Weekend, glorious weekend. I spent most of it relaxing and cooking up pumpkins. That's right, pumpkins! I have a recipe for making pumpkin pie from scratch (except the crust, although I'm sure I could learn this, too). Since a lot of people in class have brought in treats, I felt it was my duty to make pumpkin pies, because it is the one baked good I know I can do really well and is totally unique. Did you know that the so-called pumpkin in cans is not actually pumpkin? I KNOW! It's butternut squash, which has a similar taste and texture to pumpkin. Fascinating!
So, the weekend was spent cutting and scooping and baking the pumpkin, scooping out the cooked meat, pureeing it and then putting it away in the freezer!! Wooo!! The hardest part is done, though, which is awesome. All that remains is adding the spices and yummy stuff and putting it in a crust to bake. Yum!
I did spend some time relaxing along with cooking up the pumpkin, and a little bit of time looking over some of the assignments I have for community/public health. There are quite a few presentations and such to work on. So, I will get going on those, even though I don't have to have them ready until the middle of November. But, better to get it done now than have it all pile up at the last minute!
Oh, and in case anyone was wondering about the party bus, it was interesting. I never really got into the whole drinking and partying thing, so it was a bit uncomfortable. Dinner was nice and I made some new friends, which was cool. Then, the drinking commenced on the bus (I took a few sips, but that was all for me for the night). And oh my goodness, I would have thought people would have gotten through the drinking/partying phase the first time around in college. I guess not, because I saw things I cannot un-see, haha. I imagine they were hurting pretty bad the next morning.
Oh, oh, oh! And on Saturday morning, I went to get a massage, because I figure I will need some calm before the storm of this term. Then, I went to this adorable country orchard, which is where I got the pumpkins. Cute place!! It halfway makes me want to have an orchard someday!!
Ahh, but one note of disappointment. We were supposed to do flu vaccines on Tuesday, but it fell through. Sad day! But, hopefully they will be able to reschedule that clinic for us.
In any case, a nice restful weekend. Bring on the week!!!
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