It is the last day of March, which means it is time for a summary of the month! A month in my wonderful, amazing life:
Person of the month: Rachel Via, the Exxon trip leader. My new role model and someone I aspire to be like. She has a version of my dream life. She does yoga. She is gorgeous. She is intimidatingly intelligent. How can I not want to be like her?
Moment of the month: The first night home from New Mexico.
Favorite outing of the month: Going to Dallas with Stephen and seeing a play, the first real play I have seen without wearing my usher outfit in a very long time!
Favorite meal of the month in a restaurant: Mi Tierra, a latin fusion restaurant in Dallas. Amazing Puerto Rican food. It made me feel like I was with my family on the island.
Favorite meal cooked: Chicken enchiladas. These were amazing. Unfortunately they are not on the blog, because my camera was not charged!
Favorite movie: Alice in Wonderland!! I saw it twice. Once in 2D and once in IMAX!
Favorite accomplishment: Spending a week in New Mexico as part of a very smart group of Exxon recruits!
Now time to share the dinner I made today. I had no idea what to cook, so Stephen and I brainstormed, and we came up with buffalo chicken sausage burgers with toastadas and veggies on the side!
Corn tortillas are baked in the oven until crunchy and then topped with cheese!
Wheat buns with buffalo chicken sausage patties (mixed with a bit of ground turkey and some greek yogurt). It was a very juicy patty! Also in my burger is melted Jack cheese, tomato, and greek yogurt.
My mind was in a very bad place this evening. This was horrible, because Stephen had to leave for work tonight, so that meant a night alone by myself while I was in a bad head space. I keep saying "was" because I managed to get out of it without doing anything harmful or negative!! Instead, I decided to make homemade bagels so that I can have half for a night time snack.
My mind was in a very bad place this evening. This was horrible, because Stephen had to leave for work tonight, so that meant a night alone by myself while I was in a bad head space. I keep saying "was" because I managed to get out of it without doing anything harmful or negative!! Instead, I decided to make homemade bagels so that I can have half for a night time snack.
Ambitious, I know. But there is something about the smell of yeast and the kneading of dough that soothes me.
I got the recipe from 17 and baking, and adapted by using white whole wheat flour instead of all purpose flour. Hopefuly they come out nicely (they are still in the oven).
Now they are out and cooling. Hopefully they taste good!
Here it is after it had risen for 1 hour and I punched it!
Here it is after it had risen for 1 hour and I punched it!
Formed into rings.
Boiled and then sprinkled in sesame seeds, ready for the oven!
Boiled and then sprinkled in sesame seeds, ready for the oven!
I am excited to try them.
But the important thing is that I was able to have a good night and get myself out of a scary state of mind. Is there anything you do to ground yourself when you are starting to feel out of control? Apparently I make bagels. Hehe, actually I bake or do art. Tonight I did both!
See you tomorrow in April.
I love your March wrap-up! That's a fun idea. Anyway, yay for bagels! I would never attempt to make them on my own, but baking is something I like to do when I know I'm headed down a "bad place" road. So, baking works, as does walking (in moderation) or cleaning, oddly enough.
ReplyDeleteI would say yoga or reading, but when I get that "out of control" feeling, there's nothing in the world that can make me focus and "relax" for long periods of time. Sounds like you were very proactive...and deliciously proactive, at that!