Time Truley Flys...

I swear my oven doesn't cook anything until I sit down in the living room away from the kitchen. I could stand watching eagerly for ever and nothing happen but as soon as my butt hits a chair ...its burnt

The school year is back into full swing and it seems like the days are flying by. My calendar is filling up quickly with the numerous activities that I'm involved in and free time is becoming a thing of the past. On the 10th I have 3 MAJOR events taking place. I have been working on a 150+ PowerPoint slide show to show in front of my entire school, all-region jazz band tryouts, and a church association choir performance that I am already starting to stress over. I haven't had much time recently to cook anything but I have found my favorite way to make smores, one of my new favorite after school snacks:

Phileep's Microwave Smores

Take graham crackers and cover with chocolate chips of your choice. Top each
square of graham cracker with one marshmallow.
Place plate in microwave and heat until marshmallows expand [WARNING: DON'T LET
MARSHMALLOWS EXPLODE IN YOUR MICROWAVE!!!]
Once marshmallows have expanded, take out of microwave and top with clean cracker.
By this time the chocolate is just melted enough to make a wonderfully delicious mess :-]

Stepping Up to Your Fears

Today I gave a speech to 350+ people. While it was a fairly nerve racking thing, there's really nothing to it. Walking up to the podium I was bracing myself to trip, but I didn't, giving the speech I was prepared to say something stupid, but I didn't, and I was sure that I would give my speech, get home, and see that my pants had a humongous hole in the back showing off my underwear or an offensive drawing on the back of my suit jacket... but none of that happened. Despite the fact that I was giving a speech in front of numerous people, whats the difference in cooking a new meal that may have a challenging task within it? There really is no difference in spinning sugar for the first time and giving a speech in front of thousands. So why do both of those tasks scare us? I'm not sure. Is it the people staring? Possibly the hot oven? What about the microphone that is extremely hard to talk in? Why not try something hard and challenge our bodies and our minds.

"Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're
supposed to help you discover who you are."

~Bernice Johnson Reagon