tonight, because i wanted a big slab of chocolate cake, i decided to make some sugar free fat free instant chocolate pudding. which is actually quite tasty, despite all of christine\u2019s very loud and vehement protestations that anything sugar free fat free is CRAP. it\u2019s especially good with cool whip.<\/p>\n
so i emptied the package into a bowl and added two cups of milk, and started stirring.<\/p>\n
it takes two minutes for it to turn into pudding.<\/p>\n
i stirred some more.<\/p>\n
and kept stirring.<\/p>\n
and it wasn\u2019t getting thick.<\/p>\n
did i accidentally add too much milk? sometimes when i make french bread, i\u2019m talking to somebody or otherwise get distracted, which can be bad because there are supposed to be seven cups of flour and all of a sudden i have no idea how many cups i\u2019ve added to the mixing bowl.<\/p>\n
but i felt that i measured out the two cups of milk quite accurately.<\/p>\n
perhaps the pudding was defective? they forgot to add the guar gum, or whatever the hell it is that makes the pudding instantly chocolately thick.<\/p>\n
last night at the art opening mercedes got a diet coke, except she said it tasted TERRIBLE. i tried it, and she was right. it was flat and had no taste at all. we went and got another one, and it, too, was terrible. i then totally dropped the ball, good-aunt-wise, and told her there was nothing more to do.<\/p>\n
at least i didn\u2019t encourage her to switch to wine. so maybe i\u2019m not the WORST aunt in the world.<\/p>\n
but so after i kept stirring the stupid chocolate pudding for about five minutes, and it\u2019s only supposed to take two, a LIGHTBULB suddenly went off in my brain.<\/p>\n
THIS WAS NOT INSTANT PUDDING AT ALL. THE BOX WAS CLEARLY MARKED “COOK-N-SERVE.”<\/p>\n
do you wonder how i make it through the day? because sometimes i do. if i\u2019m not losing\/dropping\/breaking things, i\u2019m not paying attention to anything at all.<\/p>\n
so that\u2019s my goal for tomorrow – pay more attention. all day long.<\/p>\n
whew, it makes me tired just thinking about it. maybe i\u2019ll try to pay attention at least a few hours, in order to ease into it.<\/p>\n
and i can\u2019t make any promises about the losing\/dropping\/breaking, because it\u2019s too much an ingrained part of me. it\u2019s bound to happen. but at least i\u2019m used to it.<\/p>\n
goodnight.<\/p>\n
gracefully grace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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