master cheffy

for the second day in a row, ive been baking/cooking at night for this potluck extravaganza at work. yesterday i managed to coat the kitchen (and my phone) in banana muffin batter (it was a delicious experience licking it off the phone... what?) and tonight, there were flecks of spinach dancing across the kitchen floor as part of my spinach pie project. i am well-fed with picadillio, rice & beans, yuca, pasta salad, deviled eggs, brownies, cookies, the works. in fact, given those first three items, it made me think that once i am able to host all of you sometime in our future lives in new york, i will host some kind of cuban-themed dinner party and recreate my year in food here for you. tba. and, i almost forgot. the baking continues tomorrow night with ashley & rachel as we apparently focus our collective energy on making magnolia cupcakes. ive never had one before, so my standards are actually not that high.

of late ive been in much better spirits getting to work in the morning, and spending the day there, in fact. i dont know what it is- the excitement about a holiday, or about having lunch with many friends, or finally getting more than 6 hours of sleep? either way im enjoying it immensely.

random transition, but what are you all doing for new years? benjamin & i have been going back & forth, trying to find a hilarious, middle of the road city to spend the eve in- first it was nashville, then lousiville, then annapolis... so far we are coming up short trying to get two last minute flights, but it seems like such a dreamy idea to me. instead, the more likely situation will be either cape cod or miami, its just that i will have just been traveling, and its very expensive to come here for the parties (i attribute it all to the fact that lindsay lohan will be hosting a party at that club heather & i went to - mansion. hilarious). anyway i will keep you all posted on whatever ridiciulousness we decide on, i just thought it would be interesting to see how everyone else is planning the night.

one last random thought. as a child, i hated the nutcracker, the ballet. it was so so long, so annoying, so over the top. and then today, i heard on npr that the nutcracker will be playing at our arts center on saturday afternoon and evening. and i thought, oh how NICE! maybe i will go. i wonder when the planets shifted so that i stopped hating on the nutcracker and started loving it, or whether that never happened, but it was only my nostalgia for those kind of funny family memories, where i was so horribly annoyed and bored and aggravated, actually, that the prince & princess kept coming out for more encours, that i stopped clapping with my hands and did a mini clap with my two pointer fingers. my mom could not stop laughing. what indigent little assholes we are when we're little, huh? anyway, chances are i will not go see it, but still. a funny thought to put you to bed with.