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July 28, 2005
Ongoing Drama
So MR's flight is delayed. That, you would think, would give me ample opportunity to deal with the dead scale issues. Wrong.
I was already on my way to Conshohocken, where I used to live and still work, to do some errands when MR's mom called to let me know that MR would be two hours late. Unfortunately, I had planned my day to be in Conshohocken, which is much closer to the airport, and then just jump on the road to pick up the Orange One. I was attacked by a work crisis that required my attention, then I tried to pick up scale batteries at a jewelery store only to find that they had one, not two, of the batteries I need. I bought one and another that they said might work. Unfortunately, if I were to go home now and attempt to use the batteries in the scale(s) I would have to turn around and come back the second I got home. So I've popped into my office to check MR's flight status (another twenty minutes delayed... he must be freaking out by now! I hope he is sleeping or reading some fascinating paper about aging) and wanted to give you a quick update.
Alas, tonight's dinner, instead of the fascinating stuffed mushrooms with cottage cheese made to taste like ricotta covered with fresh summer tomato and garlic and wine homemade marinara will probably not be happening. Instead, I have in mind to throw some Quorn tenders together with some Trader Joe's marinara and flax oil, then serve with some gorgeous tall skinny asparagi that I picked up at Whole Foods while doing the MR-mega shop this morning (that man eats more vegetables than you can imagine) with some EVOO (that's Extra Virgin Olive Oil, for those of you who are having a moment of acute confusion) and fresh lemon. That will take all of ten minutes to prepare, and will still be delicious. I'll do my fancy dinner tomorrow night, and then the eggwhite fritatta on Sunday. The exciting thing is that I have a very long lifetime of cooking for this man to plan, so if one dinner doesn't happen as anticipated, I can just do it another night.
And that, my dear bloggiefriends, is something I am *very* happy about.
Posted by april at July 28, 2005 5:05 PM