De Baking Psychopath

It's been difficult to make any significant headway into the plethora of baked goods in my freezer during the shelter-at-home.  We're not natural bread-eaters; although we love it in all its forms, we just don't have that bread-eating habit that Americans of European descent have of eating sandwiches oftentimes as much as once or twice a day, or eating bread as a side dish to dinner, and therefore making short work of plowing through loaves of bread and other baked goods.   At some point, though, it became difficult to repress my usual stress-/procrasti-baking tendencies, and also baking projects provide fun activities to keep the kiddo occupied for a little while.  Furthermore, with all the sourdough love on the Internet these days, I felt like I need to keep Gus in peak condition to flex some sourdough muscles and show everyone he's still got his skillz.  (Spoiler: Yes, he still does!)  A nd so despite good intentions to preserve my flour reserves fo...

What to do when you're sitting around waiting for your full-term baby to come out? As far as "nesting" goes, we've already done everything we can possibly do for the baby's arrival. A full complement of baby clothing/linens/blankets/etc. is all washed, folded, and in their proper places. The "go-bag" has been packed and repacked and is ready-to-go in the car. The car seat is installed. We have all the baby gear (stroller, carrier, bottles/pumps, etc). We've celebrated with friends and co-workers the incoming bundle of joy (thank you all!). My mother has arrived from far away and is settled in. I've finished all my academic obligations, including all my required medical school rotations, residency applications, and licensing exams needed for graduation.  So last week, at the beginning of my vacation/maternity leave month, I decided to stock the freezer with baked goods see if I could make myself busy enough to kick the baby out of dorman...

Hello, I've emerged from the dark vortex that is medical school! I've finished all my required third year courses, and except for one more time-consuming required course in June, I will be coasting with some elective courses for the rest of the year! Yay for almost being a doctor! It has been a fun and rewarding year, and the patients were all so generous and patient. I am planning to apply to Pathology, however, and help take care of patients from behind the scenes. I am hoping that this next year will afford me more time for blogging and baking! I say "hoping" because while medschool is winding down, we are awaiting the arrival of other chaos and mayhem, in the form of a little bundle of joy! Yes, "Shrimpy", our little one, is coming in early October! We're super excited that we were able to have the timing work out well and that our baby seems to be healthy and developing well. I'm 16.5 weeks along, and we're just starting to feel it k...