Little Mishaps

Miriam broke today. Her right pedal broke off because the crank arm was stripped. I called up The Guys at The Place What Made Her, and they're sending me over a replacement part, but it won't be here for nearly two weeks.

and I find I am suddenly and rather inexplicably very sad. I think a lot of it has to do directly with Miriam, but I think some of it has to do indirectly with the romance-related conversation I had with Meghan late last night. And maybe a bit to do with my slight lack of sleep recently. And my fears about school, which has begun as of 16:00GMT toady. But regardless of the causes, I feel very sad. And a little scared.

Yesterday, I made an ( omlette. )

It was miy first one. It kind of failed at being an omlette. Mostly because I didn't spray the pan and it was a little bit too thin. But it tasted good, which it what counts.

I played Matrix Online last night, with Leslie and long-lost Beth, for the first time in a great while. As ever with MMORPGs, there was a significant amount of downtime, and being 12+ levels lower than anyone else there (nearly -20 compared to Leslie), I felt rather useless. But it was fun to be in there again, and it'll be good to play once in a while. I also want to see if I can revive Rapture216. I really liked her.

Oh, and we have a kitchen table now. with chairs.

But now I must be off to get to my 14:00 class. Since I'm hoofing it, it'll take me a bit longer to get there.

School books....

I just bough this quarter's books off Half.com for about $250.
Going through the book store would have cost me nearly $500!

Tonight's Entree

Dinner tonight was a chicken-and-rice casserole, recommended by the ever-lovely serenabuny. It came out good, though I think it had a bit too much rice and a bit too little mushrooms. And it needed salt. I shall remedy all that the next time I make it. For those of you keeping score at home, the recipe to use is:

-2 boneless chicken breasts
-2 cans of Cream of Mushroom soup
-1.5 cups of rice
-3 cups of water

Throw it all into a casserole dish, and cook in a 450-degree-preheated oven for approximately 40 minutes. I haven't used that exact recipe (I had 1 can of soup, 2 cups of rice, and 4 cups of water), so I can't yet say exactly how it'll turn out, but it's just a matter of sizing. I think this would feed two people (I'm making two meals out of it), maybe three if you're little people.

I also think it might be better if you sliced the chicken and spread it more-evenly through the casserole, but it all ends up in the same place, anyways.