"The world is on fire / Since you've come near / All I've ever desired / Is here with me"

It's been a week since my first post, so now it's assessment time.

Cooking: 1/75 completed. My first recipe was peanut butter blossoms. I've made peanut butter cookies in the past, and I've helped to make peanut butter blossoms, but I've never made them all by myself before. The choice for the cookie recipe was also largely influenced by my friend, Jenn's, birthday. Since she likes peanut butter cookies, I figured I'd make them a little more festive. Tip for future baking endeavors: when using two baking sheets, remove the bottom sheet from the over about a minute and a half before the top sheet is ready (or at least check on them). I made the mistake of letting both sheets bake for the same amount of time, so a dozen cookies ended up with burnt bottoms, which saddened me. However, my husband, Matthew, doesn't mind eating burnt food sometimes, so he happily took those cookies. The rest of them were good, so I'd consider this first recipe a success!

Since all of our fiction books are still in boxes at my dad's house, I haven't been able to read anything yet, so I'm going to have to play catch up at some point during the year. However, the apartment is almost completely unpacked and cleaned, so I'll be ready to kick back and start reading in no time!

With all my free time being used up with unpacking a cleaning, I haven't formulated a workout plan yet, but I have formulated a healthy eating plan. Granted, we are impoverished post-graduates, so I'm not going to run out to Whole Foods and buy organic meats and produce all the time, but I have decided to completely cut fast food out of my diet for this entire year. Not only will this help my arteries, it'll also help my wallet. In addition, aside from crazy days in which I'll be running around all over the place, I'm going to try to eat a salad and an apple every single day. I already have a solid healthy breakfast routine, so a salad and some fruit for lunch or dinner shouldn't be a problem. Besides, I like chopping vegetables with the brand new knife set that I received for Christmas; I'm having fun slicing things up in one tenth the time it took me when all I had were dull dinner knives!

Now it's time to study a little from my MCAT books before going to bed. Before I sign off, I also must mention that Matthew bought the new Anberlin album, Dark is the Way, Light is the Place, and it is fantastic! Lyrics from this entry's title are from their song "Take Me (As You Found Me)." Goodnight all!