Heh. Well, I guess I have to go to bed now, and hope for the best.

Jesse, it won't make a bit of difference. It might rise faster, but that's not really an issue with this recipe.

ETA: Although I am now picturing the opening scene of The Blob. Or was it Son of Blob?

I had cookies and ice cream, and before that I made garlic rice with pine nuts (and bell peppers and onion and asparagus) and a melon & jicama salad. So I am done being shrift's food twin for the day, but it was yum. I did not defrost the banana bread, though. It is still in the freezer so I can have it when I come home.

Now I need to freaking sleep sometime before four in the morning so I can get up, prep a recording session, go to church, hold the recording session, drive to New Mexico and have a week of classes, drive to Kansas and beg for money, drive home and immediately teach private lessons. Then collapse.

Sick sick or pregnancy sick?

Cindy, sick sick. I have been coughing like crazy for over a week. My ribs are actually incredibly sore and if I pop my sternum, I'm going to be pissed. My ob, though, is the mostly pragmatic type. She said I don't have pneumonia, but nor is she convinced I have a sinus infection. She prescribed cough syrup with codeine. I know that is the horror of most pregnant people, many of whom in my life have shouted, "you can't take medicine!" But actually, I can't sleep either, so better limited codeine and more rest.

Anyhow I have two sestinas to write for my next poetry class (ARGH) and I was told I need to turn in my thesis proposal and have it approved before the end of summer so I can take a leave of absence in peace. Which means, I go back to grad school tomorrow in order to try to crank this out.

Sigh.

Did I share my banana bread here last weekend? Kind of made up a recipe, and it was soooo good. Blueberry almond. (And also fat-free, high fiber, pretty low sugar, as it turned out. Though I didn't tell that to the people at work when I brought it in, with the exception of the one person I know is doing WW.) In my lj (brendalu) if anyone wants.

It sounded so good, brenda. Mmmm.

It really was. It didn't have that heavy texture that fat-free baked goods sometimes have, and the almond added a really interesting note. And it was entirely from things I had on hand - TJs frozen berries, some bananas I didn't get around to, etc.

My mom used to do a lemon poundcake and drizzle on top some lemon juice mixed with white sugar - not quite a glaze, just a little kick on top. I think I'll try to do that the next time I make this. But either way, it seriously rocked. I have kind of a knack for freestyle baking.

Brenda, that does sound delicious. Homemade bread sounds like such a dream right now.

Ho-kay. Flipping around channels. Some alien fire creature taking over people apparently? And so far Nick Brendon plus Chakotay from Voyager.

Recipe: [link]