i hate it when the weather is trying to decide if it wants to be fall or winter. when i left my house today at 2 pm, the weather was sunny with just a tiny little nip in the air. 2 hours after i got to work, the sky had turned a dark gray and it’s been cold and rainy all night. it’s like, my god, just pick one already.
yesterday, i used the crockpot for the first time. i made pork tenderloin with carrots and potatoes. it was pretty good. when i came home from work, dinner was finished. i whipped up a box of stove-top stuffing to go with it and we had a really nice dinner. tonight, i have plans for cuban-esque sandwiches made with the leftovers. yum.
i’ve been super boring lately. even last night, i was so tired that i fell asleep really early. it was strange. i think i’m boring myself so much that i’m sleeping just for something to do.
i e-mailed my adviser so i can figure out what classes to take next semester. i think i’m changing my major over to advertising. online journalism just doesn’t appeal to me. advertising would at least give me a creative outlet. i’ve been thinking a lot of what i want to be when i grow up (and really, i’m 23. i should have decided this years ago. i’m already grown up) and i’ve decided on a couple options. i still want to be a book cover designer. like whoa. i also think it would be neat to be a book editor. work in publishing. design posters and packaging and products. unfortunately, i don’t think there’s a job where i can just sit around and knit scarves and order hello kitty items from ebay.
i just feel detached, i think, with the whole school thing. i hate that the last thing most people knew about me was that i had a crappy job, a crappy boyfriend, and a crappy apartment. i want all those people to know that i have the complete opposite now. but i’m too detached from everyone.
i look forward to becoming a little more bustling. and a lot less tired.
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in case you would like to make the pork tenderloin with veggies, here’s my modified recipe:
pork tenderloin with veggies:
1 pork tenderloin, 3 to 4 pounds
8 small red potatoes
2 carrots cut in chunks (i only used 2 because marques doesn’t like carrots… you can add more)
8 whole cloves of garlic
1 can chicken broth
2 tablespoons lemon juice
salt, pepper
1/4 cup parsley, minced
1 package onion soup mix
rub pork with salt and pepper. sear it on all sides in a hot skillet with a bit of oil. put the ingredients into the crockpot in the following order: carrots, potatoes, garlic, pork roast. mix the chicken broth, lemon juice, parsley and onion soup mix together, then pour over roast. set crockpot to cook for 10 hours on low.
