DJ, loving the tales! Keep 'em coming.
Taking a quick tea and cookies break from lesson plans and syllabi writing. I have all of my syllabi done, and need just 1 lesson plan...and then, I can start grading essays! WOO.
I think I will watch Friday's SPN before starting the essays, though, as I have been working steadily on school stuff since about 11.
Also, I have assigned Beloved and The Poisonwood Bible. I am really excited to teach both of those, as I love them and have read both many times, but never taught them.
Oh, yay, Daisy Jane! I am so glad you are home safe and sound and I am so excited to hear your travel stories! Yay for the kindness of strangers.
I just made a recipe from a new cookbook I just got for Chanukah. (Appetite for Reduction, if anyone's curious.) It's upside-down shepherd's pie -- a scoop of mashed potatoes topped by a scoop of filling. The potatoes are actually a mix of potatoes and cauliflower, and the filling is made with lentils, mushrooms, and veggies. I made some chard with balsamic vinegar to have with it, and it's all yum.
I am at Hansel & Gretel opera. It's in English. No clue what they are saying. Vibratto is set to max with these student opera singers. Thankfully the orch sounds nice.
I also discovered I don't really like to eat a lot of meat and that I'm not often as hungry as I think I am. Also paneer is the stuff of gods and I could eat it forever. Oh, and cauliflower in soup is the yumz.
Welcome home, DJ. I'm so sorry to hear about your friend, but the trip sounds amazing.
Yay for Rakesh and his family (also the others who interceded for you)! So nice!
Your trip sounds amazing, DJ. Thank you so much for sharing the memories with us as well.
I may need to add "bublic cervice" to my personal lexicon.
Me too, smonster, me too.
smonster, let me know when/if you want early-morning wake-up calls to start again.
That sounds yum, Hil. I wanted latkes but don't have any potatoes so I've shredded up a butternut squash with an apple, an onion and a small celery root. I think they'll be tasty.