Weekend update

This weekend was spent being a bit sick with a sore throat and a cough. Hopefully I'll get over it soon since I start at Harris tomorrow! Speaking of Harris, I guess the weekend update should start with them. Any PRE people reading this will appreciate this story :) So out here people like to have holiday parties after the holidays. I have no idea why, but they do. Harris's Healthcare holiday party was Saturday, so I got to go to the party before I even started working there :) It was at a bar-type place where we had the basement to ourselves. The food was buffet style, and very good. Fried artichoke hearts, meatballs, breaded chicken, a spinach/croissant appetizer thing, quiche, fruit and veggie trays, salad, and cookies. Here iswhat I learned at this party: MAN MY CO-WORKERS CAN DRINK!! The alcohol was free, and they sure took advantage of it. No one on my team is above their early 30's, and many of the women are in their early 20's. No joke, some of them must have pounded back 6-8 drinks. A card game of ass hole started (I didn't participate), and I was appalled when a co-worker of mine started trash-talking our boss (fuck you, I'm going to come to your house and kick your fucking ass...etc) in a very loud voice. I guess this is the norm for her when drinking. The boss didn't seem to care though. I did meet some very nice people though, but it's clear to me I have way too much going on in my life to join their every weekend drunkfests!

I guess that was the extent of the fun part of the weekend, unless you count driving to the big mall for some retail therapy. The nice mall here is about 35 minutes away, but it's a great mall. I got a bunch of new pants for work, since many of my existing ones are either too big or too lightweight for the ROC winters. Limited had a great sale going on, so I was happy.

From January 2007


For those of you who commented to me about the huge icicle, the longest piece of it has now crossed the 4 foot line, at a whopping 50"! Friday got just above freezing, so it melted slightly and refroze over a foot longer. Today was 22 when I went out a 4pm, and I doubt it was ever warmer than that. Still snowing as well, and it is forecasted to keep snowing all week.




My dinner tonight was so yummy that it was worth sharing. I went to Target today to get my ink for my printer, and ended up buying way more than planned, as usual! I had been looking at electric blankets for weeks because I'm always cold here at night, but I had no idea it would cost me $100! Finally today I gave in and bought one. I decided to just get the twin size a) because it was only $32 and b) I know Bryan is never going to want a heated blanket on his side of the bed! Surprisingly, the twin size covers almost all of the bed, so it was a great decision.

Anyway, back to food. I found these boxed meals on the preprepped aisle that were on sale, and I decided to try one (the most healthy one of the group). It was delicious, and I highly recommend it!



Now I feel a bit like those people on Allrecipes.com that rate something 5 out of 5 stars and then say "This was the best recipe ever. All I did different was cut the milk in half, add one more egg, add cinnamon and nutmeg, and eliminate the banana." Huh? How can you rate it 5/5 if you changed it around entirely? Anyway, so I took this box of Mushroom Cavatappi, added some steamed cauliflower and broccoli, and pan fried a chicken breast and some fresh spinach. It made for a bit more nutritious meal and was really good! It made an enormous amount. Here is the finished product, in my huge mixing bowl.



From January 2007

And more in the food category. Last week I stumbled upon this lava cake mix at Walmart. Decided to give it a try, and darn they are good! Bryan, this is the closest I've gotten to chocolate melting pots. I'd have a picture of the finished product (it made 4 cakes), but I ate the one a few days ago when I made them, and I froze the other 3. I'll thaw one out tonight and see if it tastes as good as it did straight out of the oven. At only 3.5 grams of fat, they aren't too bad for you either.

From January 2007

I think that's all the news from around here. UR ended uneventfully with my head boss not even bothering to say goodbye. The 3 women I work closely with brought me a cookie cake though, so that was sweet. I'm sure I'll stay in touch with them, as they have all said they want to do lunch next week. One even just interviewed for a position at Harris!

Hugs to everyone at home. I'd kill for sun and 50 right about now!