I have a strong affinity for diner/cafe-style scrambled eggs. The fluffiness and creaminess and simplicity of it all is too much to resist when it's within reach.
But, I've never been able to make it at home. In fact, I never tried to research it. I thought there had to be something special in their batter and gave up at that. Still, it's been slowly gnawing on the back of my mind (and bites every time I go to the AARP cafeteria for breakfast).
Another thing that has recently been keeping me from making eggs at home is the smell. I had a theory on that a couple of weeks ago and learned that I'd been totally overcooking them – they're done before they start to brown.
Anyway, this morning I wanted awesome scrambled eggs, so I search and found this recipe (the tips above it help). As the egg started to solidify in the pan, I noticed that they looked exactly how I wanted them to.
I should've turned them at that point and gotten them on to a plate soon after, but I still managed to 'overcook' them. Despite that, it's the best scrambled eggs I've ever made. So I need to get it in my head that eggs take even less to cook than I thought: 30–45 seconds tops.
No more 3-minute scrambling sessions. Now I can make a happy breakfast every weekend and not envy IHOP.
I am slow to address health issues.
My feet have been hurting on and off for the last four years, mainly from either running or walking too much (sometimes, just because they want to). This usually resulted in my shins hurting and also in muscle irritation in my lower calves. And when I started exercising regularly back in February, my left knee started to hurt in a strange way: I couldn't stretch my quadricep because there was too much pain trying to pull my lower leg back all the way. I just figured I messed it up doing squats.
I made an appointment with a podiatrist last Thursday, and she told me I had low arches, which is the root of all my problems (except for the knee, which I didn't mention). She gave me a referral for feet X-rays and told me I needed orthopedic inserts.
Asma and I spent much of Saturday looking for running shoes (she's gotten interested in pursuing running, and I just need something that won't cause damage). We finally settled on a pair on Sunday, and results were pretty immediate: though I still had some muscle irritation in my right calf, my feet didn't hurt from the run, and my left knee's pain miraculously lessened.
I still probably have months to go to undue the damage of the last four years, but the dramatic change is surprising.
Lesson? Protect your feet. They're your roots.
I'm doing another sleep study on Monday using a CPAP device. And I'll be getting one of my own soon after. I'm excited!
I finally investigated the spam attacks I've been receiving, and it was really simple: they were coming in through trackbacks. I always felt like there was a way they were getting through the normal channels, and now I know.
Not too difficult in the end. It means that no one can trackback to me, but no one does, so no loss.
Yesterday, WSO celebrated the alpha launch of the new AARP site. We went Lucky Strike and had a bunch of teams bowling. A couple of the lanes had really small teams, so they went through their ten frames pretty quickly.
I took the chance to use the fairly empty lanes to practice while waiting my turn, because I suck at bowling. I managed to correct my form, I thought, and had two strikes in a row. A couple of frames after that, though, I hesitated right before releasing the ball, and in my attempt to stop myself from crossing the line, I was hopping on my right toe for what seemed like several seconds before the slick lane got the best of me.
I went crashing forward, slamming my left elbow and knee into the ground. Good thing Yonas witnessed the whole thing and fell down laughing, because as soon as I got up I started laughing too.
But because of the fall, and over-extending myself and my entire right arm, my body is just sore overall. And I think I pulled some muscles in my fingers. Bowling is tough.
Catering was delicious and fatty, and the pinot grigio was actually good (maybe the food had something to do with taking the edge off the alcohol). And I think everyone had a good time, which was nice to see. It's been a stressful and tension-filled year for most people, and this is one of the few moments where the collective could just chill out and have some fun.
