Oh, ElJay, never leave me again!

Man, I don't even remember reading/knowing that maintenance was scheduled for tonight. *clutches LJ tightly*

Two-plus hours is two-plus hours too long, thank you very much.

While I was pacing the floor and muttering obscenities patiently waiting for my world LJ to come back up, I re-read the PDF I'd downloaded, of ladyjanelly's In From the Cold. God, I'd forgotten how much I love that story.

If you haven't read it? I highly recommend it.

I made bean soup for dinner tonight (finally!)...and oh, my god. I don't know if it was because I used ham hocks, or WHAT the problem was...but it wasn't edible. The smell while it was cooking was bad enough -- though that lessened once I took the hocks out and cut the meat off, then discarded the *shudders* remains. I probably could've gotten past the smell. But the beans/broth had such a greasy taste that it left Matthew and I both gagging (well, me, anyway. He just made faces.). So we threw it out, and ended up getting Taco Bell.

*sigh* I'm really bummed, too, because I wanted bean soup so badly.

I'm going to try again in a couple of days. I still have some beans left, and carrots, celery, onions, etc., and I have a big piece of ham up in the freezer I can use. But yeah. Still bummed :(

I owe 1034981304891 comments (as per usual), but wanted to say a quick thank you to everyone who offered hugs and whatnot last night. The rage has mostly dissipated, and left me kind of tired and blah, but at least I'm not longer furious with the world. Yay, progress?

And now I think I should to bed, so I can get up and Be Productive. Or something. :)