Yay me

[abka]

Yay me, I finished my workout goals for week 1. We'll see how it goes next week when classes start again. Today I even went for a jog/run. I'm trying to acclimate myself to running since once my landlady comes back (I don't know when) I won't be able to do my tapes and running is the next easiest thing to do. While I haven't really liked running in the past (if I had the money I'd take a dance class) today it felt pretty good. I even dug out my long-neglected heart rate monitor and used it to do intervals. I came back feeling good, like I had worked hard, but not wanting to die, and my knees didn't even ache. Plus Denis made this yummy fried rice with veggies and tofu (tofu! and I didn't even ask for it). Lunch is reminding me of Collis. Now I need to start doing schoolwork again.

Comments

[coffman.livejournal.com]

Last night I made Japanese dumpling soup. It was really easy. I just threw a bag of frozen japanese shrimp dumplings and a bag of frozen japanese veggies into a pot of boiling water, added soy sauce, a little vinegar and a little oil, and then let it cook together for 15 minutes. It was sooo good.

Bayard is a genius. I feel that I am somehow without the very useful ability of being able to improvise when cooking. Which is bad on numerous fronts, not least of which in that I'm incapable of doing fast and yummy dinners such as the one that you described. I can make fairly yummy dinners from recipe books, and I do so often, but even though I've improved in speed and technique since college, I regularly spend an hour and a half each night cooking dinner. And then if I'm feeling rushed and don't have that hour and a half, I freeze up and rather than improvising and putting together something quick like the dumpling soup you describe I end up spending lots of extra money going out to dinner. It's a skill which I am impressed by, and you clearly have it, my friend.

Re: Chris's cooking ability

[mrsjadephoenix.livejournal.com]

Whatever, silly. You don't hear me complaining, do you?