Welcome to Friday–the day I venture out of the house into the wide world and enjoy being amongst the people.  And figuring out how to work the webcam on my netbook.  See?

That’s me, sitting in the back corner at the Starbucks at PSU.  It is loud as frack in here right now.  That’s what happens when the rain comes back.

So.  Last night I made baked potatoes in the oven for the very first time.  And I made baked chicken.  And some canned corn.  And got so stuffed I had to change into looser pants.  I used this recipe for the potatoes and this recipe for the chicken (except for the 12 pieces of chicken part, I only used two chicken breasts).  Usually I’m not abig fan of lemony chicken but this turned out pretty good.  Tonight’s menu is round steak, more baked potatoes and, probably, salad.

It’s funny but I was never ever ever ever into cooking (I didn’t learn how to make mac and cheese or brown hamburger until high school.  Spaghetti eluded me until I was in my 20s).  Since moving out on my own and becoming responsible for feeding someone else (and getting thoroughly sick of fast food) I’ve gotten more into it.  I actually kind of look forward to the cooking part of my day, even though I know it will inevitably result in a sink full of dishes for me to do.

In other news, today I went to the library and returned a book.  I did not check out any other books since I am currently building a ginormous stack of books from two different libraries at home.  I was extremely proud of myself for not giving in and checking out at least one or two books or videos.  I might have even said (inside my head, of course) “congratulations self, you’ve learned how to exercise some self control!”  And then when I was leaving I stopped to browse in the used bookstore…and spent eight bucks.  I bought some crochet pattern cards (for $5) and a paperback copy of Chasing Harry Winston (for $3).  Um.  Whoops.

Happy Friday!