First day!

I survived my first day of classes! Today was shorter than usual because the first chem lab is all about counting out flasks, doing paperwork, and signing out equipment.

Today in school I learned that kinematics is the study of motion, I learned not to eat in the student center, and I learned to avoid trying to park between eight and one.

Bean soup report

I owe folks a report on the bland bean soup. I had time to try only two things.

garam masala: The first attempt I was already eating as I wrote the post: the bland soup plus a generous spoonful of garam masala. That was the first thing that smelled good next to the soup. The result was unusual and exotic in flavor, as might be expected, but quite tasty.

fennel and Italian: The next, inspired by ladycelia, was ground fennel seed and "Italian herb seasoning" mix. (I didn't have poultry seasoning.) That too was tasty, but it seemed to want something more. Probably I could have cranked up the amount of additives.

What I really wanted to do was brown some mild Italian sausage and stick it in there. I think that's what my mother did with the remaining servings, in fact, after I was headed back to California.