Yo Ho, A Baker's Life For Me

Today was Gina's birthday, so I took on quite a challenge in order to make it special for her: I cooked her dinner and baked a cake.

Now stop, take a deep breath, go back and read that sentence again.

Yes, miracles can happen. Even I, kitchen-averse for so long, can cook a full meal of chicken fajitas, rice, salad and dessert and not have any huge catastrophic failures happen. I cooked a couple of times back during the summer, with Gina's help, but this was the first time I struck out completely on my own. And this was in the Wesley kitchen, even, which is questionably reliable even in the best of circumstances! Granted, my nerves were a wreck at a couple of different points during the evening, but I pulled through it without breaking down. She helped out with sizzling the chicken since we were getting in a time crunch, so that made it all complete within our semi-limited time window tonight. Happy birthday, Gina! I'm glad you enjoyed the food and the evening. I don't think I'll be switching professions any time soon, but I think this shows at least a little glimmer of promise for when I move into my apartment in a few months.

Another Wesley Weekend preview: Tom and I spent a good chunk of the day in and out of the New Media Center, cutting the Tour DVD and recording several pieces of narration for it. It should be a good time this Saturday at Coffeehouse! Now I just have to decide what the final skit order is going to be and whether we'll need to cut anything for time (I always hate having to do that).

Until then, keep your ears straight!