it's lily's world and you're all living in it

A few short weeks ago I inherited a life form. For me, motherhood is something I thought I wouldn't tackle for another decade or so. After all, I just moved to a new city and started grad school, so my social and financial worlds are kind of in a development phase. But sometimes, you just have to be willing to adapt. And what can I say? I tend to be pretty adaptable.  And I really like free things. So when a neighbor was giving away free sourdough starter, I decided to take the opportunity and run with it (actually I walked at a slower pace than usual to avoid spillage). This actually did seem like fate though, because I had been considering trying my hand at sourdough since, let's face it, it's basically free bread if you get good at it (I've learned this is actually not that true because flour and other materials can be expensive, but it's definitely cheaper than buying sourdough loaves) and I have been itching to get a pet but know I'm not quite ready for tha...

When I moved into my own apartment, one of the things I was most excited about was being able to host whoever I wanted, whenever I wanted. For the first time, I was also excited about decorating my place of living and making it feel like a true humble abode, to be enjoyed by all the new friends I'd make and by me, myself & I. But as they say, be careful what you wish for.  In the last couple of weeks, I have made some big (actually literally very small) enemies and have started to go a bit insane. You've seen them. You've been annoyed by them. You wish they didn't exist... ... ...dramatic suspense... ... fruit flies! ... You know when you're too scared by the answer to something that you don't want to even look up the question? That's me with fruit flies right now. I don't want to know if they spread disease, how they lay their eggs, where they came from, or really anything (except for HOW to get rid of them, that I have researched for obvious reason...