bits of me

Nobody likes to play the waiting game, especially me. I am sitting here on a saturday watching some TV, waiting for the gym to be "open". I say "open" because I never know when it is unofficially open due to athletes in season. It is officially open at 10 AM, but sometimes its earlier... Plus I am waiting for my laundry wash to get into the dryer so I have a good hour and change to work out. Now back to the waiting game... I am waiting for a lot of things... grad school responses, teaching job responses, the end of the year, the right girl... you know, stuff. I just want to be happy, though I am slightly comforted that I am in 1 of 4 schools. I just want to get a teaching job, and I'd be happy to have choices. I just want to be happy, that's all... kinda hard to do.

Now that my laundry wash is done, off to the gym...

I hadn't baked in a while, almost two months of hiatus from any sort of cookies or pastries, and it felt weird. I started to make my Chocolate Mint Cookies, and while I was making the batter, it didn't feel as satisfying or comforting as I previously had made them before. I'm not sure why I felt this way, but it was somewhat disheartening, as I normally relax and enjoy myself when I bake cookies.

Sad as it was, I still decided to have some fun and make dark chocolate truffles. I tried two batches, one with ginger infused cream and the other with dried blueberry infused cream. The ginger based ganache tasted stronger than the blueberry one. Still, I had mild fun while making them over my double boiler over simmering water in my mini rice cooker. My first attempt at making chocolate truffles, and it was successful (so far). I have yet to roll them and coat them in anything, but I expect them to do decently. Aside from that, one plus was that I took thin pretzels and dipped them in the warm chocolate ganache. Made a lot for snacking on later...

I write this as I am half being distracted from finishing a problem set for chemistry.... back to work!

so my final semester has begun, and it is only the beginning of the end of my college career. three classes, one lab, a handful of teaching assistantships, and research. it's a relatively calm semester so far, but i expect things to pick up very quickly.

as for post-college, i've been accepted to grad school, and it is one of my options. i'm still looking at other options in the teaching field. i would love to see myself as a teacher, as i know it is a fulfilling profession, and i expect myself to enjoy it thoroughly.

life is stressful at the moment, lots to consider and my life to ponder. whether to stay out east or head back home to the west coast, or explore the midwest... who knows where i end up? i just want to be happy and comfortable.

as it gets closer to my final months here, i realize that there have been many ups and downs in my college life... plenty of fun times and too many sad times, and currently mixed emotions about a lot of people. it is not the greatest feeling to have, but its inevitable and unavoidable. what can i do? nothing, at the moment, at least until things settle down and i figure out my plans for the immediate future...

ah well, at least i have my dark chocolate dipped pretzels to enjoy :)