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Jan. 12th, 2005 11:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
verbicideAnother good day, but a busy one and man, I'm tired now.
I've been having a weird time sleeping. Hard to get to sleep. Sleep restlessly. Wake up sort of still tired. Not sure why.
But, got to work on time. Finished my first project and then attended a phone-conference seminar thing. Jeff and I had lunch with two of our former classmates from the certif program and it was really nice to see them again. They work for a different company in the same building. That was very cool. I even had a free lunch coupon thing from my welcome packet to the building-cafe. I wanted the mashed potatoes, but my recent scale-victory still warming my heart, I chose the grilled chicken breast salad.
I spent an hour or so reading more about DNA microarrays, probes and pathways and just when my head was starting to swim, I was assigned another project. That happily made the rest of the day go relatively fast.
Forced self to stop at grocery store on the way home because I'd run out of deodorant and needed butter for the raspberry bars I made for tomorrow's pot luck. I am, however, retarded, and forgot to buy a pan of the proper proportions. So I ended up using my meatloaf pan, distributing it unevenly, and now I think one set is going to be too thin and the other too thick. Oh well. I had half of one and it tasted fine. Not brilliant, but okay. Maybe I'll shove the thinner ones to the bottom. I am way too lazy to run out and buy another box, more butter and the right pan. I wish I'd signed up with a Caprese Salad or something. Looks pretty and is dog-easy to make. No baking involved, neither.
Did dishes, started some laundry, tossed some trash. Watched Lost (agree with all the comments on my Friend's List page, btw) and Alias. Judy cancelled her Lost/Alias night because she's been struck down by the stomach-bug! Spare her some good thoughts if you can.
Also, I'd like to say that the instructions on Krusteaz Raspberry Bars are full of shit. They recommend that you combine the dry flour mix with melted butter. And then press the crumbly mixture into the pan. NOT. Melted butter + flour-y stuff yields very wet dough. So I disregarded their instructions this time and just processed the crumbs with cold butter and it worked fine. Still not sure wtf that's about, but considering writing them because it's driving me insane. Anyhow. Avoided making raspberry cake this time.
Tomorrow is my first day back at the gym in way-too-fucking long. I'm actually a bit nervous. I don't know why. I can't do Amanda's class yet. My ankle is still slightly swollen and gets cranky if I move it too much. So I'm going to treadmill until she's done with her step-aerobics portion and head upstairs for weight training and abs.
This means that I go to work an hour early, though. Bleh. Not so excited about that part.
I've been having a weird time sleeping. Hard to get to sleep. Sleep restlessly. Wake up sort of still tired. Not sure why.
But, got to work on time. Finished my first project and then attended a phone-conference seminar thing. Jeff and I had lunch with two of our former classmates from the certif program and it was really nice to see them again. They work for a different company in the same building. That was very cool. I even had a free lunch coupon thing from my welcome packet to the building-cafe. I wanted the mashed potatoes, but my recent scale-victory still warming my heart, I chose the grilled chicken breast salad.
I spent an hour or so reading more about DNA microarrays, probes and pathways and just when my head was starting to swim, I was assigned another project. That happily made the rest of the day go relatively fast.
Forced self to stop at grocery store on the way home because I'd run out of deodorant and needed butter for the raspberry bars I made for tomorrow's pot luck. I am, however, retarded, and forgot to buy a pan of the proper proportions. So I ended up using my meatloaf pan, distributing it unevenly, and now I think one set is going to be too thin and the other too thick. Oh well. I had half of one and it tasted fine. Not brilliant, but okay. Maybe I'll shove the thinner ones to the bottom. I am way too lazy to run out and buy another box, more butter and the right pan. I wish I'd signed up with a Caprese Salad or something. Looks pretty and is dog-easy to make. No baking involved, neither.
Did dishes, started some laundry, tossed some trash. Watched Lost (agree with all the comments on my Friend's List page, btw) and Alias. Judy cancelled her Lost/Alias night because she's been struck down by the stomach-bug! Spare her some good thoughts if you can.
Also, I'd like to say that the instructions on Krusteaz Raspberry Bars are full of shit. They recommend that you combine the dry flour mix with melted butter. And then press the crumbly mixture into the pan. NOT. Melted butter + flour-y stuff yields very wet dough. So I disregarded their instructions this time and just processed the crumbs with cold butter and it worked fine. Still not sure wtf that's about, but considering writing them because it's driving me insane. Anyhow. Avoided making raspberry cake this time.
Tomorrow is my first day back at the gym in way-too-fucking long. I'm actually a bit nervous. I don't know why. I can't do Amanda's class yet. My ankle is still slightly swollen and gets cranky if I move it too much. So I'm going to treadmill until she's done with her step-aerobics portion and head upstairs for weight training and abs.
This means that I go to work an hour early, though. Bleh. Not so excited about that part.
