scheduling food – no counterspace

This week, the food scheduling is easy:

– Tonight, there will be the zucchini risotto made with lamb stock
– Tuesday, there will be a box mix of milanese risotto with chicken (the chicken is thawing with the seasoning packet and some olive oil as a marinade)
– And Wednesday will be taco-ish hamburger helper (and the ground beef is thawing with my favorite steak sauce as a marinade)

On the other hand, scheduling my life is hard:

Monday through Thursday
I am working only half days.
A friend’s husband is visiting, so I have let him know that I am willing to drop everything to spend time.
Another friend would like unpacking help, but I don’t know how my schedule will be.
It is very hot, and my apartment has no air conditioning – on the other hand, work is quite temperate.

I also have concerts to go to Tuesday and Thursday nights.

I have to decide whether I want to go to the Serenity screening at midnight Friday.

And then I have company coming for the weekend. There’s a cool concert at the Kimmel Center, but I have no idea how much patience they or I shall have.

And I have to get rid of them in time to consider whether or not I have the energy to go to another concert (Dar Williams) on Sunday night (which would mean driving to the suburbs and then having trouble finding a parking spot when I drive home).

And then another concert that next Wednesday.

And then the next weekend is the incredibly massive cooking and organizational challenge of moot – and I still haven’t finished reading my Thai cookbook. Things might be a bit amateur. I am sure they will still be edible.

Whew.

After that, it’s all smooth sailing…

Until July 14th and there are housewarmings, a film festival, a friend visiting, and flying off to Comic Con all within the span of a week.

I think I might be bailing on more than one of these. Maybe.

Which brings me to the invitations:

I have free tickets (plural!) to concerts at the Mann, if anyone wants to join me.

Tuesday, June 20th