Soup and errant thoughts in Diary

Hello everyone. It’s been awhile.

My mom gave me a crock pot cookbook a few years back that I used a lot at first but let fall by the wayside at some point. I can’t remember why, exactly. But anyway, lately I’ve been wanting to make a good soup recipe from it, so I opened it up today and decided on minestrone. I mostly followed the directions, since I have horrible instincts in the kitchen, although I did add an extra carrot and half a small onion. And I ran out of room so the cabbage isn’t going in. The only downside with using a crock pot-especially if you make something large- is the food takes forever to cook. Oh well, though. I guess that’s a good trade off for someone lazy like me. It’s been going for almost five hours already, and it will need an additional three and a half hours before it’s done, but at the end of the day, at least I’ll have hot soup waiting for me.

I think what inspired me to cook something was all the videos I’ve been watching on YouTube. Jacques Pepin, America’s Test Kitchen, food reviewers, people demonstrating creative ways to cook ramen noodles, food challenges, etc. Basically anything food-related interests me, whether it be cooking or eating, so long as the people eating keep their food down.

My sleep schedule has been all sorts of screwed up lately due to me staying up until all hours of the night and then sleeping the day away as a result. It’s made me feel like garbage both physically and emotionally, so I decided tonight I’m going to force myself to go to bed as soon as my soup is done and I try a bowl or two. I should have bought some bread at the store earlier to go along with it. Ah well.

I’ve been putting off raking up the leaves in the yard for the past week or so, but it’s starting to get really cold out there. The air felt to me like snow was imminent when I left my mom’s, so…I really need to just drag my lazy butt outside and do it. It’ll only take about three hours. Last night while I was watching videos I stumbled across Anna Kournikova’s workout video. Watching that and seeing the crazy good shape she was in made me feel all the more uncomfortable with my slothful lifestyle. I’m in terrible shape from sitting around all the time, which I suspect has contributed to the increased anxiety I’ve been dealing with recently.

My brain feels…off, so I’ll end the entry here. I intend to write here much more frequently, which I know I always say and then go back on my word, but I really do want to be writing every day. Not just for my own sanity’s sake, but because the community here is so good and I love the connection I feel with those whose diaries I read. Bye for now.