Yeah, well, some things are moving forward.

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I almost forgot about the beans that I had set to soak. They are cooking. I also cooked rice but that is done. The wonderful thing about cooking is the cook gets to sample some of the freshly cooked fair. A half of a bowl of rice, with two or three pats of butter, along with two sheets of prsciutto shredded into the mix. After letting that marry a bit, I then added just enough milk to get the rice to cream. To my tastes, it was perfect. I will probably also have of bowl of bean soup when that is done, as well. I only cooked a pound of beans this time. I want to see if that will better serve my needs. Plus, the beans will fit in a smaller container, making storing it and getting it out of the refrigerator much easier. I still need to do a bit of shopping, meats are all I will need to finish the month.

It seems I have two appointments tomorrow. One early, dental later in the day. So, I have a lot of time to burn in SLC. I may try to figure out where a co-op type store is, I need some spices. If I am going to start monkeying with chiles, and other Mexican foods, I want to have very good cumin, oregano, and the hottest damned cayenne I can find. I haven't been able to find a spice hot enough for my tastes since I moved here. The cayenne, even from the Whole Foods (that closed) near the V.A., all they had was a reddish powder that might as well have been mild paprika. Bah! I need some hot stuff. The Mexican restaurant I like in Logan has food that is hot, but it isn't punch-you-on-the-nose hot. I do note that my nose runs when I eat there, and sometimes I bite into some spice, but generally it isn't quite up to my needs.

If need be I will simply look for dried habanero. That is a bit too much, more in the 300,000 range, but I can grind it and use it sparingly. The cayenne I used to love was a special sort, it ran to 170,000 on the scale. Which means it may not actually have been a true cayenne (ground from dried Guinea pepper). I need me some heat, boy, I say boy. I may also go in and check on my cwp. That should have arrived, but you know government workers. They probably sent it to the wrong address as a stall because the FBI is lagging (purposefully is my guess) on their part and yet the state is required to issue within 60 days, but the libtard guv workers hate that and do all kinds of shit to avoid doing their f*ing jobs. Not angry, at all, of course. No, not me. I may try to sleep, if I can get everything cooled and put up. Just a few hours, I don't really need much.

Oh, and I did notice that I do have unlimited data access on my phone. That is a benefit for having been an early subscriber. As such, the only thing I have to sweat is the battery life. I can deal with that. Eventually I would like to get a headphone for it, one that doesn't disturb people around me. When I was younger I didn't know/care. But people walking around with phones, mp3 or other players, either talking out loud or listening to something which is blaring, with or without headphones, has become an extreme pet peeve. So much so that I often simply turn my phone off, and definitely when I have an appointment, even when I am just in the waiting room. Sometimes I forget, but... I find it terribly embarrassing when my phone goes off in public. Anyway, since I have unlimited data, I will keep the phone. I got lucky though. I had kept meaning to go in and ask about data, and return it if it wasn't unlimited, but my health kept me from doing so. And then I noticed something. There is a data usage tab which indicates how much data was used and how much you have left. Mine says unlimited. Nice... Lucky, but I'll take it.

Good night.