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    A successful dinner

    3/1/2005 /

    So my experiment for this yay-I-have-a-kitchen session was to make an alfredo sauce. Rather than try a traditional recipe that used heavy whipping cream, I modified one that called for cream cheese: 1/2 cup butter 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese 1 cup milk 3/4 – 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese 1 teaspoon dried basil garlic powder to taste You literally just toss it all in a saucepan and heat it for about twenty minutes. I added broiled chicken and broccoli (and pasta, of course), along with breadsticks, and it came out pretty damn good. It’s a heart-attack in a bowl, though, so the faint of heart need not apply.

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    Getting my groove back.

    2/28/2005 /

    Among the other restful bits gained from this vacation (including, potentially, a vehicle…), I am slowly getting comfortable being back on the running boat. I’m having to work hella hard to correct the strength imbalance in my lower legs caused by injury and the limping, but it’s going well. My current workout is 50-50 walk/run in distance: warmup, run a quarter-mile, walk a quarter-mile, repeat for a half-mile each, repeat for a quarter-mile each, cool down. It’s hard going, and I’m pulling out every calf and shin muscle stretch I can find because my shins tighten up on me during my workouts. But I can already feel an improvement in…

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    Because I’m sure he won’t mind the invasion of privacy.

    2/25/2005 /

    So in an e-mail to Dr. 7 last week, I said (among other things), “Wish me a miracle in 230 [on the exam].” (230 is the class I’ve been bitching about all term.) Dr. 7’s response? And I am hereby wishing you a 230 Miracle(TM). It’s like a Christmas Miracle(R) except that the role of Kris Kringle is played by Santa Claude [the name of the prof] (because he gives good grades) and the role of lead elf is played by Steve (because he’s short). Anyway, good luck, and don’t let it stress you out too much. Dr. (3 + 4) (I’m in a hurry, OK?) Why the “3+4” and…

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    Note to self.

    2/22/2005 /

    Don’t check the project and class grade (now even lower) in your “favorite” class right before going to the presentation of your group project… Silly Lissa. It’s all on the final at this point. I pass or I fail. Edit: Presentation done. I think I need to see how much shifting is going to be necessary to get this course into my schedule next term…

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