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a brand new week, and i wanted to kick things off with a nice run around the charles river. it's been almost 3 weeks since my last outing. sadly, there'd be no run today. it was far easier to stay home and watch last night's episodes of true blood and hung. besides, it was already 80 degrees outside by the time i woke up. i wouldn't want to risk a heat stroke, would i? maybe tomorrow. i went to help my father for an hour, to clean up my great uncle's place. the upstairs tenant had left the sink faucet on and the water dripped down to the first floor, soaking a few carpets. when i came back home, i first went to target to buy a replacement pyrex lasagna pan (value-plus pack: 3 qt. baking dish, 6 cups rectangular dish, 3 cups rectangular dish - all with lids - $12), then went to market basket to pick up a few ingredients for making eggplant lasagna.

spending some time in belmont, i kept a watch on hailey when nobody else was home. basically after letting her out into the backyard, she went back inside the house and slept until the rest of my family came home.

i picked up a bag of prince edward island farmed mussels for dinner. my father is always the one who cooks them because he has the expertise. using a large flat-bottom pan, he first melts half a stick of salted butter with a whole chopped head of garlic. he then dumps in the mussels while at the same time adding a cup of white wine, quickly covering up the pan to let the shellfish steam-cook. once the mussels open up, they're ready to eat. the last time we had mussels they were on the bland side, so this time around my father added half a teaspoon of salt, which made everything taste a whole lot better. in fact, he couldn't get over how delicious these mussels were and kept on saying how great they tasted throughout the course of dinner.

my roommate had just gotten home by the time i returned to cambridge. although the weather in belmont remained dry, it must've rained recently in cambridge as all the streets were wet and puddled. i chatted with my roommate as he ate leftover chinese food for dinner in the kitchen.