Dinner with Vasiliki :)

Yay! Though today was a relatively low stress day (only 1 class, which I didn't have to sing in, and then practicing) I managed to get a lot of errands done, thanks to Vasiliki's visit. My apartment was in great need of cleaning, and it's at that "pre-party" stage, where everything is vacuumed, and all things organized and put away, couch-cover is straightened out, tabletops scrubbed, laundry done, etc. Maybe I should just have a party to put the cleanliness to use (but then I'd have to clean again, sigh).

Interesting fact: When you cook for yourself, things cook quickly. Particularly if you're multi-tasking and are in the shower when you're cooking something delicate in the oven. When you cook for others, however, no matter how long you give yourself, the food is never quite ready on time.

Luckily, Vasiliki was about 25 minutes later than originally planned, so things were cooked. The artichoke was still not as done as the other day (which took less than half the time, sigh) but everthing else worked out fine. Particularly these raspberry truffles I made. Yum yum. Still have a lot to make, but I don't feel like cooking anymore today. The mix is in the fridge, ready whenever to be rolled into little pieces and rolled into the cocoa powder. In fact, I really hope that it's ok that I don't do that now. Grr. I will not cook anymore today. I will not, will not. Not that I didn't enjoy cooking. In fact, it calms me, keeps my hands busy while I listen to good music or review aria lyrics in my head. Good times.

You know, though I didn't do (or luckily need to do) much school work today, I was productive in very neccesary ways: did laundry (my least favorite chore), super-cleaned, did some walking (ok, it was walking home from school, but I booked it, promise), made lots of yummy food for dinner and dessert, etc. I guess I can count today as a success. Hopefully the same holds true for all you reading this.