What a great day I had!
I only have an hour of classes on Thursdays, so they’re basically my best day. But today was especially great. We’re doing student presentations in semantics, so all I had to do was hang out and listen to some folks chat. Went and had lunch out in the sunshine with Lewis, and hung out a bit in the library. Picked up a book I needed, and also a Dickens book I think I’ll read. I’ve never read any Dickens, but I’ve been rather into the Victorian-esque stuff for the last few years, and it seems like this isn’t far off that mark. Though truthfully, seeing Masterpiece Theatre’s “Oliver Twist” was the real inspiration.
Came home and had a very nice lazy afternoon getting some small work done. Decided I wanted to do something exciting with my evening that involved more than television, though… so I made pizza! From scratch! It was so fantastically exciting, I don’t think I can really capture that in the old blog. I really should have taken pictures… but anyway. The dough making was really, really easy (much easier than making bread!) and it only necessitated that Lewis and I walk to the store to pick up our topping ingredients while it rose. I love it when your dough rises just exactly like it’s supposed to! By the time we had shopped and walked back home and cleaned up a bit, it was all ready to go! So we made half a sausage/veggie combo, and half a barbeque chicken. Good gravy was it good. If for some reason I had mozzarella around regularly, we’d be completely doomed.
And in the meantime, Lewis tried his first go at making Tabasco-style hot sauce! Turned out pretty darn good. It’s just got jalapenos and habeneros and vinegar… but it’s really sweet and nicely spicy. Put it on the pizza and it was great. Looking forward to maybe making eggs or potatoes or something with it for breakfast. Seems like the perfect topping for some breakfast spicyness. Mmm. We’re spoiled people. Full of our own handiwork.
Ooh, and we watched Bill & Ted over pizza. Can you really top that? I don’t think so!