sticky liquid

so it is 1:30am, and I'm WIDE awake. I took a 2 hour nap today. I didn't mean to nap for that long, but it happened. So now, here i am randomly musing with random capitalIzation.

i had a conversation with john guy about the sticky liquid that the jarred cactus is in. I've got a jar of cactus (nopalitos) (yum) in the fridge, and he wanted to try one of my crazy favorites, eggs with nopales. I told him about the sticky liquid in the jar. that when i cook fresh cactus, the cactus naturally oozes sticky liquid, so not to be afraid of the sticky liquid in the jar. and then i realized that I like saying sticky liquid. fun words to say over and over. sticky liquid sticky liquid sticky liquid. ok. enough of that.

the power was out at work today, so i didn't work. no phone service because we've got digital phones. it reminded me of the time when there was a power out in the summer a few years back and nick b was a workstudy in tcp and came over to my office to hang out in the semi-dark with me. good times. miss you nick b!

and it keeps feeling like the weekend today since there was no work and i took a nap, but it is thursday. i've got a long, long day tomorrow at September School and i'm happy to do the prep work for the event, but not really excited about the schmooze part that i'll have to do once the event starts. 5-9pm is a long time to schmooze with highschoolers, their parents, and alumni. the good part is that dolly will be there the whole time, so we might get to talk a bit, but since we're both on the board of directors, we've really got to be chatting up the people there. blargh.

and my babygirl, Angel, is due any day now. i fell for her when she was a tiny baby herself, and bought her when she was 6 months old. she's my girl, my favorite. she isn't that cuddly, but god, i love her. and we may have to put her baby down after she delivers. and it is just tearing me apart. heartache upon heartache. 2 years ago her 1-month old baby died on my birthday. and now she might have caught a virus that if it was transmitted to her baby in utero could doom it to die. I'm terribly sad right now, and I can't stop thinking about her and her unborn baby. i should be at the house on baby watch like usual, and i'm not this year. sadness for lots of reasons.

so on to happier random thoughts. i decided today that i miss cooking. when i was at my best girl dol's place, she and her partner did most of the cooking, so i didn't do much at all there. so far in my new digs, i've cooked eggs with cactus and eggs with braising mix and garlic. and hot water for tea. what the hell have i been eating?! cheese. and bananas. and leftover pizza. and tomorrow, i've got a breakfast meeting, so i'll be out for that meal, and dinner is at the sep school event...so no cooking tomorrow. i got my cook's illustrated magazine in the mail and finally read it tonight. geez, i love that mag. i got a handy tip on why nonfat milk foams better than whole milk, and why you need to bring your eggs to room temperature for cakes. very useful stuff, right?! and there's an awesome recipe for a plum tart...looking forward to summer fruit so i can make it! plum is another funny word repeated over and over. plum plum plum plum

and this summer i want to teach myself dvorak. i told my workstudy about this a while ago that this would be a summer task. i was going to last summer, but somehow got too busy. uber, uber nerd. yup. and speaking of nerds, dorks, and geeks, i fit nicely in with nerds and geeks, but i'm not sure with dorks. does anyone fit in with dorks? is it possible? that's one to contemplate at 1:51am.

so i've gotten all the random stuff out of my head, and i think i can fall asleep now....
g'night.