future. ‘How many kids do you want? What do you want to do? Where do you want to go?’ Etc. We would play together like kids on a Sunday morning.

I would never normally even think about getting close to another guy whilst I’m in a relationship. I consider myself to be loyal and trustworthy. There was something that wasn’t right about the relationship I was in. I just couldn’t figure out what; I didn’t trust him. I had a gut feeling that he just wasn’t the right one for me. I knew I would never stay with him for the long run. Don’t marry someone you don’t want your children to be.

Marry someone that brings out the best in you, not the stress in you. When you know they’re the right person, you just know. There’s no easy way explaining it. I would never again get close to someone else whilst in a relationship. I’m happy now, there is no need to.

He asked me if I wanted to go out to the cinema and for a meal with him; he never classified it as a date so that was fine, right?

After a busy day at college, we met up and went to the park whilst we waited for the film. It was Thursday 11thFebruary the day after Deadpool – which we went to see – came out. We were in a world of our own: listening to music; gazing at each other; laughing at everything for no apparent reason, simply just because we could.

Six o’clock came around faster than we expected. The skies were soon nothing at all. It was like a child began to draw on it with a pencil and then erased it in a way that smudged and spread the grey. Meanwhile, the rain streaked down – invisible until it hit the sodden ground. Drenched, we sat at the back of the cinema as barely anyone was even in our screen room, which was odd considering the movie had just come out. It sure didn’t bother us though. We were so hyped up we crawled around behind all the seats trying not to get caught. We giggled like toddlers as if we had been caught doing something naughty. We talked and talked as if we hadn’t spoken for over 100 years. I don’t think we watched even half of the film as we were just too distracted by each other’s company. I never felt so alive when I was with him.

Quick to prepare, wait to cook – meals

Garlic-Chicken

These meals don’t take much effort to make, they just take a bit of time to cook. These are also meals that you need to think about the day before for defrosting purposes. I haven’t followed a recipe for any of these, just be creative:

  1. Garlic, butter chicken – chop as much garlic as you want, personally I have the whole bulb, melt a lot of butter, add some spices or seasoning (it’s good to experiment to see what you like) to the butter, including the garlic. Cook the chicken for about 10 minutes then pour the garlic butter sauce over the chicken, I use 2 chicken breasts and that’s more than enough for myself. Cook for another 10 minutes, then turn over and cook for 20 minutes. It’s up to you what you want with it, my go-to is microwave egg fried rice. The sauce from the chicken flavours the rice after serving.
  2. Tacos (a personal favourite) – buy a taco kit, or if you’re feeling brave then by all means make the taco mix by yourself (I have done, I’m moving up in the world). All you need is the kit, and some mince. Cook the mince, add the seasoning mix, put the taco shells in the oven and you’re done. Add your salsa or salad if you like, to your taco shell when serving. Voila.
  3. Chicken fajitas – again, buy a fajita kit or make the seasoning mix yourself (ngl, I use the same seasoning mix I made for both tacos and fajitas). Chop your chicken into chunks or strips, cook until white all the way through, add the seasoning mix, microwave your wraps if you want, I prefer them cold, and then serve, adding your salsa or salad.

I forgot to mention, all these meals go really well with cheese. I don’t like cheese so I sort of forgot about it. Sorry, don’t hate, I get roasted enough by my bf who loves the stuff.

 

Quick and easy meals

Whether you want a quick fix after a long day, or you’re a student a uni and simply cba to cook something fancy, here’s my top things to cook:Spaghetti-Bolognese

  1. PASTA (so cliche) – just boil some water, add pasta, leave for 10 mins, drain the water out, add a pot of sauce, heat, and you’re good to go. If you want to be a bit more adventurous, maybe chop some onion or garlic and add it to the sauce, and stick some garlic bread in the oven for 15 mins.
  2. OMELETTE – depending how much you like to eat depends on how many eggs you use. I use about 5 eggs, whisk them and then chop some ham or chicken, or any other food you have lying around that needs using, add it to the eggs. Season how you like, I generally add a bit of salt and pepper. Now cook, preferably on a non-stick pan.
  3. SPAG BOL – boil water, add spaghetti, cook mince in a different pan, add a sauce with the mince, and serve together. This is only quick if you’ve already defrosted the mince.
  4. Anything pre-cooked from the freezer – burgers, pizza, sausages etc. can all be cooked from frozen and don’t take long to cook.

You can also cheat by using microwave meals when you don’t have to prepare anything, except your belly.