a day in the life

The question so many of you are asking yourselves is, "What do two, mostly unemployed but glamorous, young people living in the Faroes do with the 24 hours in their day?" I am so glad you asked. *ideal +reality 8.00 to 9.00 *Wake up to the buzzing of our two cell phones, go on a walk/jog together and eat a light breakfast featuring muesli, tea with honey and toast. Between 9.00 and 10.00 +Actually wake up after hitting the snooze button for an hour. I will go on a walk/jog perhaps one of three mornings, Ben even less than that. I do my downward-facing dogs faithfully most mornings. The breakfast part is the same. 9.00 to 12.00 *Ben will go out on a photo assignment or work on editing at home. * I keep myself busy with a variety of activities: Writing, correspondence, little shopping trips for groceries or things for the house, Bible study and Faroese study. + Really, I have yet to institute enough of the study, both Bible and Faroese. When my sister comes to visit next week and bring my LSAT books there will be another thing to add to the list. 12.00 to 13.00 *+Lunch together. There is only one place in town to eat out, not counting Fransk hotdogs at the gas station, and so people virtually never eat outside of the home. We do a lot of omelettes, potatoes in all of their forms, more toast and more tea. 13.00 to 17.00 * Continued assignments and editing for Ben. + So far there has not been 40-hours a week of photo work for Ben, so he will spend time on my schedule in the afternoons. * I would like to work editing English publications for Faroese companies, but I do not yet have a work permit from Denmark. *+Visit family members for tea, watch an episode of CSI: Las Vegas, look for job opportunities online such as this position in Kosovo with the Mennonite Central Committee that is perfect for us, shop online for interesting things that I cannot afford at places like The McSweeney's Store. 17.00 to 18.30 *Make dinner, mostly using recipes from the fabulous Moosewood Cookbook. I am also becoming a maniac about baking my own bread. It is nice to have the time to put into our meals and a receptive audience in Ben. About two nights a week we have people over for dinner. + Since we have been here we have only had one person over for dinner. *+ We often get invited to eat at someone's house, either family or friend. The Faroese use fish at almost every meal, prefer mild flavors, are good cooks, and linger over dessert and strong coffee. 18:30 to 22.00 *+Almost every night we will spend time in the evening with someone in the family. Occasionally they will come to our home, but usually we go out. 22.00 to 24.00 *+ Knitting, browsing the Internet, another episode of CSI: Las Vegas on Ben's laptop, then to bed. -a