Well, whew-- what a week. Let's rewind to this past Friday to get the ball rolling as we're about six hours shy of the one-week anniversary of, "Yay! CP and Mark Didn't Die in West Virginia!" Day. It's not that we were in any real danger, it's just that we got lost en route to OU Homecoming in what can only be described as the butt crack of American states.
West Virginia at night has to be every horror writer's default setting for shenanigans. You're in a place you don't want to be. You don't want to be stuck here...but you're stuck here...so go check out that abandoned barn to see if they have a phone. And don't mind the cackling gas station attendant, or that brawny fellow who looks like he's on the way from a hockey game. They just live here.
Seriously-- West Virginia sucks. "The Mountain State." "Mountaineers are always free." Thanks for the visual...now roll up the windows, lock the doors, and step on the gas... Deuces.
OU Homecoming was a nice change of pace. It was great to see a lot of old friends, the Bobcats beat up on the RedHawks, and Miley Cyrus' "Party in the USA" played numerous times. Seriously, no complaints there...other then I came down with a bit of a cold later in the week due to lack of sleep and the recent (RIDICULOUS!) temperature changes.
The past few days in the 'Burgh have been pleasant though. Twenty-degrees on Monday flourished into 70-degree beauties by Wednesday. If not for the threat of rain for this entire weekend, it may have been the best weather week in Pitt since I got here. At least it feels like Fall again. I was a bit worried we had skipped the season entirely and jumped into Winter. I like kicking multi-colored leaves around on the way to school in the morning in boyish glee...
School was busy this week. We got our Safety/Sanitation midterm test back Monday, then had our kitchen midterm yesterday. We then had a practical in kitchen this morning, and another test in Safety/Sanitation to wrap up the week. It's almost like we're trying to accomplish something in a 28-day period...who would have thought? The pace is definitely fast and furious now for sure...and the tests are getting a bit more difficult. Oh well...this *IS* school I heard.
Cooking...cooking-- well, we transitioned into salads after heart attack Friday last week. We learned how to prepare a bunch of different greens and started the week making our own vinaigrettes. We made mayo on Tuesday (what is "Something I Don't Want to Taste at 8am" for a billion dollars), and then used the mayo to make emulsified dressings like ranch and blue cheese. Thursday was fantastical, in the sense we made a Middle Eastern "sampler." Hummus, falafels, tabbouleh and baba ganous. DE-LICIOUS...and easy to make!
So that's the week in a nut shell. I may tailgate the Steelers game with CP on Sunday, and I'm meeting up with some friends from school tonight to teach them a lesson in the art of NHL 10. I'm sure I will squeeze some laundry and grocery shopping somewhere in there.
Speaking of the NHL-- Pens are 8-1...and the Red Wings are still failing. Chris Osgood let in one of the most embarrassing goals I've ever seen to allow them to lose in OT to Phoenix the other night. The "end of the dynasty" talks are beginning, and it couldn't be sweeter...
Nine days of the first MOD remain. Whew-- where did the first month go?
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