Long day today July 13th, but a good one. Got up, got ready, finished around 8:50. Pressed my cold brew (used my parents ground French roast coffee for this) through my AeroPress into my water bottle, added some ice, some erythritol, milk. Took a sip and my god it was delicious. Great flavor. Great boldness and creaminess and just the right amount of sweetness. Checked on my overnight savory oatmeal – didn’t really work out, put it back into the fridge. Mom asked if I wanted some quesadillas for lunch, and I said sure, and in it went in a box in my bag with my coffee and a half-cup of cherries. Drive to school was fraught with traffic. Traffic was a bit backed up on the freeway onramp – totally new. Other than that the drive was okay. Got to school at 10:00 sharp, but had to park and walk to class, so I strided in around 10:07. Exam was in full swing. Professor handed me the packet and I got to work. It felt surprisingly approachable, though the last couple of problems definitely took much more thinking. Used up all the time (1 and a half hours), handed it in at 11:30, went off to the dining hall. Microwaved the quesadillas to get them hotter, got a cup of mustard and a cup of ranch and settled down outside. Creaky chair! The Golden Girls, Season 2 episode 19 and episode 20. Quesadillas were yummy, and the mustard and ranch helped brighten some of the flavors. Cold brew was still good – iced coffee retains it’s flavor for quite some time, even if it’s not in an insulated container. Wrapped everything up, drove back home. Back home, I tested using the AeroPress chamber and the metal filter and cap as a dripper over the funnel of grounds in a folded cone filter. It worked okay, but the bottom of the chamber and the cap got a little messy, and I definitely overextracted the coffee – there was a big tail of bitterness to each sip. Dumped out the last fifth of it, made some iced tea instead. Rest of the day was taking it easy. I had actually done all of my math homework for this week in preparation of the exam. Saved the overnight oats by cooking it over the stove, but the texture was very soft, and closer to a thick rice porridge than the toothsome oatmeal I’m normally used to. Still delicious with the pickled water spinach and some microplaned garlic though. Well actually the garlic was a bit aggressive. I don’t think I stirred it in quite right and so a couple bites of the oatmeal seared the tip of my tongue. For dinner: baked fish and pickled cabbage and more pickled water spinach – grandma gave me a big piece of fish (thanks grandma) and so I ate a bit more rice. Episode 21 of the Golden Girls around 11, and now here I am (12:01) cozying up to sleep. Wow!
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