Little Things

I'm a creature of habit/patterns. Example: Once I'm in for the night, I prefer to stay to stay there. I think it's because I usually get home so late, that I'm just mentally ready to crash.

Last night was a personal night. I was going to do laundry, listen to the Reds on the radio and, if I had time, bake some brownies (don't make fun, they're good). I was going to do the brownies after the game was over. The game finished early(Reds lost 3-0). I had almost all the ingredients I needed except the chocolate chips. So I got in my truck and ran down to Kroger's to pick some up. I got some and some Orange Hi-C, stopped by the video store and got the new Lord of the Rings and went back to the apartment. Now, I was in for the night.

I had all of the ingredients on the coffee table and I was mixing the ingredients and watching LOTR on the tube. I get to the part where I mix the eggs and crack them to put in a bowl before mixing them w/ everything else. It came out in a clump. Ooops. Guess the eggs were old. Dangit. Now I have to go back out and pick up eggs. So I pause LOTR, get in the truck, drive to Kroger’s and pick out one of those 6-packs of eggs. I’m checking out and realize I have no cash, only my debit card. So I charged $.69 of eggs on my debit card. I felt like a tool. I could have grabbed that out of my truck but I was already checking out.

Anyway, I got home fine and watch about half the movie before the brownies were done. They came out just fine. Glad I got the eggs. Probably would have tasted like poo without them. On a related note, after placing the brownies in the oven, I realized that I hadn't put any vanilla in. I figured “Oh well. Too late.” After tasting them last night, the vanilla must not be that important. They tasted the same. Note to self, if you are doing this again and realize you have all my ingredients but the vanilla…it’s not worth going back out for.