before i begin, readers, i must apologize for my usage of curse-words yesterday. my dad brought to my attention that this is very unclassy, so i'm sorry. i was very very mad, and i think i used a lot of willpower to not drop the f-bomb every sentence.
today was a good day, which was nice because yesterday ended on such a horrible note. i woke up tired and when i was upset yesterday, i picked off my giant blisters so my feet were sore and i couldn't go run. so i came back to the house and went back to sleep. then i woke up and did my dance workout with the youtube videos. god how i love them. i have so much fun with them. i wish i wouldn't have picked my blisters though because they hurt really badly.
the dad was home all day today which was fine. he went in the afternoon to watch the little girl's singing concert and he was like you can stay here if you want...instead of inviting me to go with him. sometimes the etiquette of the family is just so strange. anyway, he also went to pick up the little boy after, so i basically had a bit of the afternoon off. i think he thought he was giving me a break because i have to work all day thursday, but if i had planned on working and you tell me i don't need to and im in bumshit egypt....you're not really cutting me that big of a break mister.
so after lunch i started making GUMBO! i made dinner tonight, and my roux was so great. i cut all the vegetables really small and i think i made the best roux i've made yet. it smelled so nutty and was thick and my grandma would have been so proud. it felt great to bring my family's favorite foods to another continent! i've brought it all over the US...from pittsburgh to miami to st. louis, so im just spreading our family's love! the little boy LOVED it and it made me so happy. in my opinion it wasn't half as good as my gma's but they insisted that i use less pepper than last time. here are some pictures of my gumbo journey.
here is my roux with the holy trinity of cajun cooking: green pepper, onion, and celery
here is the kitchen. the stove is the type that you have to light a match and i almost burned my hand. i had to keep relighting it. that's my computer on top of the espresso machine (we have 2) because i was jammin to some music while i cooked. the door on the right is to the backyard.
this is me with the sausage! i actually more sausage than chicken because the chicken had bones and in france, it's illegal to use hormones in your meat so i felt okay eating some sausage. 
this is me taking control of the kitchen!
mmk so that's that. i just talked to the mom and she liked it a lot, so i think i may make shrimp etouffee before i leave. i've never made that before, but my pops sent me the mix, so maybe now's the time. nanny or mom or grandma....can you give me basic instructions on how to do that? alright! tomorrow's wednesday which means kids all day, and the same for thursday. send me some positive energy!
chels
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