Schmear Campaign

Today, like most days, did not go entirely well.  For starters, this being-sick-in-July bit is really holding me back.  Head stuffed, I canceled dinner plans with TChu. (OK, I'm more upset that I canceled on Taiwanese food than on TChu, but let's keep that between us)  My few hours at work were generally futile so I called it quits early and decided to cook up what's left in my freezer before I move out this weekend.  That's where things got interesting.  I had my first attempt at making pate.  Without going to the grocery store.  So I was missing a couple of ingredients from every recipe I looked.  Midway through this attempt, hot oil splattered on both of my wrists.  That was fun, because when both wrists are burnt, it makes it hard to ice either one.  Running them under cold water was very therapeutic, but that also gets in the way of basic activities, like cooking and eating.  And then there was the time when I ran my wrists under scalding hot water instead.  In the end though, neither wrist will require amputation or grafting and the pate was pretty tasty.  So my awesomeness rating remains.