Big day.

I am never sure what the time stamp on these posts tells you but where I sit, the time is 1:50a; I have done lab work for nearly twelve hours today. Of course, they weren't twelve consecutive hours because I took a couple off to shop and make a big pot of (as it turns out, very yummy) gloop from the last of the ham that we had for Steph's birthday dinner. (For the record, the balance of the dish was roasted green chilis, diced tomatoes, sauteed eggplant, green peas, garlic, onion and ziti. I built the sauce from some pork chop bones, veggie broth, tomato paste, tarragon from my window garden and the glaze left after pan-frying the ham, chilis, onions and garlic).

Those bones that went into the sauce came from a dinner I made last night (I am the leftover king) for myself and my friend Melisa: We cooked pork chops and made orzo with cherry tomatoes, tarragon, eggplant and feta. After dinner, we watched Righteous Kill, with De Niro and Pacino (everyone else is an extra next to them). I thought it was great. Russ told me today that the critics panned it but that's fine because I am happy to cross 'movie critic' off of my list of Possible Next Careers.

So like I said, I have been doing MIRL work since 11 this morning because I just had one of those days in which motivation came as heavily as the rain. I also made up for yesterday since Michaela, Erin and I spent a few hours watching Beetle Juice and an episode of the comedy show Little Britain during my "work time."

The late cup of tea is starting to wear off. Onward to tomorrow.