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Remaining calm amid swine flu, earthquakes, and however else God decides to smite Mexico

April 27, 2009 by Lesley Tellez

Both the pharmacy and the paint store were out of face masks. I thought it’d be best to stay home, even though my dad told me how to make a face mask out of a T-shirt. (That’s okay, dad.)

However, since I’ve been home for four days in a row, I’m dangerously close to going stir crazy. Here’s how I avoided the madness today:

1. CLOSE LAPTOP AND DO NOT READ THE NEWS.

2. Paint the living room wall with one coat of Comex Wasabi Green.
Living room before
Living Room after

3. Make an eggy orange bread pudding. (Which looks more like a cheesy breakfast strata in the photo below, but whatever.) Oranges have Vitamin C. Eggs have protein. That’s good. Die flu, die!

Orange bread pudding

4. Compose this blog item in my head while I’m painting.

5. Try not to pass out from the paint fumes.

So. That gets us to now, 7:49 p.m. Guess I’ll fire up the laptop and watch another episode from the first season of The Wire.

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  1. CW

    April 28, 2009 at 9:16 am

    Omar’s coming!

    Watching Stringer Bell will completely alter the way you view Charles on the Office. I keep waiting for him to order a hit on Jim.

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Mija is Lesley Téllez, a writer, mom, and culinary entrepreneur in New York City. I lived in Mexico City for four years, which cemented my deep love for Mexican food and culture. I'm currently the owner/operator of the top-rated tourism company Eat Mexico. I also wrote the cookbook Eat Mexico: Recipes from Mexico City's Streets, Markets & Fondas.

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