MIA and random thoughts

I've been MIA lately.  Sorry about that.  This week I had a huge paper to finish for tomorrow, and a test - first of the semester actually...grad school is weird.  Got a couple more big ass projects to do for next week over the weekend and then spring break.  This semester is really flying by.  

Anywho, random thoughts today:

• tomorrow we shall have a date night.  Italian food and a movie is on the agenda.  Suggestions for a good movie?
• writing a paper about induced seismicity seemed like a good idea at the time, but it quickly was not.  I don't want to read or write another word about this malarkey.
• I'm developing an obsession with House.  it's been a long time coming.
• I feared running out of gas today on my way home from teaching labs.  lesson learned: my "distance to empty" thing stops calculating when you are under 30 miles.  will NOT do that and drive home anxiously with the radio turned off and no AC again.
• I started doing a semi-combo of WW and just general calorie counting today.  I hope for great success - otherwise I might resort to cutting off a limb.  Anyway, it went well today and I found this cool iphone app that lets you put in foods and subtract exercise calories.  it makes it kinda fun.  I also enjoy meal planning.  I am a nerd.
• I would do anything for love  john krasinski.  watching the office reminds me of this.

yes, please.  sorry chad.

um, i am in love.

okay people, this has nothing to do with my 101 goals. but i have a new love. and it is morningstar farms veggie/soy foods.

(heaven in a box.)

i know some people get skeeved out by these kinds of things, and i will admit i am one of them. i stood in the frozen food aisle staring at these for at least 5 minutes before i put them in my cart. and then i put them back on the shelf. then came back later and picked them back up again. phew.

then i baked them for lunch today. and stared at the finished product on the cookie sheet, waiting for it to breathe or something. then, i cut one open and took a whiff...smelled like chicken! hmm. finally, i just closed my eyes and took a bite. AMAZING. these are so good. i could not tell there was no meat, and to me they tasted like wendy's chicken nuggets...my fav of all the processed chicken options.

i have read/heard that the morningstar crumbles (aka fake ground beef) are supposed to be great in chili, spaghetti, etc. now, to figure out how to sneak them past chad...