Stuck in the office. Oh you know it’s my favorite kind of week. So many pleasantries it’s absurd. I just wish I could skip that week. I find it revolting. I do not comprehend how my coworkers look forward to this week. Wait a second! Yes I do! It’s because they don’t like to get up off their a**. I suppose if I was a sedentary lazy person, that week I would have it made. But I am not. I can’t even sit still when I am at the house. I like to be doing something. Moving around. So office week is a personal hell for me. Made ever more so by the enlightening conversations that go on around me most the day. At least my cussing coworker is fairly humorous. When he took the afternoon off because he didn’t want to “look at the Llama pick his nose for the rest of the afternoon” I seriously laughed out loud. And who can blame him. The guy digs deep.
Found some ripe red jalapeños at HEB. Is it sad that I got excited by the sight of peppers? That I was so excited I immediately had to tell people via text message? Actually, don’t answer that. Seldom do you find red jalapeños, so it was a much unexpected delight. Because they matured on the vine longer they get their red color. IMO, they are significantly different from their green counter parts. They have more heat and they are sweet. If you see these in the store do not pass them up.
Bekah has started working out in the afternoons again. That means I’m in solitude till about 7pm. While that might seem appealing to some of you (and it is on days that I have had TOO much at work!!), I mostly am just bored. I get home and promptly jump out of my work clothes for shorts, sandals & t-shirt. I have 2 hours before I get any conversation. Sure, I could call someone. I could talk to my dogs. And I do at times. Hazel at least looks interested unlike Owen who’s perpetual head tilt tells me he is lost in the clouds. But who really wants a one sided conversation. Not me!! So I turn on music. Hopefully I have dinner to prep. That keeps me occupied. I might (probably) have myself an adult beverage. Possibly get out a book to read. I should probably find something more to do with this time. Honestly though, after work I just want to go home and get comfortable. Not to mention that it’s HOT this time of year. I don’t want back out in it. I guess I’ll take the afternoon workouts over the morning. Waking up consecutively every morning at 4am wasn’t ideal. I’m not really sure what I’m ranting about here. Anyone else bored after work? Should I go back to watching the Weather Channel from 5-7 to pass the time? Or I could start recording music again.
My friend Jamie gave me some really good seasoning. Best Stop Cajun Seasoning. I’ve been wanting some of my own for a while now but it can only be obtained in Louisiana. Lucky for me she got a BIG shipment from some friends passing through. Generous of her considering how long she has been trying to replenish her supply. Hopefully I can now make my Gumbo like she made it. What a blunder mine turned out to be.
On a comical note: my corporate card was once again hacked. So were 3 of my coworkers. It’s only been 2 months since this happened last. To add to the hilarity, it was charged to a place called Crooks. $.98… Now I get to have fun updating everything again. I think I’d just finished doing that from the last time. Can’t wait to be told by the higher ups that I’ve done something wrong. To save my friend in purchasing some trouble, I took care of matter myself. She has enough on her plate. Had to expedite the card since I’m purchasing next. My purchasing friend got an “eye rolling laugh” out of it Crooks. I think I’ll still give her some mints though. This is a busy time of year for her and she will have to report this. Like she doesn’t have enough to do. I’ll being seeing my 4th card soon…. On the plus side, my card arrived before anyone else’s which means I was the only runner and I was able to get the hell out of the office.
Wednesday – Friday mornings we got a taste of fall in the month of July. I’m not sure what the actual low was but both mornings that I left the house it was 61. Was this guy happy? You bet he was!!! I felt a childhood excitement rush over me. A brief tease of fall that is still far far away. When that brisk air hit my face the color orange flashed in my mind. The color of pumpkins! My favorite time of year. I just can’t get here soon enough. Not to mention the unexpected showers on Monday. This weather geek was a happy camper.
Weekend was rather unproductive and went too quickly even though I took an extra day. I somehow managed to sleep in till 11 on Saturday. I don’t sleep in so I must have needed it. But over sleeping left me groggy all day. I could not snap out of it. I just felt worthless. Sunday morning Bekah made me breakfast and I made some hot sauce with some of the red jalapeño. I think it turned out okay. Just left it basic. Didn’t want to over salt it. Monday I had to move a 100 plus pound dog. Poor guy is getting old. What do you do when your 100 pound dog can get up and move around on his own. Sad thoughts. Today, Tuesday, feels like Monday. I only thought I could hide from it. Hope the week moves on fast. August is almost here, and it looks to be a hot one. No rain in the future.
Red Jalapeño !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BBQ grilled meat balls. This was kind of a letdown to me. I had high hopes and after eating this meal I don’t think I will be making them again. At least it was a fun experiment. Maybe it would have been better had I used ground chicken? Who knows…?
Teriyaki chicken Asian salad w/ a sesame ginger dressing. Just a simple grab from HEB. Chicken marinated for 24 hours.
Sweet chili chicken. I’ve eyeballed this at HEB for a long time but for some reason I have an aversion pre-marinated chicken. I guess the idea was that I could always do it better? I don’t know. I eat the marinated pork tenderloin so what’s the difference. Pretty snobby attitude to have towards food I realized so I finally grabbed this off the shelf. Let me tell you I was pleasantly surprised and will purchase again. If you are interested in what I’m talking about here is a link to the dish:
Taco Salad w/ queso. Why in the world I never poured queso on a taco salad before is beyond me. I told myself it’s because the lettuce would wilt, but that makes no sense because the warm taco meat would do the same. I guess I was just being willfully dense. Anyway, what a dish this became.
White wine Worcestershire sauce. Anyone remember this stuff? How fantastic it complements chicken. Good luck finding it. I still have a bottle that is remarkable still good. Anyway, this was one of our go to meals. Chicken with that sauce, sweet potato w/Greek yogurt, and a sweet kale salad.
Shrimp seasoned with Best Stop. Really really good. I’m pretty anxious to try the seasoning on some fish next. Nice heat & great flavors.
Cocktail of the week: Margarita!
En Fuego 
Happy to hear you liked your Best Stop !
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