1.) Making béarnaise sauce. Truth is, I never know what was in béarnaise sauce. I just knew I liked it on poached eggs. One day, I looked up a recipe, made it and was like omg, I just did something I never did before! That was one of the many “firsts” that keep on coming even as I inch toward the half-century mark. 2.) Traveling 600 miles on Route 66. It’s a really long drive that carries passengers through endless fields of grass at various degrees of greens and browns, through backsides of forgotten townships, through cattle standing witness to torrential rain and weather patterns that change on a dime. And billboards, endless billboards that invite you to pull over and visit Uranus Fudge Factory. Yes. It's a real thing. 3.) That Time I Thought I Was Dying I had my menstrual period for three weeks. THREE WEEKS. I thought I was dying, and with each passing day, I regretted all the junk I’ve accumulated over a lifetime only to leave it all to someone else to sift t...
Finding out everyday that sometimes, late is right on time.