Adventures of a well-rounded geek
Sunday was a pretty great day for me. I made some cookie dough, took care of my plants, and then went to H Mart to grab ingredients for two new dishes Elisabeth and I are going to try over the next few days. My trip to H Mart was way less stressful than it was…
I'm really starting to feel like we're in summer. A few days ago a hummingbird stopped at both my hummingbird feeders for a nice refreshment. It took a couple of weeks and it's only this one little guy, but I love it. I only need one hummingbird to make my feeders worth it. Now if…
Well, I tried making vegan blondies last night, inspired by The Melting Pot fondue Elisabeth and I are getting this Friday (they have vegan chocolate and vegan cheese options!). I say "tried" because they aren't very good. As I told Elisabeth last night, "Vegan baking will NOT get the best of me!" I don't quite…
I enjoyed my tofu bahn mi yesterday evening. I mention it because I could only find firm tofu at the store the other day and we've only ever made this dish with extra firm tofu before, so I was a little hesitant. Turns out that the firm tofu, while harder to cook, was really good,…
Elisabeth and I walked at the park for our lunchtime walk today. We have been avoiding the park because of how many people are normally there but it called to us today. What can I say, I know grass is a total waste of water but there's something about a lawn of green grass that…
Sunday evening, Elisabeth and I made a new meal - polenta bake with spinach and mushrooms. I found the recipe in one of the vegan cookbooks that Elisabeth had checked out for me before covid happened. I remember trying polenta for the first time in college when my favorite Spanish professor treated me to lunch.…
Friday after work, Elisabeth and I drove to Fire on the Mountain restaurant and picked up our dinner. It was the first time I had driven in weeks and it felt really good, surprisingly. There were way more people on the highway than I thought should have been out and that was frustrating. But, I…
My morning started by baking chocolate chip muffins for breakfast (another reddit recipe). While I didn't love how they tasted when they first came out of the oven, I thought they were missing some kind of flavor, after cooling down, I discovered I quite like these little treats and would make them again. They were…
Thursday, Elisabeth celebrated her birthday and so we ate dinner at Watercourse, a tasty vegan restaurant downtown. Brittany came with us per Elisabeth's request and the three of us laughed and enjoyed ourselves the entire evening. We ordered cheesecake for dessert and I surprised Elisabeth with candles and a match that I had brought so…
On Monday, my team and I spent four hours together learning about each other and our work preferences. I came out of it feeling closer to everyone and feeling really optimistic about where our team is heading. The cool thing is, our team is made up of every color preference per this work preference model…
