the diags don't show anything except the gas cap was loose, which is why the light went on

lucky.

I am so hungry right now! My lunch didn't take at all.

We're taking a friend out to dinner who has been picketing at Warner's all day. Those who live in LA will appreciate that he lives in Santa Monica and figured he'd "have to wait until after rush hour "anyway, so he might as well stay on our side of the hill for the evening. Yes, we totally uderstand the concept of making social plans based entirely on traffic. Hoping to go to a Burbank place called Granvilles and have me some pea soup and sweet potato fries.

We're having frozen pizza with a salad, because it's quick and easy. I have writers group at 6:30 on Mondays, so dinner has to be on the table by 6:00, which limits our options when neither DH nor I gets home much before 5:30.

I declared Mondays and Wednesday night crock pot nights since those are nights I have class.

Wednesday's meal will be chicken, rice, broccoli, and cheese casserole.

I don't suppose you could just pop up for the day, and spend the rest of the weekend at VVC.

For a cousin, I could probably get away with that. For my brother? I'm thinking no.

Tonight I'm trying those tofu based noodles that Hungry Girl says are good. With some sort of sauce, or maybe just butter, I am not feeling ambitious about it at all.

Tell us how those are, I've been wondering. My hunch is that, like a lot of whole wheat pastas, they'll do better as noodles for some Asiany than for a traditional spaghetti preparation where you won't be comparing them quite so directly. But I'd like to give them a shot for sure.

For a cousin, I could probably get away with that. For my brother? I'm thinking no.

your brother sucks. hmph.

Okay, fine, it's his wedding. He doesn't suck. t sniffle

Oh, my god, I'm going to have to find someone to room with.

Thanks for all the advice regarding the Master's.

I figure that what I'll do is stop at Vroman's for a GRE book, and take the test. Then gather up all the stuff I need for the application process, apply, and make a decision if I get in.

At the very least, I have a year to get it all done and give a lot of thought to what I want to do with the rest of my life.

I'd like to do crockpot meals more often on evenings when one of us has something after work, but I've had trouble finding good recipes. The meat always seems to get this weird not exactly dry but still sawdusty texture.

what I want to do with the rest of my life

That's a really good question, and I hope I'm not supposed to have an answer.