I was chatting with my sister over the weekend about blog posts and I have realized I haven’t done a currently post in a while. I just looked it up, it has been since April…wow. Well we made it through COVID summer and I am still working from home. I’m losing track of the weeks but I think this will be week 26 for me. Rumor has it we might start phasing back to the office at the end of the month but since I haven’t heard a thing yet, not sure that will happen. Anyway, I like working from home so no rush on my end.
I am entering week 4 of Fall classes and it is already feeling like my hardest semester yet. There are tons of reading assignments and papers that I am not used to all being individual. I don’t have any tests, but I have 2 major final team projects, so will see how that goes. Just lots of researching for assignments and brainstorming.
I have to say I know so many people don’t feel like they had a summer with everything going on, but for me, I was quite content with how summer went. I stay home most of the time anyway, especially with my summer classes keeping me busy on the weekends. I was happy that we had a hot summer. I got outside more than I normally would thanks to working from home and no gym so I walked a lot more. Brian and I had a nice July 4th trip to Ohio before Ohio made it on the quarantine list for New York State. I got to hang out with a friend for a trip to a state park in August and we ended August with a much needed week long vacation to “safe” states. I really needed that week away because I was feeling quite burnt out this summer between school and work. I think the hardest part for me was not having a gym. Getting weights in July was amazing, but my gym opened just a few weeks ago and we have to work out in a mask but I will take it over not being able to lift. I feel sooo much better mentally when I have the gym and heavy lifting.
Now let’s get onto a few current happenings…
Current Book: After my summer classes ended, I started Midnight Sun, the latest Twilight book. I just finished that last week and now I think I will be concentrating on the school readings for a while.
Current Podcast: Sometime over the summer I started following Monica Church on Youtube and then found out she has a twin sister, Shelby Church, also on Youtube so I follow her too. They started a podcast back in May called Millennial Life Crisis. I finally started to listen to the episodes last week and really enjoy who they bring on the show and them talking about decisions in their lives.
Current Purchase: Latest favorite purchase was from Gap because I needed more masks to rotate with getting them sweaty at the gym now. I love the masks and then I ordered a couple workout tanks to get to free shipping. I LOVE the bright orangish color I got and the light purple. Just always feels nice when you have a new tank top to wear to the gym.
Current Candle: I bought some Halloween candles that are made by a person locally, sharing some of them with a co worker. I kept the pumpkin scent though and already have been lighting that in the morning while I work from home. So sweet and pumpkin like.
Current TV show: I just finished watching all the seasons of Raven’s Home on Disney + and now I don’t have any current shows. I think the Fall TV shows I usually watch are delayed due to COVID. I have found I have been keeping up with Youtube more so than having an interest in TV these days.
Currently Baking: Rather than food in general, let’s talk baking because I have been baking a lot (or so my sister pointed out). Last weekend we stopped at Trader Joes and I decided to try the Corn Cookie mix. I totally forgot to take a picture of the cookies, but they are basically a sugar cookie with a hint of cornbread. To be honest, they weren’t my favorite. I think I’ll take my corn bread on one side and sugar cookies on another, but not together. It was fun to try something different though. I was also impressed that the mix made 29 cookies and it said 24 cookies on the packaging so to get more than what it said was awesome!! I use my cookie scoop to keep all the cookies the same size.
This weekend, I made a 3 layer vegan pumpkin cake with coconut cream frosting. After Erin posted this recipe on her blog last week, I was like, oh I have to try that. I don’t make cakes very often. I can probably count on one hand how many cakes I have baked, but this recipe was a winner and will be made again before the end of pumpkin season.
To end the weekend, I baked my favorite almond butter muffins. These make a great dessert or mid morning snack. So delicious!!
I am in full pumpkin and fall mode and it’s not October. I think it’s just fun to have this season to look forward to with all the seasonal flavors. Pumpkin baking will not end for a while. Oh yeah I made pumpkin bread at the end of August too, but it came out a little dry so I have to find a different recipe and redeem it. I also was SO EXCITED when they had Pumpkin Spice cheerios back at the store. Definitely already opened that box and had some.
Anybody else feeling all things Pumpkin?
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Wish it was cold enough here to actually feel like fall!
I am glad that you had a nice summer but are also looking forward to fall. Happy pumpkin flavored baking! Love, Mom