Nothing... nothing... nothing... then BAM! Something happens!

I haven't written in awhile, since I've been kind of working on a term paper for my Humanities class, and watching Giants games on the computer while at work.

And in reality, I haven't done anything noteworthy in quite a few weeks anyways, which deprived me the opportunity to observe things that otherwise would provide for witty commentary.

Cut to Saturday. I decided that instead of the (not for me) usual cards, flowers and going out to a restaurant on Mother's Day, I decided to do a Mother's day dinner on Saturday, but one that I actually cooked.

So Friday, I hit up the store, and did a little shopping for the ingredients I would need to make dinner. Spent a good 45 minutes checking out this and that, scrutinizing the meats and inspecting the seafood. I made my purchases, and spent close to $100 on this dinner (cooked for 5 people), realizing that I actually saved money doing it myself than going to a restaurant and dealing with the unwashed (in Georgia, probably 80% true) masses.

Saturday came, and I spent parts of the morning doing prep work, chopping and dicing and mincing. In the afternoon, the MIL, her husband, and the FIL came over, and while the rest of the family was relaxing on the porch, I literally slaved over a hot stove whipping up the first course, which was an improvised Shitake and Portabello mushroom risotto, which got rave reviews and requests to make it again at some point. I quickly ate this in the kitchen while the others were enjoying it in the dining room, so I could get the second course started and keep dinner flowing.

The second course was pan seared filet mignon, then oven baked, with a red wine pan sauce and pan seared (ok, I like pan searing stuff) fresh (not frozen) sea scallops and steamed asparagus. Now, up until Saturday, I had never ever attempted to cook a scallop, and after watching every season of Hell's Kitchen and seeing Gordon Ramsey tear into these more experienced chefs screwing up the scallops, I was intimidated. Fortunately, I went online, got a brief video instruction, and did a test scallop that morning.

Apparently, I can cook a freakin' scallop, because the wife keeps mentioning them (and feeding my already super inflated cooking ego).

Ok, so I cheated on dessert. Went to a bakery, and got a small 6 searving lemon cake, and we all had some, including the kiddo, who went on a sugar rampage outside after dinner.

So Sunday, went to work, came home, and we went to see Iron Man 2. Good flick, didn't like the replacement of Terrance Howard with Don Cheadle, but the humor and story was good.

Which leads me to today. Summer class registration started this morning at 8 am, and I was ready. I had all my classes figured out and went to register... and couldn't get the Economics course, the last of my core classes, because for some reason, the system said I hadn't met the prerequisites. Towhich I said BULLS**T, and piled myself into the car, and drove the whole 5 minutes to campus, and got it taken care of. While I was walking back to my car, I stopped by the bookstore and bought something I have always wanted. A chef's jacket (which would have come in handy Saturday). So now, when I get all culinary, I can throw on the jacket and chef up a storm.

Went back home, and got my Econ class registered for, so this upcoming quarter, 3 classes on the docket. The Economics course (my last core class) which will be done online, and 2 tech courses, both of which are primers for the CompTIA A+ Certification which I already have, so they should be easy as hell. I can easily see 2 A's and a B this next quarter.