Not Half Bad

Gainesville

I remember, and care, about Bruce's Today show appearance, Mom, but wouldn't you know, I have a doctor appointment (routine annual maintenance) that morning. I was tempted to try and change it, but it's such a hassle and would involve a long delay. My current media capabilities are pathetic. I have no way to record the show in my absence. How the mighty have fallen. No doubt it will show up shortly on YouTube. And besides, I'll have the new album to enjoy next week. The whole album is widely (and illegally) available online, but I'm an old fashioned girl-- willing to wait for the sanctioned release. Just call me Relic.

Got to sleep hideously late last night, and slept ridiculously late this morning-- but still less than 8 hours. As predicted by the hypothesis, it was a day of spinning wheels with little to show other than ruts in the road. I did work on the editing project, and it (at least this phase) is very nearly done.

Had planned to do a shop today: B&N, ABC, and Publix for some salmon for tonight's meal. Didn't happen. I found some frozen raw shrimp in the freezer that looked viable, so adapted one of Nan's old recipes for Braised Rice with Shrimp & Tomatoes using cauli-rice. Didn't get it exactly right (a bit too goopy) but it was not half bad.

After driving myself (with the timer) into finishing the kitchen cleanup, I remembered that I was going to have to start thawing/marinating some flank steak for tomorrow night. I did it-- turned out to be just lime juice, chopped onion, chopped cilantro, salt and pepper. We'll see how it turns out tomorrow.

And ya know, for a day when it seemed I got nothing at all accomplished, I actually was fairly productive, now that I look back on it.

Not sure if I'll make it into the Lib tomorrow. I dearly wish I were able to get there under my own steam, but parking is the deal breaker. The longer the hiatus, the longer it takes to get back into the comics groove.