Procrastination can pay. April landed and I still had winter tires on. I started to worry about wearing down the tread due to the warmer temperatures, but then I woke up to this on Thursday:
There were a couple of guys who got stuck in the office parking lot that morning, but I had no problems thanks to my Nokians.
I did, however, finally change them back to all seasons this weekend. Hopefully the rest of April and May is fairly warm!
I am currently waiting for my work lunch for this coming work week to finish cooling down. It smells delicious, but I'm in no danger of eating any of it tonight. I am so very stuffed from Easter dinner. Thank goodness I had practice in the morning!! It makes me feel less guilty for eating so much. Must eat healthy for rest of the week. Work lunch this week shall be steamed salmon with spinach, scallions and a special dressing. The dressing smells so good! I have been experimenting with vinegar these past few weeks and I still really cannot stand the smell of balsamic or apple cider vinegar. The taste is fine, but the smell - UGRUGHGHRHGH! My body instantly is repulsed and I don't know why - it's always been like that.
I went a bit more "Asian" and I'm glad I did. The Chinese vinegar smells great. The mirin smells great. Together with lemongrass, the dressing smells heavenly!
This BTW, is my first intro to lemongrass in its natural state. I love Vietnamese food and I seem to love any Vietnamese dish that has lemongrass. I never really knew what it looked like until today. Despite our mutual Easter bloat, the beefy one was kind enough to take me to Chinatown to pick up some ingredients. It turns out lemongrass looks like this:
And it really does have a gorgeous citrus smell. Mmmm :)
End result?
I'll find out how it tastes tomorrow at work!
I'm kind of blogging to keep myself awake right now. Food coma + tired muscles = high level of difficulty in staying awake for cooking and laundry. I have friends partying right now, but tomorrow is a workday for me. And that's okay. Alcohol plus everything I already ate today would be very very very bad.
Mind Farts
-i read Room. loved it. Jack is SO beautiful. how many out there are trapped and hidden against their will? it's so cruel it makes me sick
-i also read Spartacus the Gladiator by Ben Kane (yup, still on a Spartacus kick). adventurous read.. this is why i enjoy historical fiction so much. it's such thrilling learning
-i'm not sure what to read next. a guy on my team just gave away these amazing books. delicious old school books. but also very heavy old school books (my fault. i was greedy and grabbed so many). it was a challenge to go up my stairs with already tired muscles. but so worth it. best Easter present ever
-tax success!!
-purge success!!
-fascinating National Geographic doc on Mary Magdalene. i can dig it. prostitute or not, it doesn't matter. it's all about the message. in my mind, she was obviously an influential woman for a reason. and it couldn't have been a stupid reason. she was intelligent and charismatic to have stood out despite all the strikes against her (especially considering how little rights women had at the time). she deserves respect
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