Good(ish) morning!

[averygoodun42]

I had horrible dreams last night. Like earth melting, new jeans ripping, friends' houses catching on fire because of illness dreams. With cats.

I think it might have been the sweet potato I had with dinner...

Dinner last night was wonderful. It's nice to know that I actually can create an entire feat on my own now! I was reflecting on that while I was preparing one thing or another yesterday, that in all the years I've been married, I have never had the endurance to do the feast-cooking thing. So, anyway, I am patting myself on the back for not only a very tasty meal with TONS of leftovers, but for actually doing it. I rock.

The best part of the meal, of course, was dessert. That carrot cake is A! Mazing! Especially with the whipping cream yogurt frosting (with orange extract and zest added). Hooboy. I think I might have even regained a pound or two I've lost over the semester thanks to that cake! ;-)

The worst part of the meal (which Geoff and Page would completely disagree with me about, btw) was the sweet potato. It was totally not worth the guilt of eating it. It was so... bland. And, seeing as sweet potatoes aren't grown anywhere near the northeast, I can't even blame the wet weather for the blandness, like I can for this year's squash crop (which have all been tasting terribly watery).

Ah well. The boys were really, really happy with the sweet potatoes, so probably my taste buds' lack of enthusiasm is my body telling me that I shouldn't be having that veggie anytime soon.


So, anyway, because of my dreams (and tripping over my own feet and possibly pulling a muscle in my back on a pre-sunrise bathroom run), I wasn't in the best of moods this morning. However, it's incredible how little can change that around.

http://www.weather.com/outlook/weather-news/news/articles/nasa-texas-drought_2011-12-01

The article itself is not a mood lifter, seeing as it's about how severe the drought in Texas is. No. I actually didn't even read the article (as I clicked on it for pictures, dammit!) The first comment, however, is completely made of win.

So that and Subversa's trampolining elephant... Yeah. I'm now smiling and just about ready to start the day. Bills to pay, essays to write and fruit flies to kill. Sounds like a good one, doesn't it? ;-)

I hope you all have a lovely weekend!

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[subversa.livejournal.com]

I'm very glad the bouncing elephant gave you a little lift of joy, sweetheart. I hope to spend the weekend recording several chapters of Send Not to Know for Hufflehugs.

~squish~