I tried the rice pudding again with some leftover rice from dinner a few nights ago. The rice measured a barely a cup and a half cooked, but I used all other ingredients as measured. It turned out much creamier this time and much closer to good ol' Uncle Ben's. I forgot to add the raisins which was disappointing, but that's just mentioned because I forgot. Also, the recipe says to pour the liquid over the rice, but I suggest mixing it too because I got a nice custard type overlay and then just plain rice on the bottom. Once I stirred it all up it was fine, but it might have cooked more flavor into the rice if I'd mixed it up before baking. Finally, I set the timer for only one hour so I could check it every few minutes after, but I was busy putting Sophia to bed and Zoë pulled the pudding out of the oven when the timer went off. Turns out one hour was the right amount of time and everything turned out pretty yummy.
I have a bunch of recipes to post, but I'm too tired to post them tonight. Now that school has started I'm barely finding time to do anything that isn't completely revolved around studying. Trying to finish my classes three weeks early is challenging and requires my complete and utter attention. Sometimes I look at school and wonder what I'm doing this for. The school keeps preaching about the importance to future employers of involvement in school activities, but how do I find time? Between school work, housework, kids, husband, any kind of social life (it's very slim right now), and just having a moment to breathe... well, I already have to give up sleeping, eating, and bathing. I suppose I could quit going to the bathroom and that would free up some time to engage in club activities, but at some point I just have to release the (excuse me here) crap. I hope future potential employers will appreciate my endurance and see my "extra-curricular activities" as valuable despite their obvious lack of academic prestige.
I'm now at 24 weeks and the baby is moving quite a bit now. He rolls and kicks. I find it funny that I can press on my belly two times and he kicks two times or I can press three times and he kicks three times. Only once has he missed. I'm not sure if this is a sign of his inevitable genius IQ or if this is copycat behavior with no real thought. It's hard not to wonder what a baby thinks about in there. They surely have thoughts, but no reference as to what to think about. I imagine he's thinking, "I need more room in here." Of course, I also imagine he's a 10 pound baby that is 4 feet tall already.
Maternity clothes still disappoint me. I was looking at Old Navy maternity the other day and noticed that all of the tops make the women's breasts look saggy and gross. What's up with that? And while I haevn't bought much (thank you Erin and Ana) I finally broke down and bought a few things that were more... my style. The jeans, however, while completely cute cut into the middle of my belly and are super uncomfortable. I can't decide if I should take them back or not. I was very excited that Forever21 has a maternity line until I saw what they had. Where are the funky, fun clothes they usually carry? I need someone to write to about this. Someone that can design a line worth wearing and still affordable. I found a cute pattern book on etsy.com in Amy Japan's store, but I can't find it now. Maybe it's gone. It had some really nice patterns and if I could sew as well as I wish I could I would have bought the book and whipped up some interesting and fun things. For now, I'll just settle with complaining about my lack of selection and wear my hand-me-downs.
I'm off to bed. It's been a long weekend and I have a long week ahead of me. Good night! Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz..............
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