I had a salad, all local but the dressing. And then I made the pasta thing I always make: saute eggplant in olive oil and garlic, add to diced tomatoes, add some fresh basil, season to taste, simmer for what feels like forever, dump over pasta, add shredded mozzarella and a bit more basil and toss.

It's the only recipe I've ever made from this cookbook - [link] - and I've made it so many times I don't have to look. Plus I got eggplant in my produce box.

Okay, I'm going to scoop the pans and walk Frankie up and down the block, to assuage my pet guilt. After I put away leftovers. But before I go to bed.

Sounds yummy! I had the biggest Italian grinder for lunch which I have been craving for over a month now.

Happy birthday, Epic!!!

Tep, definitely get the 2nd opinion. I may not have a dentical degree, but I do know asshats when I see them.

Tomorrow is my first day of summer vacation! Yay! I've actually been done with school for 2 weeks, but as soon as school was over, I went to visit my parents and then got back home just in time for the first week of camp. So, tomorrow is my first real day off. Yay! I see inside pants and TeeVee in my future.

Oh, just a little more mememe. One of the guys I'm chatting with on OKC turns out to be my FAVORITE of the artists in Jackson Square. Wacky.

The guy that I had a date with last night? Is my karma. I'm the StW in this situation already, except a) I will not sleep with him and b) I won't string him along for a year, even if he swears he's okay with it. He's texting me pictures of the boat motor he's working on, and just telling me about his day and stuff, and I just. don't. care. He's calling me dear and darling already - he was doing that last night.

So I have to craft that message. I can't decide if it's worth it to ask him to cool back, or if I should just rip off the bandaid and tell him I'm not interested.

So I have to stop beginning every other sentence with "so". What's up with that, really?

I had a smoked pork poboy with coleslaw and spicy mayo for lunch. NOM.

Happy vacation, ChiKat!

It's the only recipe I've ever made from this cookbook - [link] - and I've made it so many times I don't have to look.

I have one cookbook that I think I've only made one recipe from but it is so good and I've made it a lot over the years so it feels like buying the book was worth it. Though I should read through it and try a few more. The walnut sauce for pasta is pretty damn good after all.

So I have to craft that message. I can't decide if it's worth it to ask him to cool back, or if I should just rip off the bandaid and tell him I'm not interested.

Rip off the bandaid. He's already reminding you of (a reverse) StW and that's not a great thing so soon.

I had a smoked pork poboy with coleslaw and spicy mayo for lunch. NOM.

where did you find this magnificent sandwich, pray tell?

Rip off the bandaid, smonster. You're not doing him any favors by letting him think you're any more interested than you are.

Today I found out that (a) one of my co-workers is pregnant again, and (b) one of my other co-workers is pregnant for the first time with twins, boy and girl. I'm happy for them, of course, but a tiny selfish little voice in the back of my head says, fuck, they're both going to be out on maternity leave at the same time, and that's going to be right about when they implement the new shorter-production-time cycle, and we're already short-handed; this is gonna suck.

Pans scooped, dog walked, bandaid ripped off.

where did you find this magnificent sandwich, pray tell?

GIRL. How have I had this multiple times and you have not? [link] Soooo good. They have really good food there. My mom still talks about the roast beef poboy every single time we talk. Every time. I've had good crabcakes there, though I am not a connoisseur, and I really like the firecracker shrimp poboy (fried shrimp with buffalo sauce). Right now they have a soft shell crab poboy that I may have to try.

*WTF, they're having a zombie prom this Saturday?