Last night I was on the cusp of falling into a deep sleep earlier than I have in quite some time, when I was awakened to the sound of my phone going off. I had received yet another erratic text from my ex, evidently she did not get the last email I sent her, I responded by summarizing its content and explaining that I would really like her to refrain from calling me in and around midnight, the night after one test, and the day before another, (I did not end up taking my calculus test, as I was quite a great deal more exhausted than I expected to be.) I also attempted to call her, the call was dropped, I suspect she hung up on me… I don’t know whether I’m incredibly patient for incurably credulous but at least I can defend my actions as mature and polite.
I fell back asleep about 30 minutes later, and slept until 6 am. I got up, had tea, and eventually got around to making breakfast. I was making myself a frittata with red bell pepper, onions, left over pork from a roast we had 3 days ago, and cheddar cheese. My mother asked me to make her some, and since she was sick I made double and gave her half. She was very pleased, as was I, as it was very good.
I then spent some time studying, had some coffee and milk and then left over pasta for lunch. I then used my new found knowledge of biological chemistry to develop bath salts from common household materials. I recall my sister going out and spending about 20 dollars on citric acid to attempt this only to find it was cheaper to buy them already made… of course she doesn’t know as much as I do about organic acids and molecules. I used acetic acid, (vinegar) which is much much cheaper than citric acid. Which I mixed with flour which is essentially starch or polymerized glucose, this broke down into a kind of ester that I mixed with my bath water, then as the last step I added a helping of sodium bicarbonate, which then reacted with the excess acetic acid to create the necessary fizzing effect. All of the ingredients are in fact therapeutic and good for the skin. It’s all the active ingredients at a fraction of the cost, made out of things I found in my cupboard. I think I could expand the recipe and possibly sell this to make some much needed capital. There has to be a market for homemade discount bath products given the demand for bath products in general and their prohibitive cost. When I get the basement set up as my own lab and workshop I’ll be able to give that a try, I can probably use the properties of the constituent parts to create some variation with which to create viable products. Obviously the details of that will remain secrets, but I have a very good idea of what I’m going to try next.
I had dinner, two pork chops with a side of potato al gratin and a side of Brussels sprouts fried in garlic and olive oil, and a glass of red wine. I then did 5 calculus problems and spoke to a friend who I had not heard from in a few days, (evidently she had gone on a trip.) She told me her travels went well and we caught up for a bit, I mentioned some of the things I’ve already written about in varying detail and I shared with her the link to my blog.
I replied to my professors email, she chided me on scoring higher in bio than calc and I told her I’d be in early to accept the slip I need to take the test, and that I would try to make a reasonable show of it all. Oh and she is working on getting me a new text book, there was a recall, apparently the text books lack enough glue to stay together, which explains why pages 1-238 just randomly fell out of mine. It’s nice to not have to pay for the expensive mid semester replacement item… like I had to do last semester when my graphing calculator was stolen.
Now it’s 10, and I’m going to bed, and yes… I’m shutting off my cell phone. To my ex, if you are reading this, I love you as a friend and a human being but I do not accept calls after 10pm, unless you are about to die, and I’m the only person on earth that could save you, in some bizarre post apocalyptic situation involving either mutants or zombies!
Giuliano sleep now… *falls over*
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