This past month has been a long waiting game to finally get my fiance visa paperwork from the US Consulate, and then only for me to realize that I should’ve started assembling certain documents way ahead of time. Dealing with bureaucracies is not for the faint of heart. My mind is clouded with thoughts of expensive and intrusive physicals, translators, notaries, police certificates, passport photos and redundant paperwork. I can’t wait for all this to be done.

So! Instead of negatively focusing on this insurmountable paperwork I’m going to try to stress less and think of a few of my favorite things (inexplicable, premature warm weather edition)!
1) Arnold Palmer’s (lemonade ice tea for that don’t know)
2) Soft serve ice cream
3) Going to Le Bilboquet for ice cream with friends and family.
4) Drawing to relax
5) Start doing yoga again (mornings or evenings or both)
6) Learning to make frozen treats (with a friend hopefully)
7) Songwriting and lyric writing
8 ) Anis de Flavigny candies, which have a slight sweetness to them, unlike most contemporary candies, and come in extravagant flavours such as jasmine and violet (mint , orange and anis/fennel too).

• Pupusas with curtido from Dèlicieusus Pupusas: 256 rue Beaubien Est. Montreal
• Stash Double Bergamot Earl Grey Tea
• Cuisine Caraïbe Delite on Parc in Montreal . Their sour fruity hot sauce is sooo hot but so good.
• Chocolate truffles from See’s Candies … their truffle filling is so fresh tasting it’s unbelievable they’re cheaper than Godiva (but better).
• Lavender Rice Pudding (homemade by yours truly)