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Aug. 18th, 2003 12:56 pmit's been an outstanding couple of days, and friday and saturday didn't suck either. friday i spent doing pre-gamer cleanup, and for dinner i had a grilled steak and some lima beans, both with lemon-thyme butter. i also harvested quite a few peppers from my garden, about which i am ridiculously pleased. i grew food! not just seasonings, but actual food!
saturday was gamers, and i smoked 8 lbs. of pork shoulder, about 7 lbs. of which were devoured immediately. i should have looked for more consistent sizes and made sure both had plenty of fat on top -- the larger one with the thick fat layer came out much nicer than the smaller one. still, both were even better than the last time. it was the final session of![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kratkrat's Promontory campaign, and he managed to throw in something for everyone, including the revelation that Dylan's character had a secret superhero identity as the Jade Serpent -- someone we'd been trying, as a group, to track down. hilarity ensued. also, my character got to kill 12 soldiers and an alchemically-created monster. kickass!
sunday. ahhhhh, sunday. i spent the day watching bad creature flicks (mostly mutant shark movies, but also one with giant electric eels from space and one with a massive saltwater crocodile), and getting up during the commercials to clean more intensively than i did friday. the bedroom, living room, and kitchen are pristine now, and i'll do the bathroom tonight. this was a fantastically relaxing day for me, oddly enough. for dinner i made butternut squash and leek turnovers with fresh thyme, using a recipe from Fields of Greens. they were very nice, but next time i'll use more leeks and more thyme, and use sherry instead of white wine; i found the squash a little overpowering and didn't like the acidic note added by the wine.
today i got up early to meet with my client contact and hash out the additions to the contract i asked for, none of which he complained about at all; the contract now stipulates specific dates by which they must deliver info to me, and that anything i don't get by those dates is not guaranteed to make it into the docs. i feel much better now even though they've been pretty laid back about my schedules; it's just nice to have it in writing. J. (the contact) was half an hour late, but i just sat down and had some coffee and played mah-jong until he showed up. as i was crossing the street to my car afterward, a guy wolf-whistled at me from a passing truck. i can't even remember the last time that happened, and considering how fat i've been feeling lately it was a nice confidence-booster.
i feel great today. practically serene. in a few minutes i leave for a psychiatrist appointment. it'll be nice to go in and say i feel good.
tomorrow, i do laundry and start work on the new contract. financially things are going to be shaky for a while yet, but at least i know all my bills will be covered through... november or so, i guess, if i'm careful. although my car needs new tires and i broke my sunglasses in Colorado, so i need to do something about those things soon.
still. i'm in a good mood. i'm not anxious. i'm not depressed. two days in a row! i can't remember when i last had two good days in a row. i hope i can maintain it.
saturday was gamers, and i smoked 8 lbs. of pork shoulder, about 7 lbs. of which were devoured immediately. i should have looked for more consistent sizes and made sure both had plenty of fat on top -- the larger one with the thick fat layer came out much nicer than the smaller one. still, both were even better than the last time. it was the final session of
kratkrat's Promontory campaign, and he managed to throw in something for everyone, including the revelation that Dylan's character had a secret superhero identity as the Jade Serpent -- someone we'd been trying, as a group, to track down. hilarity ensued. also, my character got to kill 12 soldiers and an alchemically-created monster. kickass!sunday. ahhhhh, sunday. i spent the day watching bad creature flicks (mostly mutant shark movies, but also one with giant electric eels from space and one with a massive saltwater crocodile), and getting up during the commercials to clean more intensively than i did friday. the bedroom, living room, and kitchen are pristine now, and i'll do the bathroom tonight. this was a fantastically relaxing day for me, oddly enough. for dinner i made butternut squash and leek turnovers with fresh thyme, using a recipe from Fields of Greens. they were very nice, but next time i'll use more leeks and more thyme, and use sherry instead of white wine; i found the squash a little overpowering and didn't like the acidic note added by the wine.
today i got up early to meet with my client contact and hash out the additions to the contract i asked for, none of which he complained about at all; the contract now stipulates specific dates by which they must deliver info to me, and that anything i don't get by those dates is not guaranteed to make it into the docs. i feel much better now even though they've been pretty laid back about my schedules; it's just nice to have it in writing. J. (the contact) was half an hour late, but i just sat down and had some coffee and played mah-jong until he showed up. as i was crossing the street to my car afterward, a guy wolf-whistled at me from a passing truck. i can't even remember the last time that happened, and considering how fat i've been feeling lately it was a nice confidence-booster.
i feel great today. practically serene. in a few minutes i leave for a psychiatrist appointment. it'll be nice to go in and say i feel good.
tomorrow, i do laundry and start work on the new contract. financially things are going to be shaky for a while yet, but at least i know all my bills will be covered through... november or so, i guess, if i'm careful. although my car needs new tires and i broke my sunglasses in Colorado, so i need to do something about those things soon.
still. i'm in a good mood. i'm not anxious. i'm not depressed. two days in a row! i can't remember when i last had two good days in a row. i hope i can maintain it.
