So...it's Sunday already! The rest of my week was a lot of work, but I managed to get some fun in there. On Thursday I met up with Crystal and Jake after class - we were all going to go to a lecture together, but Kori and Jake both bailed, so Crystal and I grabbed some food at The Nugget (the on-campus pub). She was good and had a salad, I was evil and had a cheeseburger and fries. She drove us out to Cal State Fullerton (I'm so glad SHE was driving, we hit some awful traffic) and we listened to a lecture on "The Archaeology of Colonialism in California: New Perspectives" by Dr. Kent G. Lightfoot of Berkeley.
It was a totally fascinating lecture, and I was glad to be there - took a ton of notes, guess I might type them up sometime - and we even managed to get home at 9:15 so I only missed 15 minutes of Project Runway!
Friday I finally went jeans shopping, and found two really nice pairs and eventually decided on the darker pair, so that I can dress them up. Then I was faced with a moral dilemma - should I go to the lecture that I'd said I'd go to, or go to my friend's party? The party was from 3-8 at a restaurant, the lecture was from 5-7 on campus...I finally emailed Julia and said I couldn't make it and then went to the party. I feel a little bad...but I had a really great time hanging out with my friends, so only a little bad.
Plus, next time someone wants to give a lecture, I'm going to vote for it to be any day BUT Friday. Seriously, who wants to go to a lecture on Friday night???
The party at the restaurant was good, but my tab was way higher than it should've been - it was only when I got home that I realized it should've been at least $5-$6 less than it was, so I need to ask the people I was with if they got anything on my tab, and if the answer is yes, always, ALWAYS pay cash hereafter.
After the restaurant Jake, Kori and I went to a house party and it was nice, but I was tired and left at 1 am. I got home and was so hungry I made my emergency box of Trader Joe's mac n cheese and ATE THE WHOLE BOX. Plus I found out you're not supposed to work out when you've got bronchitis or you'll be sick longer...sigh.
Saturday was pretty quiet, I stayed in all day reading and spent an hour or so hanging by the pool with the guys. One of my neighbors is starting to get on my nerves - constantly suggesting I drive drunk regularly (because he does), saying my football teams are all going to lose (because he thinks it's funny), and pushing me to date one of our other neighbors (I have no idea why). He needs to back off, so I'm trying to think of a nice, polite and neighborly way to say, "Stop being a jerk, please." Suggestions?
Then one of the other guys came and watched one of the games at my place, but I got a headache at the end of the game and he saw I was uncomfortable and left. I took my codeine and passed out - turns out if you take enough (bottle says 1-2 teaspoons, I had been taking 1, but last night I took 2) you can sleep through 3 parties in your complex, a phone call, and a text message. I think I'm going to keep taking 2 teaspoons a night.
Today I watched football and went grocery shopping - I got a TON of stuff today and it was practically all on sale, so I'm very proud of myself. I decided that I really really want burritos and hang the calories, so at Ralph's I got tortillas, mixed beans, sour cream and a whole chicken. I'm roasting the chicken right now, and the dark meat will be reheat meals for hard days and lunches, and the light meat will be burrito stuffing. I think carving the chicken is one of my favorite parts of roasting it, because I get ALL the tidbits...muahaha!
I also save the cooked onion and use it in omelets and hashes, because it's got all that chicken and bayleaf fragrance in it, and tastes really good when fried up - I even save the livers, roast them in the chicken, then keep them to fry in omelets too.
I saw whole turkeys in the frozen aisle today and it made me think of Thanksgiving...I absolutely can't do a whole turkey (no pan big enough), but I am going to do at least one thigh, maybe two (nothing like leftover turkey and stuffing sandwiches with a side of mashed potatoes and gravy...mmm), and they sometimes sell packages of turkey necks so if they do I'll make gravy out of that and roast the thighs on top of a pan full of stuffing. I saw someone do that on tv once, "for the singles' Thanksgiving". That's right, we single people are so awesome we get our OWN Thanksgiving menu!!
Chicken is out of the oven now, "settling". I should really put some rice on for my midnight snack - oh yeah, burrito at midnight.
I love food. Imagine how boring life would be if we didn't have delicious foods to cook and experiment with and eat every day!
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