Happy Labor Day!

So I think I'm getting into the swing of this law school thing. My life may not be ultra exciting yet, as it mostly consists of reading, cooking, and sleeping, but I'm having a really great time so far!

Some random thoughts this week:

Watching the first OU game against UTEP made me really miss all my sooner friends. Thankfully, some of my craziest (read: most awesome) friends texted/heytelled (heytold?) me about a hundred times during the game, and so I really felt like I was with them :)

I miss these lovely people :)

Something else that has occupied a lot of my time this week?

COMMUNITY SEASON 3

I probably love this show TOO much. I should dial it down...

My boyfriend Daniel was incredibly sweet and sent me this as a surprise. He knew I was trying to be frugal, and so I wasn't going to get season 3 right away, even though I really wanted to. A week or so after our conversation about it, I found this in my mailbox! I'm too lucky.

But seriously, if you haven't seen this show, start watching. I mean it. #Sixseasonsandamovie!






 Another random thought for the week: living by yourself is fun and super nice for introverts like me, but it does pose a problem when your zipper gets stuck and you can't really reach it and you just have to fight with the zipper for awhile and then you finally ruin your dress. Womp Womp.

RIP white dress. Get it? Get it?? I'm punny.

Finally, to take my mind off law school and productivity in general, I've been experimenting with a lot of cooking recently. Two highlights: Idaho sunrise potato and mushroom risotto.

For the Idaho Sunrise potato, you fill a hollowed out potato with toppings you would generally use in omelets (cheese, bacon, onions, and bell peppers), crack an egg on top, and bake it. It was unusual, but very tasty! (And cheap!!)

The remote isn't there because I was obsessively watching season 3 of community...

 And here's the most exciting part of this week's post: THE MUSHROOM RISOTTO. Risotto is absolutely one of my favorite foods, but I've never actually thought to make it myself before this week. I assumed it would be too complicated or expensive or something. But then, since it's labor day weekend and I don't have school tomorrow, I figured - why not?

This was the beyond a doubt one of the most delicious things I've ever made!

You needed wine for the recipe, so I had to somehow find a use for the rest of the bottle. ;)

For those people who haven't been fortunate enough to try risotto, it's a ridiculously creamy rice dish, and what you mix in is up to you. Variations include using veggies or mushrooms or meat. As I found out, the rich, creamy texture comes from stirring in the broth very slowly, bit by bit, as the rice absorbs it. That's how you get the starches in the rice to break down, resulting in amazingness.

The recipe I used is here

It took quite some time, maybe 45 min-60 min, but trust me - it was simple, and it was worth it! 


That's all for now! I hope everyone has a wonderful labor day tomorrow :)