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Sounds like we've both had rough weeks, AZ. My shower door shattered on Wednesday morning and I needed stitches. The door came off its track when I tried to close it, and I was sprayed with tiny shards of glass.
A normal workday sounds heavenly. (I mean, I've been working anyway, apart from the day in the ER, but I'm working like a gimp. Plus, I am stir-crazy at home and can't even relieve my boredom with video games because I can't grip the controller.)
I am glad you are feeling better. When in doubt, eat ice cream.
Another day of horrors here. And I have just gotten to work! So we'll see if work adds to my horror show.
Good news: I applied for some more higher edumacation. I need to burnish my marketability. Also, I got to watch GoT episode 2. The differences are starting to show from the books, but that doesn't bother me. I usually treat different media as different things. I can enjoy LotR either way. Or GoT. Or True Blood, etc
In other news.....
Eldest brother turns 50 a week from today. Two weeks later, my youngest brother turns 40. My own happy day is in between.
wow.
You're old!
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In other news, life seems determined to annoy the piss out of me this week. Baby girl has a severe diaper rash. Found a flat tire on my Trailblazer yesterday evening. Slipped and cut myself shaving this morning. A city bus driver pulled into my lane ahead of me, then decided that would be a good place to stop, put on his hazard lights, get out the bust, and do....what? I couldn't tell.
Made a nice pulled pork last night. Not smoked, alas, but slow cooked in the oven. It came out nice, and I made some homemade Italian bread to go with it.
I think once things settle I might turn my hand to smoking meats. I find having a pulled pork on hand can feed me for almost a week, either as an accessory to a chefs salad or a sammich. I'd like to stretch my culinary skill past oven cooked.
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I am also trying to expand my culinary horizons, so to speak. I could always do basic stuff, but am slowly expanding my skills with regard to grilling, rotisserie, and now smoking.
Next up, I want to get back in the kitchen itself, and start getting better with gumbos and other traditional Cajun cuisine. It's in my blood, so I know I can do it.
I used to help my father out on occasion with things like that, and hope that, one day, the boy and the girl will be able to help me.
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Incidentally, for anyone out there who wants probably the most comprehensive book on Cajun cooking, I recommend The Encyclopedia of Cajun & Creole Cuisine by John Folse.
As a bonus, you could easily cave some poor bastard's skull in with it.
The pulled pork and homemade bread came out awesome. I'll be noshing on some tonight once I escape this hell hole.
But yay! My manager quit today. Good riddance, you worthless oxygen thief!
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A semi-decent day. We were going to go to Cici's Pizza for lunch, but the one we always go to turned out to be closed down. So we went to Wendy's instead.
Then I used a $25 gift card to supplement the purchase of some new flowers, plants, and containers for the back porch. Something to spruce things up a bit.
Did my grocery shopping, then grilled some chicken breasts for dinner.
Now the kids are in bed, the wife is watching some weird Harlequin Romance type show called Outlander, and here I am.
I'm actually shedding minis right now. Down the road I will rebuild, but I have not the space to store them for the next year or so. It's hard though. You never get the value out of them you thought
I had some of that pulled pork and the home made bread tonight. I went with Kraken rum and ice tea with a splash of lime aid (I call it a dirty monkey business). I made some home made dog treats (with bacon coating) and now I am listening to the Imperial March on Pandora and feeling mellow
I carved up some old apple tree branches today, and I'm burning them in the stove tonight because damn it it's still cold here. But it's all good. I will miss my stove when I'm gone from here
Also, I have promised myself I will be going to PaizoCon 2016. I will make it happen. If everything falls into place I should have a shiny new degree and just be getting done with school. I want to visit my folks on the left coast and take a drive down to my old stomping grounds in Monterey. I have a battle buddy who works in Disney's IT dept. She can maybe get me VIP access. I also have an old friend who makes a living DJing in LA. I want to check out one of his shows.
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I'm actually shedding minis right now. Down the road I will rebuild, but I have not the space to store them for the next year or so. It's hard though. You never get the value out of them you thought
They have become, for me, an sort of replacement for comics. Not that I stopped collecting comics, but I have vastly reduced the amount I collect.
Plus, the minis (along with continuing to collect the APs) help me feel like I'm still gaming.