Rob and I went to my parents’ house for Easter supper. I brought along two dishes I made– pineapple bread pudding and Alton Brown’s Indian Rice Pudding. I made the rice pudding this morning and I deviated slightly from the recipe. I didn’t have any milk or heavy cream or raisins or pistachios so instead I used Silk and a spoonful of pistachio pudding mix. I completely omitted the raisins. Somehow the stars aligned because it worked and tasted pretty much like how it should if I had used milk and heavy cream.

My mom served ham, kielbasa, pork loin, hrudka (cheese), paska (bread), potato salad and tomato salad. It was a delicious meal. Lisa and I called Lenka in Bratislava. I can hardly believe it’s been two years since she left us to go back home to Slovakia. My mom showed me a DVD that her cousin sent her. He had transferred some of the family’s old home movies onto DVD. It is nice to have such a nice family record. I brought along my digital camera and I took pictures of the food my mom prepared and then I sat the camera on the table right behind me with the intention of taking more pictures during the meal. Only after everything was devoured and Lisa and I were leaving did I remember my camera. DANG IT! The only pictures I snapped were of food. Grrrrr!

Now I am home, dressed in warm sweat pants and my new terrycloth robe that I use more as a sweater because it is so warm. I did my expense reports on Friday but my taxes are still only 1/2 complete. The only urge I have is to watch La Femme Nikita episodes. I think I may make some mint and chamomile tea because my stomach feels queasy after eating so much.

Tomorrow I will be working late. There is a user group meeting that I am going to attend in the evening. I am not exactly looking forward to it. How is it that I just had a three day weekend (I took Friday off) and I still feel like I need another day off? Maybe it’s because I haven’t been on a vacation in ages. Sure, there was the 2 month imposed vacation last year after my old company laid me off but I can’t say that was stress relieving. Maybe I should plan a trip. Whatever it is, I need to do something.