Things I've discovered recently

1. I like popcorn. I always thought I didn't, but over Christmas I tried some of my mom's and it was delicious. It's even better with nutritional yeast. Is that common knowledge, or is it something that most people don't know? Torsten thinks nutritional yeast is disgusting. I think he's crazy.

2. The huge work project that I've been working on is no longer due tomorrow. It's been extended by two weeks. Which is awesome, since I spent three days of my five-day weekend working on it. But now we are way ahead of schedule, so I guess that makes it worthwhile. Still, I'd kind of like to have my weekend back.

3. Not getting to say "I do" pales in comparison to the comedy of errors that was Obama taking the oath of office on Tuesday. First he interrupts Roberts. Then Roberts puts the word "faithfully" in the wrong place. Then Obama realizes the error and stops midsentence. Then Roberts tries again, puts "faithfully" in the right place, but forgets the word "execute." Then Obama repeats the phrase fully, but uses the incorrect version that Roberts gave the first time. A couple of newbies, those two. I was just imagining how much worse our ceremony would have been if our officiant had bumbled along and botched our vow prompts like that instead of just dropping part of it. Let's just hope that Obama gets reelected so that he gets a chance to do it right the next time, huh?

4. I should really be trying more new recipes. In preparation for quitting Weight Watchers, I've been printing out all the recipes I may want to use, and have found quite a few that look very tasty. Trying new things might help me break out of my rut, too. But it will also involve more thoughtful grocery shopping and effort at the end of a long workday. We'll see how this one plays out. Maybe just one new recipe per week to start with. Ease into it, so to speak.

5. DC has swimming pools ("aquatic centers") that are free to residents and apparently very nice. Swimming is my favorite kind of exercise, and I think it's about time that I found an exercise that I actually enjoyed WHILE I was doing it and not just after. I'm going to have to figure out a way to get myself to one of those aquatic centers on a regular basis.

6. I can have a serious one-track mind. I feel like I'm going in circles right now, waiting to land. And air traffic control keeps pushing me back in the queue.