Dec 22-28
Christmas week. Days prior to Christmas were bit tense but there was no rush related to Christmas. I've helped with preparation of cookies that I did not intent to eat and just basically just tried to wait off the chaos. Overall I'd say that Christmas looked more similar to any other day with exception that there was a tablecloth put on. On 24th its still working day here and I've been to groceries, then there was a dinner late evening and thats was it.
I like our (Slovak) tradition much more even thought its more work and more effort put into preparation. I remember that as a kind I really looked forward to multi-course dinner and felt how calm the following two days are because there was no need to do anything, food was already prepared, rooms smelled from pine tree and bowl full of fruit. It felt more like a holiday than an ordinary day.
Not sure which day it was but I went for a run to Krvavica, my usual and only route here. I was having a trouble to keep my pace, first of all because there is a hilly terrain here and secondly I was after covid, still coughing a bit. Not to say that my smell sense was completely gone and each meal I had was completely tasteless.
On Friday evening I've traveled back to Zagreb because I thought I'll have a better working conditions there and also it'll be just nice to spent some time in mine own space and on my own. Also I was able to make shopping for the next days on Saturday. That Law that makes shops closed on Sunday I find most inconvenient and I really dislike it.
Weather was a nice day on Sunday and I took the opportunity to go out for a little walk.
Overall I did not enjoyed this week at all. Its just about improvising and trying to make it look ideal even thought nothing is ideal. Having a big Christmas tree in a overstuffed room that I don't event want to enter. Having a cookies that I (this time genuinely) don't want to even eat. And the present... So it seems like we should be focusing on making this time nice and pleasant instead of following some past nostalgia and inconvenient customs. I could write much more but want to keep it civil here and less personal.
During my alone time I finally watched Kill Bill 1 & 2. I liked that but found it to be weaker Tarantino's product. Still enjoyed it a lot. I was missing a good movie with great cast, bizarre elements and a little story. Prior we started to watch Stranger Things session 5 but I kind a lost interest because is just too... shitty. Too many shallow characters working as a sounding board explaining some super complex idea showing off how much effort had to be put when things start to not make any sense and authors run off the idea.
Consumption
Notice
- Surprisingly not a lot of foreign people in Makarska. Usually lots of Croats living abroad come back for a Christmas holiday but this I didn't see a lot of them.
- I really dislike law that makes shops closed on Sunday. It just makes a day devalued somehow.
- Was interesting to realize difference between taste and smell. I've lost the smell so could only feel sweet/salt/sour/bitter but nothing else. Coffee felt bitter, until sweetened.